IT Audit Jobs

IT Auditing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring IT Audit skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited IT Audit over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 592 729 824
Rank change year-on-year +137 +95 +211
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 117 185 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.18% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.21% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 41 137 114
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,688
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +2.13% +11.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +27.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT 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 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Audit over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +102 109 £65,000 +8.33% 97
UK excluding London +151 70 £50,000 -16.67% 103
London +105 59 £81,250 +25.00% 15
Work from Home +80 36 £51,250 +2.50% 25
Midlands +69 25 £87,010 +42.06% 17
West Midlands +45 25 £87,010 +42.06% 10
South East +94 16 £50,000 -13.04% 28
South West +110 10 £80,000 +33.33% 13
North of England +30 8 £47,500 -9.52% 21
North West +1 8 £47,500 -17.39% 7
Scotland +108 7 £77,750 +253.41% 12
East of England +41 3 £37,000 -13.95% 13
Wales - 1 - - 4

IT 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (18.80%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.69%) AWS
2 7 (5.98%) Azure
2 7 (5.98%) GCP
3 3 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) Firewall
2 4 (3.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.85%) LAN
3 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.85%) WAN
3 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.85%) Tableau
General
1 82 (70.09%) Finance
2 35 (29.91%) Social Skills
3 27 (23.08%) Retail
4 25 (21.37%) Banking
5 23 (19.66%) Manufacturing
6 22 (18.80%) Games
6 22 (18.80%) Telecoms
7 10 (8.55%) Legal
8 9 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (5.13%) Financial Institution
10 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (54.70%) Senior
2 39 (33.33%) Audit Manager
3 38 (32.48%) Senior Audit Manager
3 38 (32.48%) Senior Manager
4 24 (20.51%) IT Manager
5 22 (18.80%) Auditor
6 20 (17.09%) IT Audit Manager
6 20 (17.09%) IT Auditor
7 19 (16.24%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 19 (16.24%) Senior IT Manager
8 16 (13.68%) Audit Support Manager
8 16 (13.68%) Quality Manager
8 16 (13.68%) Senior Quality Manager
8 16 (13.68%) Senior Support Manager
8 16 (13.68%) Support Manager
9 7 (5.98%) Internal Auditor
9 7 (5.98%) Lead
10 6 (5.13%) Risk Manager
10 6 (5.13%) Technology Risk Manager
11 5 (4.27%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 26 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 22 (18.80%) Blockchain
2 22 (18.80%) Robotics
3 9 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.85%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (52.14%) Agile
2 57 (48.72%) Mentoring
3 43 (36.75%) Creative Thinking
4 40 (34.19%) Analytics
4 40 (34.19%) Coaching
4 40 (34.19%) Data Analytics
5 28 (23.93%) Change Management
5 28 (23.93%) Information Security
6 27 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (20.51%) Artificial Intelligence
8 22 (18.80%) ERP
8 22 (18.80%) Robotic Process Automation
9 19 (16.24%) Risk Management
10 18 (15.38%) Budget Management
11 17 (14.53%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (13.68%) ITIL
12 16 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (12.82%) Internal Audit
14 13 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
15 8 (6.84%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.13%) R
2 1 (0.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 80 (68.38%) CISA
2 24 (20.51%) CISSP
3 22 (18.80%) ISACA
4 18 (15.38%) CISM
5 10 (8.55%) Degree
6 4 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.42%) CRISC
7 3 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.56%) CCSK
7 3 (2.56%) CCSP
7 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.71%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.85%) CCNA
9 1 (0.85%) CCNP
9 1 (0.85%) CEH
9 1 (0.85%) ICAEW
9 1 (0.85%) MBA
9 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (41.88%) ITGC
2 20 (17.09%) NIST
2 20 (17.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 18 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (13.68%) COBIT
5 7 (5.98%) GDPR
6 5 (4.27%) QA
7 4 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (3.42%) GRC
8 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.85%) COSO
9 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 25 (21.37%) Oracle
1 25 (21.37%) SAP
2 7 (5.98%) Google
3 6 (5.13%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.13%) VMware
4 1 (0.85%) Cisco
4 1 (0.85%) Meraki