International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IRCA qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 762 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing IRCA 39 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.035% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34,800 - -
25th Percentile £39,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - -
75th Percentile £53,000 - -
90th Percentile £57,200 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

IRCA falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,812 16,830 20,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.96% 34.30% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,850 7,568 10,458
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £36,925 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +18.56% -7.62% -

IRCA
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing IRCA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

IRCA job vacancy trend in the UK

IRCA
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IRCA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing IRCA

IRCA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IRCA over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for IRCA in the UK

IRCA
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IRCA within the UK over the 6 months to 4 September 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
UK excluding London - 35 £46,000 - 4
England - 22 £32,000 - 8
North of England - 16 £32,000 - 1
North West - 7 £32,000 - 1
North East - 6 - -
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
Scotland - 4 £60,000 - 2
Work from Home - 4 - - 6
Yorkshire - 3 - -
Midlands - 3 - -
Wales - 3 - -
West Midlands - 3 - -
South West - 3 - - 1

IRCA
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 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
General
1 38 (97.44%) Social Skills
2 37 (94.87%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (92.31%) Finance
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (92.31%) Head of QA
2 1 (2.56%) Consultant
2 1 (2.56%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (92.31%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (5.13%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (97.44%) Quality Management
2 37 (94.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (92.31%) Actionable Insight
3 36 (92.31%) Analytics
3 36 (92.31%) Anti-Money Laundering
3 36 (92.31%) Change Management
3 36 (92.31%) Customer Experience
3 36 (92.31%) PRINCE2
3 36 (92.31%) Root Cause Analysis
3 36 (92.31%) Service Delivery
3 36 (92.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (7.69%) Internal Audit
5 1 (2.56%) Business Strategy
5 1 (2.56%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (2.56%) Digital Innovation
5 1 (2.56%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (2.56%) Information Security Management
5 1 (2.56%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (2.56%) Risk Management
5 1 (2.56%) Security Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (100.00%) ISO 9001
2 37 (94.87%) GDPR
2 37 (94.87%) QA
3 2 (5.13%) ISO 14001
4 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.56%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft