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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 513 631
Rank change year-on-year +55 +118 +239
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 272 413 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.49% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 154 244 225
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,975 £26,250
25th Percentile £51,750 £41,219 £38,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,268
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.01% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69,125 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,625 £77,500 £96,114
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £48,375 £43,125
% change year-on-year +24.03% +12.17% -17.53%

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 51,711 84,738 96,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.87% 85.57% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 26,444 59,708 57,080
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,450 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.90% -9.09% +4.76%

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 14 May 2025.

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 14 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
England +20 223 £60,000 +14.29% 287
UK excluding London +67 155 £60,000 +24.03% 201
London +116 112 £80,000 +18.52% 118
South East +40 45 £53,500 +37.18% 54
Work from Home +44 37 £65,000 +8.33% 209
North of England +36 33 £60,000 +34.83% 72
Scotland +112 27 £60,000 -15.19% 12
North West 0 21 £58,500 +67.14% 25
Midlands +43 15 £54,968 -8.39% 25
East of England +32 13 £53,500 +7.00% 19
Yorkshire +68 12 £60,000 +26.32% 47
South West +91 11 £60,000 +23.08% 18
West Midlands +42 10 £51,643 -13.93% 13
Wales - 9 £55,000 - 4
East Midlands +27 5 £60,000 +34.83% 10
Northern Ireland +35 2 - - 7

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 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 40 (14.71%) Infor LN
1 40 (14.71%) SAP BPC
2 4 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.37%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.37%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 23 (8.46%) Azure
2 20 (7.35%) GCP
3 14 (5.15%) AWS
4 7 (2.57%) Collibra
4 7 (2.57%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.21%) GitHub
6 5 (1.84%) SaaS
7 4 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.47%) Snowflake
8 3 (1.10%) IaaS
8 3 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.74%) PaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.72%) Firewall
2 19 (6.99%) Network Security
3 2 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.37%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (17.28%) Tableau
2 8 (2.94%) Metadata
3 7 (2.57%) Power BI
4 4 (1.47%) Ataccama
4 4 (1.47%) Metadata Repository
5 3 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.37%) HBase
6 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (14.71%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (2.21%) Git
2 6 (2.21%) GitLab
3 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.37%) JIRA
3 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 140 (51.47%) Finance
2 115 (42.28%) Social Skills
3 107 (39.34%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.71%) Police
5 39 (14.34%) Retail
6 35 (12.87%) Banking
7 32 (11.76%) Legal
8 26 (9.56%) Influencing Skills
9 23 (8.46%) Manufacturing
10 10 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 9 (3.31%) Public Sector
12 8 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.21%) Law
13 6 (2.21%) Retail Banking
13 6 (2.21%) Social Science
14 5 (1.84%) Front Office
14 5 (1.84%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 82 (30.15%) Senior
2 52 (19.12%) Lead
3 40 (14.71%) Accountant
3 40 (14.71%) Project Accountant
3 40 (14.71%) Senior Accountant
3 40 (14.71%) Team Leader
4 34 (12.50%) Auditor
5 31 (11.40%) Audit Manager
6 27 (9.93%) Consultant
7 25 (9.19%) Risk Manager
8 19 (6.99%) Technology Risk Manager
9 15 (5.51%) QA Manager
9 15 (5.51%) Quality Manager
10 14 (5.15%) Analyst
11 9 (3.31%) Senior Manager
12 8 (2.94%) Fraud Manager
13 6 (2.21%) Head of Information
13 6 (2.21%) Internal Auditor
13 6 (2.21%) IT Auditor
13 6 (2.21%) QC Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.47%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 74 (27.21%) Management Information System
2 25 (9.19%) Driving Licence
3 22 (8.09%) Security Posture
4 18 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.04%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.84%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.47%) Biopharmaceutical
7 4 (1.47%) Blackberry
7 4 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (1.47%) Life Science
8 3 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.10%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.10%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.74%) CMDB
9 2 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.37%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.37%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.37%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.37%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.57%) Windows
2 4 (1.47%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (35.66%) Risk Management
2 80 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 63 (23.16%) Coaching
4 54 (19.85%) Decision-Making
5 50 (18.38%) Time Management
6 48 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
7 47 (17.28%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (16.54%) Agile
8 45 (16.54%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (15.81%) Analytics
10 41 (15.07%) Cyber Intelligence
11 40 (14.71%) Business Forecasting
11 40 (14.71%) Revenue Recognition
12 39 (14.34%) Information Security
13 38 (13.97%) Data Protection
13 38 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (13.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (13.24%) Data Analytics
16 32 (11.76%) Service Delivery
17 29 (10.66%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.88%) Python
2 12 (4.41%) R
3 10 (3.68%) SQL
4 1 (0.37%) C#
4 1 (0.37%) C++
4 1 (0.37%) Java
4 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.37%) VBA
Qualifications
1 60 (22.06%) ACCA
2 59 (21.69%) CIMA
3 40 (14.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (11.40%) Degree
5 24 (8.82%) CISA
6 20 (7.35%) CCAB
7 19 (6.99%) CIPFA
7 19 (6.99%) ICAEW
8 18 (6.62%) CRISC
9 11 (4.04%) CISM
9 11 (4.04%) CISSP
10 6 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 6 (2.21%) CCSP
10 6 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (2.21%) HNC
11 5 (1.84%) CCSK
11 5 (1.84%) Security Cleared
12 4 (1.47%) FFIEC
12 4 (1.47%) SANS
13 3 (1.10%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (16.54%) QA
2 41 (15.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 40 (14.71%) GAAP
3 40 (14.71%) IFRS
4 32 (11.76%) NIST
5 27 (9.93%) GDPR
6 21 (7.72%) GMP
7 19 (6.99%) PCI DSS
7 19 (6.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 16 (5.88%) COBIT
9 13 (4.78%) ITGC
10 9 (3.31%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (2.94%) Data Quality
12 7 (2.57%) ISO 9001
13 5 (1.84%) GxP
14 3 (1.10%) GRC
14 3 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (1.10%) NIST 800
14 3 (1.10%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.74%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.37%) Docker
1 1 (0.37%) HDFS
1 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.57%) SCCM
2 3 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.37%) Ansible
3 1 (0.37%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.37%) Nessus
3 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 50 (18.38%) SAP
2 45 (16.54%) Oracle
3 40 (14.71%) Cognos
3 40 (14.71%) Infor
4 26 (9.56%) Microsoft
5 24 (8.82%) Sun
6 13 (4.78%) Google
7 7 (2.57%) VMware
8 4 (1.47%) Remedy
9 3 (1.10%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.10%) Databricks
9 3 (1.10%) Informatica
9 3 (1.10%) OneTrust
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco
11 1 (0.37%) BT
11 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.37%) Splunk
11 1 (0.37%) Sybase