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 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 621 856 867
Rank change year-on-year +235 +11 +297
Permanent jobs requiring an Auditor 79 46 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.046% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.049% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 45 34 81
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,150 -
25th Percentile £51,750 £45,438 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +150.00% -54.29%
75th Percentile £56,250 £77,500 £52,500
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 49,356 93,784 92,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.63% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 27,595 67,216 58,370
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

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 10 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 10 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 +218 59 £53,500 +6.47% 54
England +159 56 £53,500 -10.83% 64
South East - 26 £53,500 - 30
London +100 18 £80,000 +10.34% 22
Work from Home +154 17 £53,500 -14.40% 36
Scotland - 11 £53,500 - 4
Northern Ireland - 9 - - 2
South West +111 4 £80,000 +33.33% 4
Midlands +64 3 £47,500 -24.00% 3
West Midlands +55 3 £47,500 -24.00% 2
East of England - 3 £53,500 - 9
North of England +54 2 - - 5
North West +14 2 - - 4
Wales - 1 - -

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 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 34 (43.04%) Internal Audit
2 33 (41.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (40.51%) Risk Management
3 32 (40.51%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
4 29 (36.71%) Coaching
5 28 (35.44%) IT Audit
6 26 (32.91%) Time Management
6 26 (32.91%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (31.65%) Service Delivery
7 25 (31.65%) Driving Licence
8 24 (30.38%) Sun
9 16 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (18.99%) CISA
11 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (15.19%) Degree
13 11 (13.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 11 (13.92%) Banking
14 10 (12.66%) Legal
14 10 (12.66%) COBIT
14 10 (12.66%) CISM
14 10 (12.66%) ITIL
14 10 (12.66%) NIST
15 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
15 9 (11.39%) Middleware
15 9 (11.39%) Configuration Management
15 9 (11.39%) Finance
15 9 (11.39%) Continuous Integration
15 9 (11.39%) Cryptography
15 9 (11.39%) DevOps

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 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) AWS
1 9 (11.39%) Azure
1 9 (11.39%) GCP
1 9 (11.39%) IaaS
1 9 (11.39%) PaaS
General
1 32 (40.51%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (36.71%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.92%) Banking
4 10 (12.66%) Legal
5 9 (11.39%) Finance
6 4 (5.06%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (11.39%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (31.65%) Driving Licence
2 9 (11.39%) Public Cloud
3 8 (10.13%) Credit Risk
4 6 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (43.04%) Internal Audit
2 33 (41.77%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (40.51%) Risk Management
4 29 (36.71%) Coaching
5 28 (35.44%) IT Audit
6 26 (32.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (32.91%) Time Management
7 25 (31.65%) Service Delivery
8 16 (20.25%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.66%) ITIL
11 9 (11.39%) CI/CD
11 9 (11.39%) Configuration Management
11 9 (11.39%) Continuous Deployment
11 9 (11.39%) Continuous Integration
11 9 (11.39%) Cryptography
11 9 (11.39%) DevOps
11 9 (11.39%) Privileged Access Management
12 8 (10.13%) Credit Risk Management
13 6 (7.59%) Cash Management
Qualifications
1 15 (18.99%) CISA
2 12 (15.19%) Degree
3 10 (12.66%) CISM
4 2 (2.53%) CISSP
4 2 (2.53%) CRISC
4 2 (2.53%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.27%) CCAB
5 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (12.66%) COBIT
2 10 (12.66%) NIST
3 7 (8.86%) ITGC
4 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.53%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.53%) ISO 9001
4 2 (2.53%) QA
5 1 (1.27%) GMP
5 1 (1.27%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 24 (30.38%) Sun