Internal Auditing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Internal Audit skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Internal Audit over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 662 841
Rank change year-on-year +150 +179 -113
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 430 342 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.33% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.34% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 251 209 205
10th Percentile £37,750 £28,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,188 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £71,248
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,371 £83,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,750 £48,750 £59,000
% change year-on-year -2.05% -17.37% +28.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Internal Audit is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,476 100,576 147,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.05% 95.63% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 59,789 58,947 82,930
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,476
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Top 17 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 25 April 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 +188 374 £52,500 -8.94% 237
UK excluding London +103 304 £47,750 -2.05% 168
South East +91 113 £39,000 -26.07% 45
London +99 112 £70,000 -1.75% 78
Work from Home +106 111 £55,000 -4.35% 68
North of England +66 55 £45,000 - 40
Scotland -53 36 £69,500 -10.32% 6
Midlands +14 33 £60,000 +20.00% 30
North West +35 31 £35,000 -39.46% 27
East of England +50 27 £50,000 -3.61% 21
South West -26 26 £48,750 +77.27% 27
West Midlands +15 22 £60,000 +20.00% 22
Yorkshire +88 21 £47,500 +16.05% 9
Northern Ireland +29 13 - - 2
East Midlands -5 11 £44,500 - 8
North East +1 3 £48,000 +6.67% 5
Wales -10 1 £43,067 +10.43% 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 16 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.47%) SAS
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.23%) IIS
4 1 (0.23%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 39 (9.07%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle AGIS
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 23 (5.35%) Azure
2 18 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (3.72%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.09%) GCP
5 8 (1.86%) AWS
6 4 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 4 (0.93%) Google Workspace
7 3 (0.70%) SaaS
8 2 (0.47%) Google Docs
8 2 (0.47%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.47%) IaaS
8 2 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.47%) PaaS
9 1 (0.23%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.23%) Slack
9 1 (0.23%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.12%) Firewall
2 8 (1.86%) VPN
3 7 (1.63%) Cisco IPT
4 5 (1.16%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.16%) Wireless
5 4 (0.93%) WAN
6 3 (0.70%) LAN
6 3 (0.70%) Network Security
6 3 (0.70%) WLAN
7 2 (0.47%) 5G
7 2 (0.47%) Broadband
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.47%) Internet
7 2 (0.47%) Intranet
8 1 (0.23%) DHCP
8 1 (0.23%) DNS
8 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.23%) Skype
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.72%) Power BI
2 8 (1.86%) Tableau
3 3 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.47%) Big Data
5 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) GitLab
General
1 120 (27.91%) Finance
2 95 (22.09%) Social Skills
3 91 (21.16%) Manufacturing
4 69 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (13.26%) Electronics
6 41 (9.53%) Legal
7 26 (6.05%) Retail
8 22 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 17 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (2.79%) Banking
12 10 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.09%) Telecoms
14 7 (1.63%) Law
14 7 (1.63%) Public Sector
15 6 (1.40%) Automotive
16 5 (1.16%) Aviation
16 5 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 58 (13.49%) Analyst
2 55 (12.79%) Senior
3 47 (10.93%) Audit Manager
4 45 (10.47%) Quality Engineer
5 39 (9.07%) IT Manager
6 34 (7.91%) Security Analyst
7 28 (6.51%) Auditor
8 24 (5.58%) Compliance Manager
9 22 (5.12%) QA Engineer
10 21 (4.88%) IT Audit Manager
10 21 (4.88%) IT Auditor
11 20 (4.65%) Lead
11 20 (4.65%) QC Engineer
12 19 (4.42%) Quality Manager
12 19 (4.42%) Senior Manager
13 18 (4.19%) Senior Audit Manager
14 17 (3.95%) Security Manager
14 17 (3.95%) Services Director
15 15 (3.49%) Information Analyst
15 15 (3.49%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.47%) Django
1 2 (0.47%) jQuery
1 2 (0.47%) OAuth
1 2 (0.47%) OpenID
1 2 (0.47%) SAML
1 2 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (0.47%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (17.21%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.12%) Security Posture
3 17 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.86%) Data Centre
6 7 (1.63%) Biopharmaceutical
6 7 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.40%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (1.40%) IoT
7 6 (1.40%) PMI
8 5 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.16%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.93%) FMCG
9 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.93%) NHS
9 4 (0.93%) Product Ownership
9 4 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (0.70%) Derivative
11 2 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.40%) Windows
2 4 (0.93%) Linux
2 4 (0.93%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.47%) Android
3 2 (0.47%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.47%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (26.98%) Information Security
2 101 (23.49%) Risk Management
3 70 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 68 (15.81%) IT Audit
5 66 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
6 64 (14.88%) Collaborative Working
7 61 (14.19%) FMEA
8 59 (13.72%) Product Requirements
9 55 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (12.09%) Disaster Recovery
11 49 (11.40%) Data Protection
12 45 (10.47%) Quality Management
13 44 (10.23%) Root Cause Analysis
14 43 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 36 (8.37%) Business Continuity
16 35 (8.14%) Risk Assessment
17 33 (7.67%) Decision-Making
18 32 (7.44%) Analytics
18 32 (7.44%) Mentoring
19 30 (6.98%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 11 (2.56%) Python
2 9 (2.09%) SQL
3 4 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 95 (22.09%) Degree
2 66 (15.35%) CISSP
3 58 (13.49%) CISA
4 44 (10.23%) CISM
5 29 (6.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (3.72%) CRISC
7 14 (3.26%) ACCA
8 10 (2.33%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 7 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (1.63%) CIMA
9 7 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 7 (1.63%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.40%) ISEB
10 6 (1.40%) Security Cleared
10 6 (1.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 5 (1.16%) CCSP
11 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
11 5 (1.16%) ISACA
12 4 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (26.74%) QA
2 96 (22.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (8.84%) GDPR
4 37 (8.60%) ISO 9001
4 37 (8.60%) NIST
5 31 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (5.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 23 (5.35%) IFRS
8 20 (4.65%) GRC
9 18 (4.19%) PCI DSS
10 15 (3.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 15 (3.49%) ISO 14001
11 14 (3.26%) COBIT
12 9 (2.09%) COSHH
12 9 (2.09%) ISO 13485
12 9 (2.09%) NEBOSH
13 8 (1.86%) IEC 62304
14 7 (1.63%) ISO 22301
14 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 6 (1.40%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.47%) Suricata
2 2 (0.47%) Terraform
3 1 (0.23%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.23%) Nessus
3 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (12.79%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.60%) Google
3 17 (3.95%) SAP
4 6 (1.40%) Cisco
5 5 (1.16%) Anaplan
5 5 (1.16%) Oracle
6 4 (0.93%) Datix
7 3 (0.70%) Apple
7 3 (0.70%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.47%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.47%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.47%) Juniper
8 2 (0.47%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.47%) Splunk
8 2 (0.47%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.23%) CA
9 1 (0.23%) Meraki
9 1 (0.23%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.23%) Snow
9 1 (0.23%) Zscaler