Auditor
UK

The median Auditor salary in the UK is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 625 851 881
Rank change year-on-year +226 +30 +249
Permanent jobs requiring an Auditor 67 45 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.046% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.048% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 82
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +150.00% -54.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £51,875
90th Percentile £80,000 - £58,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £50,250 £24,000
% change year-on-year +6.47% +109.38% -54.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Auditor in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Auditor.

Salary trend for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Auditor over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +239 49 £53,500 +6.47% 34
England +176 46 £53,500 -10.83% 44
South East - 19 £53,500 - 15
Work from Home +200 16 £51,750 -17.20% 30
London +102 16 £81,500 +12.41% 18
Scotland - 9 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 2
South West +107 4 £80,000 +33.33% 6
Midlands +77 3 £47,500 -24.00% 2
West Midlands +49 3 £47,500 -24.00% 1
North of England +80 2 - - 1
North West +33 2 - - 1
East of England - 2 £53,000 - 4
Wales - 1 - -

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Auditor job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Auditor in the job title.

1 32 (47.76%) Risk Management
1 32 (47.76%) Stakeholder Management
1 32 (47.76%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (43.28%) Coaching
3 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
4 27 (40.30%) IT Audit
5 22 (32.84%) Internal Audit
6 16 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (22.39%) Time Management
7 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (20.90%) Driving Licence
8 14 (20.90%) Service Delivery
8 14 (20.90%) CISA
9 13 (19.40%) Sun
10 12 (17.91%) Degree
10 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 10 (14.93%) COBIT
12 10 (14.93%) Legal
12 10 (14.93%) Banking
12 10 (14.93%) ITIL
12 10 (14.93%) CISM
12 10 (14.93%) NIST
13 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
13 9 (13.43%) Middleware
13 9 (13.43%) Configuration Management
13 9 (13.43%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (13.43%) Cryptography
13 9 (13.43%) GCP
13 9 (13.43%) Public Cloud

Auditor Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.43%) AWS
1 9 (13.43%) Azure
1 9 (13.43%) GCP
1 9 (13.43%) IaaS
1 9 (13.43%) PaaS
General
1 32 (47.76%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Banking
3 10 (14.93%) Legal
4 8 (11.94%) Finance
5 3 (4.48%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.49%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.90%) Driving Licence
2 9 (13.43%) Public Cloud
3 8 (11.94%) Credit Risk
4 5 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) Risk Management
1 32 (47.76%) Stakeholder Management
2 29 (43.28%) Coaching
3 27 (40.30%) IT Audit
4 22 (32.84%) Internal Audit
5 16 (23.88%) Cybersecurity
6 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (22.39%) Time Management
7 14 (20.90%) Service Delivery
8 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (14.93%) ITIL
10 9 (13.43%) CI/CD
10 9 (13.43%) Configuration Management
10 9 (13.43%) Continuous Deployment
10 9 (13.43%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (13.43%) Cryptography
10 9 (13.43%) DevOps
10 9 (13.43%) Privileged Access Management
11 8 (11.94%) Credit Risk Management
12 6 (8.96%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 14 (20.90%) CISA
2 12 (17.91%) Degree
3 10 (14.93%) CISM
4 2 (2.99%) CISSP
4 2 (2.99%) CRISC
4 2 (2.99%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.49%) CCAB
5 1 (1.49%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (14.93%) COBIT
2 10 (14.93%) NIST
3 7 (10.45%) ITGC
4 2 (2.99%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.99%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.99%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.99%) QA
5 1 (1.49%) GMP
5 1 (1.49%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 13 (19.40%) Sun