Security Auditor Job Trends

Security Auditor
UK

The median Security Auditor salary in the UK is £96,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 696 698
Rank change year-on-year +68 +2 +323
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Auditor 15 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.018% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.020% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile - - £33,500
25th Percentile £86,250 - £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.82%
75th Percentile £111,250 - £38,750
90th Percentile £122,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £34,000
% change year-on-year - - -38.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,599 50,905 49,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.99% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,992 26,750 38,370
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Security Auditor
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Auditor' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Security Auditor job vacancy trend in the UK

Security Auditor
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Security Auditor job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Security Auditor job vacancies in the UK

Security Auditor
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Auditor over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Auditor in the UK

Security Auditor
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Auditor within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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
London +85 15 £96,250 - 4
England +81 15 £96,250 - 5
Work from Home - 15 £96,250 - 5

Security Auditor Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Security Auditor job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Auditor in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) CISA
1 13 (86.67%) CISM
1 13 (86.67%) CISSP
1 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (80.00%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Analytics
2 12 (80.00%) CGEIT
2 12 (80.00%) CHAP
2 12 (80.00%) COBIT
2 12 (80.00%) Data Analytics
2 12 (80.00%) Data Protection
2 12 (80.00%) FFIEC
2 12 (80.00%) GDPR
2 12 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 12 (80.00%) Information Security
2 12 (80.00%) Internal Audit
2 12 (80.00%) NIST
2 12 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 12 (80.00%) Project Management
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (80.00%) SANS
2 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 12 (80.00%) Threat Management
2 12 (80.00%) Validation
2 12 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (40.00%) Coaching
3 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (40.00%) Predictive Analytics

Security Auditor Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) CHAP
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Network Security
General
1 12 (80.00%) Banking
1 12 (80.00%) Finance
1 12 (80.00%) Financial Institution
1 12 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 12 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 6 (40.00%) Blockchain
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (80.00%) Agile
2 12 (80.00%) Analytics
2 12 (80.00%) Data Analytics
2 12 (80.00%) Data Protection
2 12 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 12 (80.00%) Information Security
2 12 (80.00%) Internal Audit
2 12 (80.00%) PRINCE2
2 12 (80.00%) Project Management
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Assessment
2 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 12 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 12 (80.00%) Test Strategy
2 12 (80.00%) Threat Management
2 12 (80.00%) Validation
2 12 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (40.00%) Coaching
3 6 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 6 (40.00%) Predictive Analytics
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) CISA
1 13 (86.67%) CISM
1 13 (86.67%) CISSP
2 12 (80.00%) CGEIT
2 12 (80.00%) FFIEC
2 12 (80.00%) SANS
3 1 (6.67%) CRISC
3 1 (6.67%) GIAC
3 1 (6.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) COBIT
1 12 (80.00%) GDPR
1 12 (80.00%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001