Information Security Auditor Job Trends

Information Security Auditor
UK

The median Information Security Auditor salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 671 - 805
Rank change year-on-year - - +211
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Auditor 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £33,500
25th Percentile £107,500 - £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.82%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £34,000
% change year-on-year - - -38.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 60,667 45,736 70,044
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 91.76% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 37,923 23,920 54,830
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,453 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,268
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Information Security Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Auditor' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Information Security Auditor job vacancy trend in the UK

Information Security Auditor
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Auditor job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Auditor job vacancies in the UK

Information Security Auditor
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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
London - 1 £115,000 -
England - 1 £115,000 - 2

Information Security Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 February 2026, Information Security Auditor job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Security Auditor in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CGEIT
1 1 (100.00%) CHAP
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FFIEC
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment

Information Security Auditor Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) CHAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) AIX
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CGEIT
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FFIEC
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix