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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 582 711 843
Rank change year-on-year +129 +132 +197
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 129 186 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.19% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.22% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 45 137 109
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,125 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +9.09% +20.49%

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 52,098 84,818 95,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.84% 85.52% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,512 59,706 56,022
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Top 14 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 16 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 +101 115 £62,500 +4.17% 57
UK excluding London +150 77 £52,000 -13.33% 36
London +102 63 £80,000 +23.08% 26
Work from Home +87 39 £52,500 +5.00% 25
Midlands +47 26 £75,000 +25.00% 8
West Midlands +44 26 £75,000 +25.00% 8
South East +107 18 £55,000 - 9
South West +113 9 £80,000 +33.33% 4
Scotland +102 8 £77,750 +253.41% 1
North of England +29 8 £47,500 -9.52% 8
North West -2 8 £47,500 -17.39% 5
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England +37 3 £37,000 -13.95% 4
Wales - 1 - - 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 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (17.05%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.98%) AWS
1 9 (6.98%) Azure
2 7 (5.43%) GCP
3 3 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.55%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
4 2 (1.55%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.43%) Firewall
2 4 (3.10%) Network Security
3 3 (2.33%) DNS
4 2 (1.55%) DHCP
4 2 (1.55%) DKIM
4 2 (1.55%) DMARC
4 2 (1.55%) VLAN
5 1 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.78%) LAN
5 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.78%) WAN
5 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.55%) Power BI
3 1 (0.78%) Tableau
General
1 86 (66.67%) Finance
2 37 (28.68%) Social Skills
3 29 (22.48%) Banking
3 29 (22.48%) Retail
4 23 (17.83%) Manufacturing
5 22 (17.05%) Games
5 22 (17.05%) Telecoms
6 14 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (8.53%) Legal
8 5 (3.88%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.78%) Marketing
11 1 (0.78%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.78%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 74 (57.36%) Senior
2 41 (31.78%) Audit Manager
3 40 (31.01%) Senior Audit Manager
3 40 (31.01%) Senior Manager
4 28 (21.71%) IT Manager
5 25 (19.38%) Auditor
6 23 (17.83%) IT Auditor
7 22 (17.05%) IT Audit Manager
8 21 (16.28%) Senior IT Audit Manager
8 21 (16.28%) Senior IT Manager
9 16 (12.40%) Audit Support Manager
9 16 (12.40%) Quality Manager
9 16 (12.40%) Senior Quality Manager
9 16 (12.40%) Senior Support Manager
9 16 (12.40%) Support Manager
10 7 (5.43%) Lead
11 6 (4.65%) Analyst
11 6 (4.65%) Internal Auditor
11 6 (4.65%) Senior Auditor
11 6 (4.65%) Technology Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (24.03%) Management Information System
2 22 (17.05%) Blockchain
2 22 (17.05%) Robotics
3 10 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.55%) Social Network
5 1 (0.78%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.78%) PMI
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.55%) Linux
1 2 (1.55%) Mac OS X
1 2 (1.55%) Windows
1 2 (1.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (48.84%) Agile
2 59 (45.74%) Mentoring
3 45 (34.88%) Creative Thinking
4 43 (33.33%) Coaching
5 42 (32.56%) Analytics
6 40 (31.01%) Data Analytics
7 31 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (23.26%) Change Management
9 29 (22.48%) Information Security
10 24 (18.60%) Artificial Intelligence
11 23 (17.83%) ERP
11 23 (17.83%) Risk Management
12 22 (17.05%) Robotic Process Automation
13 19 (14.73%) Budget Management
14 18 (13.95%) Internal Audit
14 18 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (13.18%) Root Cause Analysis
16 16 (12.40%) ITIL
17 13 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
18 9 (6.98%) Budgeting
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.65%) R
2 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (63.57%) CISA
2 27 (20.93%) CISSP
3 22 (17.05%) ISACA
4 19 (14.73%) CISM
5 12 (9.30%) Degree
6 5 (3.88%) CRISC
7 4 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.10%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.33%) CCSK
8 3 (2.33%) CCSP
8 3 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.78%) CCAB
10 1 (0.78%) CCNA
10 1 (0.78%) CCNP
10 1 (0.78%) CEH
10 1 (0.78%) ICAEW
10 1 (0.78%) MBA
10 1 (0.78%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (40.31%) ITGC
2 22 (17.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 21 (16.28%) NIST
4 19 (14.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (13.18%) COBIT
6 8 (6.20%) GDPR
7 5 (3.88%) GRC
7 5 (3.88%) QA
8 3 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (1.55%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (1.55%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.78%) COSO
10 1 (0.78%) FISMA
10 1 (0.78%) GLBA
10 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.78%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.78%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.55%) Docker
2 2 (1.55%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.78%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) Oracle
1 25 (19.38%) SAP
2 8 (6.20%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.43%) Google
4 6 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 6 (4.65%) VMware
5 3 (2.33%) Meraki
6 2 (1.55%) DocuSign
6 2 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.55%) Veeam
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco