Internal Audit Jobs

Internal Auditing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Internal Audit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Internal Audit over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 576 807
Rank change year-on-year -1 +231 +25
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 275 335 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.42% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.44% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 143 218 201
10th Percentile £38,500 £26,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £29,063 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,548
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% +2.39%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £71,248
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,916 £87,823
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £39,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +32.91% -7.06% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Internal Audit falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Internal Audit as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Internal Audit.

Salary trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -22 220 £53,750 -2.51% 127
UK excluding London -49 171 £52,500 +32.91% 129
Work from Home +55 95 £60,000 -20.00% 42
London +48 90 £62,806 -18.96% 31
South East +3 56 £42,250 -26.52% 30
Scotland -19 37 £69,500 -10.32% 9
Midlands -19 29 £57,500 +15.00% 33
West Midlands -8 21 £60,000 +20.00% 23
North of England +13 15 £47,500 -22.13% 27
South West -39 13 £63,750 +131.82% 17
East of England -1 12 £45,000 +2.86% 6
Yorkshire +62 9 £47,500 -22.13% 7
Northern Ireland +27 9 - - 5
East Midlands -21 8 £44,500 -19.09% 9
North West -8 5 £40,000 -42.03% 18
North East -11 1 £20,500 -54.44% 3

Internal Audit
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 8 (2.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.73%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 16 (5.82%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.45%) Azure
2 12 (4.36%) AWS
3 10 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 8 (2.91%) GCP
5 6 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.82%) SaaS
7 4 (1.45%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.73%) IaaS
8 2 (0.73%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.73%) PaaS
9 1 (0.36%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.36%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.91%) Firewall
2 7 (2.55%) VPN
3 6 (2.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (2.18%) Network Security
4 5 (1.82%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (1.45%) Internet
6 3 (1.09%) Wireless
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.73%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.73%) Intranet
7 2 (0.73%) WAN
8 1 (0.36%) DHCP
8 1 (0.36%) DNS
8 1 (0.36%) LAN
8 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.64%) Power BI
2 6 (2.18%) Tableau
3 2 (0.73%) Big Data
4 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.09%) JIRA
2 2 (0.73%) Appium
2 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.73%) JUnit
2 2 (0.73%) Selenium
2 2 (0.73%) SoapUI
2 2 (0.73%) TestNG
2 2 (0.73%) TestRail
2 2 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (34.18%) Finance
2 82 (29.82%) Social Skills
3 38 (13.82%) Manufacturing
4 36 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (11.64%) Legal
6 22 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (5.82%) Retail
8 15 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.36%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (3.27%) Electronics
10 9 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.27%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.91%) Law
12 7 (2.55%) Banking
12 7 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.55%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.45%) Marketing
15 3 (1.09%) Automotive
15 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (19.27%) Audit Manager
2 38 (13.82%) Senior
3 31 (11.27%) IT Manager
4 29 (10.55%) Analyst
5 24 (8.73%) Quality Manager
6 17 (6.18%) Services Director
7 16 (5.82%) Security Manager
7 16 (5.82%) Senior Manager
8 15 (5.45%) Auditor
8 15 (5.45%) Senior Audit Manager
9 14 (5.09%) Compliance Manager
10 13 (4.73%) IT Audit Manager
10 13 (4.73%) Lead
11 12 (4.36%) IT Auditor
11 12 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
12 11 (4.00%) QA Specialist
12 11 (4.00%) Security Analyst
12 11 (4.00%) Validation Specialist
13 10 (3.64%) Information Security Officer
13 10 (3.64%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.45%) Web Services
2 2 (0.73%) Django
2 2 (0.73%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.73%) jQuery
2 2 (0.73%) OAuth
2 2 (0.73%) OpenID
2 2 (0.73%) SAML
2 2 (0.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (0.36%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 44 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.09%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.00%) Life Science
4 10 (3.64%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.27%) Reinsurance
6 7 (2.55%) Biopharmaceutical
7 6 (2.18%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (2.18%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (2.18%) IoT
8 4 (1.45%) FMCG
8 4 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.73%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.73%) Equities
10 2 (0.73%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.73%) NHS
10 2 (0.73%) PMI
10 2 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.45%) Kali Linux
2 3 (1.09%) Windows
3 1 (0.36%) Android
3 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.36%) Linux
3 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (31.27%) Risk Management
2 70 (25.45%) Information Security
3 54 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 46 (16.73%) IT Audit
5 40 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (12.73%) Disaster Recovery
7 33 (12.00%) Data Protection
8 30 (10.91%) Root Cause Analysis
9 28 (10.18%) Collaborative Working
9 28 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (10.18%) Quality Management
10 27 (9.82%) Business Continuity
11 26 (9.45%) Mentoring
12 22 (8.00%) QMS
13 20 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (7.27%) Strategic Thinking
14 19 (6.91%) Analytics
15 18 (6.55%) Creative Thinking
16 17 (6.18%) Budgeting
16 17 (6.18%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.82%) Python
2 10 (3.64%) SQL
3 6 (2.18%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 46 (16.73%) CISSP
2 41 (14.91%) Degree
3 33 (12.00%) CISM
4 31 (11.27%) CISA
5 13 (4.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 7 (2.55%) CRISC
7 6 (2.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.18%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 6 (2.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 5 (1.82%) ISACA
9 4 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.45%) CCSP
9 4 (1.45%) CEH
9 4 (1.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 3 (1.09%) CCAB
10 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.09%) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 68 (24.73%) QA
3 29 (10.55%) ISO 9001
4 26 (9.45%) GDPR
5 22 (8.00%) NIST
6 17 (6.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (6.18%) IFRS
7 16 (5.82%) GRC
8 15 (5.45%) ISO 14001
9 12 (4.36%) ISO 22301
9 12 (4.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 11 (4.00%) PCI DSS
11 10 (3.64%) ITGC
12 9 (3.27%) COBIT
13 8 (2.91%) IEC 62304
13 8 (2.91%) ISO 13485
14 7 (2.55%) Accessibility
14 7 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (2.55%) NEBOSH
15 6 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (2.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.45%) Suricata
3 2 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.73%) Terraform
4 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (14.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (5.82%) Google
3 9 (3.27%) SAP
4 7 (2.55%) Cisco
5 4 (1.45%) Juniper
5 4 (1.45%) Palo Alto
5 4 (1.45%) Splunk
6 3 (1.09%) BT
7 2 (0.73%) Apple
7 2 (0.73%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.36%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.36%) CA
8 1 (0.36%) Datix
8 1 (0.36%) Meraki
8 1 (0.36%) Minitab
8 1 (0.36%) Remedy
8 1 (0.36%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.36%) Snow
8 1 (0.36%) Zscaler