Internal Audit Manager Job Trends

Internal Audit Manager
UK

The median Internal Audit Manager salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 644 710 733
Rank change year-on-year +66 +23 +279
Permanent jobs requiring an Internal Audit Manager 7 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.012% 0.004% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.004% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile - - £62,990
25th Percentile - £85,000 £68,338
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £90,000 £79,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +13.21% -24.29%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £84,750
90th Percentile - - £86,550
UK excluding London median annual salary - £90,000 £61,250
% change year-on-year - +46.94% -

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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Internal Audit Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Internal Audit Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Internal Audit Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Internal Audit Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Internal Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Internal Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK

Internal Audit Manager
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Audit Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 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
England +76 7 £70,000 -22.22% 2
London +62 7 £70,000 -
Work from Home - 7 £70,000 -

Internal Audit Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Internal Audit Manager 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 Internal Audit Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) ACCA
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Application Security
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) CIMA
1 7 (100.00%) CISA
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 7 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 7 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) R
1 7 (100.00%) Regulatory Change

Internal Audit Manager 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:

Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Power BI
1 7 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Unix
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Application Security
1 7 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 7 (100.00%) DevOps
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 7 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 7 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 7 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 7 (100.00%) SDLC
1 7 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 7 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Python
1 7 (100.00%) R
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) ACCA
1 7 (100.00%) CIMA
1 7 (100.00%) CISA
1 7 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle