Senior Audit Manager Job Trends

Senior Auditing Manager
UK

The median Senior Auditing Manager salary in the UK is £81,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 546 696
Rank change year-on-year -65 +150 +311
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Audit Manager 42 155 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.070% 0.29% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.31% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £71,000
25th Percentile £79,250 - £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.37%
75th Percentile £109,063 - £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £90,000

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 54,426 49,714 53,040
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.72% 92.90% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 33,710 25,743 40,880
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%

Senior Audit Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Senior Audit Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Audit Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Audit Manager job vacancies in the UK

Senior Audit Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Audit Manager over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Audit Manager in the UK

Senior Audit Manager
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Audit Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
England -56 36 £81,500 -
London -14 27 £81,500 -
Work from Home +72 22 £81,500 -
UK excluding London +12 15 - -
North of England -6 9 - -
Yorkshire - 9 - -
Scotland - 6 - -

Senior Audit Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Audit Manager 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 Senior Audit Manager in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Coaching
2 34 (80.95%) ACCA
3 28 (66.67%) IFRS
4 23 (54.76%) Quality Management
5 21 (50.00%) Risk Management
6 18 (42.86%) Analytics
6 18 (42.86%) Benchmarking
7 15 (35.71%) GAAP
8 14 (33.33%) Data Analytics
9 12 (28.57%) Content Development
10 10 (23.81%) Agile
10 10 (23.81%) Project Management
11 8 (19.05%) IT Audit
12 6 (14.29%) AI
12 6 (14.29%) Azure
12 6 (14.29%) Test Automation
13 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
13 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
13 4 (9.52%) DataOps
13 4 (9.52%) Entra ID
13 4 (9.52%) ERP
13 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
13 4 (9.52%) Oracle
13 4 (9.52%) Oracle EBS
13 4 (9.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 4 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (9.52%) Order to Cash
13 4 (9.52%) Procure-to-Pay
13 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
13 4 (9.52%) Record to Report

Senior Audit Manager 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) AWS
3 2 (4.76%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle Reports
General
1 26 (61.90%) Finance
2 14 (33.33%) Banking
3 13 (30.95%) Law
4 12 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 10 (23.81%) Public Sector
6 6 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (14.29%) Local Government
7 4 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (4.76%) International Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Cloud Native
1 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) Coaching
2 23 (54.76%) Quality Management
3 21 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 18 (42.86%) Analytics
4 18 (42.86%) Benchmarking
5 14 (33.33%) Data Analytics
6 12 (28.57%) Content Development
7 10 (23.81%) Agile
7 10 (23.81%) Project Management
8 8 (19.05%) IT Audit
9 6 (14.29%) AI
9 6 (14.29%) Test Automation
10 4 (9.52%) Budget Management
10 4 (9.52%) DataOps
10 4 (9.52%) ERP
10 4 (9.52%) Order to Cash
10 4 (9.52%) Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
10 4 (9.52%) Record to Report
11 2 (4.76%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (80.95%) ACCA
2 2 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 2 (4.76%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) CISA
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.76%) CISM
2 2 (4.76%) CISSP
2 2 (4.76%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (66.67%) IFRS
2 15 (35.71%) GAAP
3 4 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 4 (9.52%) Oracle
1 4 (9.52%) SAP
1 4 (9.52%) Workday
2 2 (4.76%) Google