IT Auditing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IT Audit skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT Audit over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 834 1014
Rank change year-on-year +117 +180 -220
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 188 139 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 137 112 142
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £46,865
% change year-on-year +15.00% +6.69% -8.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT 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 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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%

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 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Top 15 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 28 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 +167 167 £60,000 +4.35% 24
UK excluding London +41 118 £57,500 +15.00% 10
Work from Home +79 76 £50,000 - 8
London +144 66 £70,000 +12.00% 15
Midlands +25 43 £60,000 +20.00% 2
West Midlands +49 39 £60,000 +20.00% 1
North of England +49 30 £52,500 +8.25% 6
Scotland -53 18 £22,000 -71.61%
North West +24 16 £57,500 +19.17% 4
South East +21 13 £55,000 - 1
Yorkshire +97 12 £48,750 -30.36%
East of England +21 9 £42,625 -2.57% 1
South West -21 5 £60,000 -4.00%
East Midlands -9 4 - - 1
North East -3 2 £48,000 -31.43% 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (9.57%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.13%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (5.32%) Google Workspace
3 6 (3.19%) Azure
4 5 (2.66%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.06%) AWS
5 2 (1.06%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.23%) DNS
2 19 (10.11%) Firewall
3 12 (6.38%) Broadband
4 11 (5.85%) DHCP
4 11 (5.85%) TCP/IP
5 10 (5.32%) NAS
5 10 (5.32%) Wireless
6 8 (4.26%) VPN
7 6 (3.19%) IMAP
7 6 (3.19%) Network Security
8 5 (2.66%) LAN
8 5 (2.66%) WAN
9 2 (1.06%) 5G
10 1 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.57%) DB2
2 5 (2.66%) Power BI
3 2 (1.06%) Big Data
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
General
1 98 (52.13%) Finance
2 74 (39.36%) Social Skills
3 24 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (9.04%) Law
6 13 (6.91%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.32%) Games
8 7 (3.72%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.19%) Banking
9 6 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.19%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.13%) Electronics
10 4 (2.13%) Legal
10 4 (2.13%) Marketing
11 3 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.60%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.60%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.06%) Advertising
13 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (36.17%) IT Manager
2 45 (23.94%) Senior
3 44 (23.40%) Audit Manager
4 41 (21.81%) IT Audit Manager
5 35 (18.62%) Auditor
6 34 (18.09%) IT Auditor
7 21 (11.17%) Senior Auditor
7 21 (11.17%) Senior IT Auditor
8 15 (7.98%) Analyst
8 15 (7.98%) IT Risk Manager
8 15 (7.98%) Risk Manager
9 14 (7.45%) Consultant
9 14 (7.45%) IT Consultant
10 11 (5.85%) Senior Manager
11 10 (5.32%) Assistant IT Manager
11 10 (5.32%) IT Assistant
11 10 (5.32%) Senior Audit Manager
12 9 (4.79%) Senior IT Audit Manager
12 9 (4.79%) Senior IT Manager
13 7 (3.72%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.11%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.91%) Security Posture
3 10 (5.32%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.32%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.26%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.66%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.13%) PMI
7 3 (1.60%) Derivative
7 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.06%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.53%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.53%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.53%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Tandem
9 1 (0.53%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.68%) Windows
2 36 (19.15%) Windows Server
3 20 (10.64%) Unix
4 18 (9.57%) Linux
5 10 (5.32%) Mac OS
6 5 (2.66%) VMS
7 3 (1.60%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.06%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (44.15%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (36.70%) Risk Management
3 66 (35.11%) Internal Audit
4 55 (29.26%) Information Security
5 42 (22.34%) Analytics
6 39 (20.74%) Data Analytics
7 33 (17.55%) Project Management
8 32 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (15.96%) Business Continuity
10 23 (12.23%) ERP
11 21 (11.17%) Agile
11 21 (11.17%) Computer Science
11 21 (11.17%) ITIL
12 19 (10.11%) Data Privacy
13 18 (9.57%) Creative Thinking
13 18 (9.57%) Remediation Plan
13 18 (9.57%) Technical Analysis
13 18 (9.57%) Validation
14 17 (9.04%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (9.04%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.17%) SQL
2 10 (5.32%) Bash
3 1 (0.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 71 (37.77%) CISA
2 54 (28.72%) Degree
3 44 (23.40%) CISSP
4 32 (17.02%) CISM
5 14 (7.45%) PCI QSA
6 9 (4.79%) ACCA
7 8 (4.26%) CRISC
7 8 (4.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 6 (3.19%) QiCA
9 5 (2.66%) ISACA
9 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.13%) CCAB
10 4 (2.13%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.60%) CIMA
11 3 (1.60%) FFIEC
12 2 (1.06%) CASP
12 2 (1.06%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (1.06%) ICAEW
12 2 (1.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (27.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (20.21%) ITGC
3 31 (16.49%) NIST
4 25 (13.30%) PCI DSS
5 22 (11.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (10.11%) COBIT
6 19 (10.11%) GRC
7 18 (9.57%) PMO
8 17 (9.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 14 (7.45%) GDPR
10 11 (5.85%) SOC 2
11 5 (2.66%) Solvency II
12 4 (2.13%) COSO
12 4 (2.13%) GLBA
12 4 (2.13%) QA
13 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (1.06%) FISMA
14 2 (1.06%) HIPAA
14 2 (1.06%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 18 (9.57%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.72%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.06%) CASB
Vendors
1 45 (23.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (15.96%) SAP
3 21 (11.17%) Oracle
4 18 (9.57%) Sage
5 15 (7.98%) VMware
6 11 (5.85%) Apple
7 10 (5.32%) Google
8 2 (1.06%) Peregrine
8 2 (1.06%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.53%) Alteryx