Auditor
UK

The median Auditor salary in the UK is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 842 889 1170
Rank change year-on-year +47 +281 -290
Permanent jobs requiring an Auditor 46 106 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.046% 0.10% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.11% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 34 81 44
10th Percentile £42,150 - -
25th Percentile £45,438 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £24,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -54.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £52,500 £61,188
90th Percentile - £58,750 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,250 £24,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +109.38% -54.29% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Auditor in the UK

Auditor
Top 12 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 8 May 2024. 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
England +35 45 £60,000 +150.00% 37
London +138 25 £72,500 +31.82% 15
UK excluding London -77 19 £50,250 +109.38% 23
Work from Home +51 11 £62,500 +25.00% 12
Midlands -6 8 £62,500 +56.25% 4
North of England +18 7 £48,000 +100.00% 5
Yorkshire +62 4 £48,750 +103.13% 1
West Midlands +1 4 £62,500 +25.00% 4
East Midlands -12 4 - -
South West -24 4 £60,000 +150.00% 5
North East -3 2 £48,000 +100.00%
North West +2 1 £45,000 +87.50% 4

Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 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 37 (80.43%) IT Audit
2 29 (63.04%) Finance
3 28 (60.87%) Internal Audit
4 21 (45.65%) CISA
5 14 (30.43%) Degree
6 13 (28.26%) Risk Management
6 13 (28.26%) Management Information System
7 11 (23.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (23.91%) Information Security
8 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (21.74%) Social Skills
9 9 (19.57%) Analytics
10 8 (17.39%) Data Analytics
10 8 (17.39%) CISM
10 8 (17.39%) CISSP
11 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (15.22%) COBIT
12 6 (13.04%) QiCA
12 6 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (13.04%) ITGC
13 5 (10.87%) Logistics
13 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
13 5 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence
13 5 (10.87%) Business Continuity
13 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (8.70%) Legal
14 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
14 4 (8.70%) Banking
14 4 (8.70%) CCAB
14 4 (8.70%) Change Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.17%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.35%) Firewall
1 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.17%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.17%) Power BI
General
1 29 (63.04%) Finance
2 10 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (10.87%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Banking
4 4 (8.70%) Legal
4 4 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Law
6 2 (4.35%) Front Office
6 2 (4.35%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.17%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (28.26%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.70%) Reinsurance
3 3 (6.52%) Derivative
4 2 (4.35%) Housing Association
4 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.17%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.17%) Blockchain
5 1 (2.17%) Credit Risk
5 1 (2.17%) Equities
5 1 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.17%) Tandem
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (80.43%) IT Audit
2 28 (60.87%) Internal Audit
3 13 (28.26%) Risk Management
4 11 (23.91%) Information Security
5 10 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (19.57%) Analytics
7 8 (17.39%) Data Analytics
8 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (10.87%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (10.87%) Business Continuity
10 5 (10.87%) Computer Science
10 5 (10.87%) Logistics
11 4 (8.70%) Change Control
11 4 (8.70%) Change Management
11 4 (8.70%) Decision-Making
11 4 (8.70%) Issue Tracking
11 4 (8.70%) ITIL
11 4 (8.70%) Problem Management
12 3 (6.52%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) SQL
2 2 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (45.65%) CISA
2 14 (30.43%) Degree
3 8 (17.39%) CISM
3 8 (17.39%) CISSP
4 6 (13.04%) QiCA
5 4 (8.70%) ACCA
5 4 (8.70%) CCAB
5 4 (8.70%) Master's Degree
6 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.52%) CRISC
6 3 (6.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (4.35%) CIMA
8 1 (2.17%) AAT
8 1 (2.17%) CIPD
8 1 (2.17%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (15.22%) COBIT
3 6 (13.04%) ITGC
4 4 (8.70%) NIST
4 4 (8.70%) Solvency II
5 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (4.35%) SOC 1
6 2 (4.35%) SOC 2
6 2 (4.35%) SOX 404
7 1 (2.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.17%) AIFMD
7 1 (2.17%) COSO
7 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.17%) GDPR
7 1 (2.17%) GRC
7 1 (2.17%) IFRS
7 1 (2.17%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (2.17%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.17%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (6.52%) SAP
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.17%) Alteryx
3 1 (2.17%) Oracle
3 1 (2.17%) Peregrine