Internal Auditing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Internal Audit skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Internal Audit over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 628 872
Rank change year-on-year +100 +244 -108
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 412 370 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.42% 0.37% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.39% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 244 224 200
10th Percentile £37,975 £26,250 £38,850
25th Percentile £41,219 £37,939 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,268 £59,064
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% -6.43% +7.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £71,192
90th Percentile £77,500 £96,300 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,375 £43,125 £52,085
% change year-on-year +12.17% -17.20% +15.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Internal 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 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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%

Internal Audit
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Internal Audit over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Internal Audit in the UK

Internal Audit
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internal Audit within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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 +116 360 £52,500 -8.70% 232
UK excluding London +59 288 £48,375 +12.17% 165
Work from Home +92 112 £60,000 +2.56% 61
London +87 110 £67,500 -3.57% 77
South East +69 108 £39,000 -32.17% 43
North of England +53 48 £44,500 -1.11% 34
Scotland -48 34 £70,750 -8.71% 11
Midlands +13 33 £60,000 +20.00% 32
East of England +25 27 £50,000 +14.29% 21
South West -46 27 £48,750 +77.27% 24
North West +21 26 £35,000 -39.46% 21
West Midlands +4 22 £60,000 +20.00% 20
Yorkshire +89 19 £47,500 +16.05% 9
Northern Ireland +36 11 - - 2
East Midlands -7 11 £44,500 - 12
North East -5 3 £48,000 +6.67% 4

Internal 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 16 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.49%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) Apache
4 1 (0.24%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.24%) IIS
4 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (7.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 26 (6.31%) Azure
2 14 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (3.40%) Power Platform
3 11 (2.67%) AWS
4 9 (2.18%) GCP
5 6 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (0.97%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.73%) SaaS
8 2 (0.49%) Google Docs
8 2 (0.49%) Google Sheets
8 2 (0.49%) IaaS
8 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.49%) PaaS
9 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.24%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.34%) Firewall
2 8 (1.94%) VPN
3 7 (1.70%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.21%) Network Security
5 4 (0.97%) Internet
6 3 (0.73%) Wireless
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.49%) Intranet
7 2 (0.49%) WAN
8 1 (0.24%) 5G
8 1 (0.24%) Broadband
8 1 (0.24%) DHCP
8 1 (0.24%) DNS
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.24%) Skype
8 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.24%) WebEx
8 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.40%) Power BI
2 8 (1.94%) Tableau
3 2 (0.49%) Big Data
4 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (0.73%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Appium
2 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
2 2 (0.49%) JUnit
2 2 (0.49%) Selenium
2 2 (0.49%) SoapUI
2 2 (0.49%) TestNG
2 2 (0.49%) TestRail
2 2 (0.49%) WebDriver
General
1 119 (28.88%) Finance
2 88 (21.36%) Social Skills
3 87 (21.12%) Manufacturing
4 59 (14.32%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (12.86%) Electronics
6 42 (10.19%) Legal
7 24 (5.83%) Retail
8 22 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 18 (4.37%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (2.67%) Banking
12 10 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.18%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.94%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.46%) Automotive
15 6 (1.46%) Law
16 5 (1.21%) Aviation
16 5 (1.21%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (13.11%) Analyst
2 52 (12.62%) Senior
3 45 (10.92%) Audit Manager
4 41 (9.95%) Quality Engineer
5 38 (9.22%) IT Manager
6 30 (7.28%) Security Analyst
7 28 (6.80%) Auditor
8 22 (5.34%) Compliance Manager
8 22 (5.34%) IT Auditor
9 21 (5.10%) Quality Manager
10 20 (4.85%) QA Engineer
11 19 (4.61%) IT Audit Manager
12 18 (4.37%) QC Engineer
12 18 (4.37%) Senior Manager
13 17 (4.13%) Lead
13 17 (4.13%) Senior Audit Manager
13 17 (4.13%) Services Director
14 16 (3.88%) Security Manager
15 15 (3.64%) Administrator
16 14 (3.40%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.97%) Web Services
2 2 (0.49%) Django
2 2 (0.49%) Gherkin
2 2 (0.49%) jQuery
2 2 (0.49%) OAuth
2 2 (0.49%) OpenID
2 2 (0.49%) SAML
2 2 (0.49%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (0.24%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (19.17%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.10%) Security Posture
3 11 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.43%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.70%) Biopharmaceutical
7 6 (1.46%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.46%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (1.46%) IoT
8 5 (1.21%) Reinsurance
9 4 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (0.97%) FMCG
9 4 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.97%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.97%) NHS
9 4 (0.97%) PMI
10 3 (0.73%) Derivative
10 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.97%) Kali Linux
2 3 (0.73%) Windows
3 1 (0.24%) Android
3 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.24%) Linux
3 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (26.46%) Information Security
2 100 (24.27%) Risk Management
3 68 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (15.53%) Collaborative Working
4 64 (15.53%) IT Audit
5 59 (14.32%) Cybersecurity
6 57 (13.83%) FMEA
7 55 (13.35%) Product Requirements
8 52 (12.62%) Disaster Recovery
9 50 (12.14%) Data Protection
10 44 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (10.44%) Quality Management
11 43 (10.44%) Root Cause Analysis
12 37 (8.98%) Business Continuity
13 33 (8.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (7.52%) Analytics
14 31 (7.52%) Decision-Making
14 31 (7.52%) Mentoring
15 30 (7.28%) QMS
16 29 (7.04%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.88%) Python
2 10 (2.43%) SQL
3 6 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 88 (21.36%) Degree
2 66 (16.02%) CISSP
3 55 (13.35%) CISA
4 42 (10.19%) CISM
5 25 (6.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (3.88%) CRISC
7 13 (3.16%) ACCA
8 7 (1.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (1.70%) CIMA
8 7 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.46%) ISEB
9 6 (1.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 6 (1.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.21%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.21%) CCSP
10 5 (1.21%) ISACA
10 5 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (1.21%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.97%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (27.43%) QA
2 92 (22.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 38 (9.22%) GDPR
4 36 (8.74%) NIST
5 35 (8.50%) ISO 9001
6 29 (7.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (5.58%) IFRS
8 19 (4.61%) GRC
8 19 (4.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 18 (4.37%) PCI DSS
10 15 (3.64%) ISO 14001
11 14 (3.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 12 (2.91%) COBIT
13 9 (2.18%) COSHH
13 9 (2.18%) ISO 13485
13 9 (2.18%) NEBOSH
14 8 (1.94%) IEC 62304
15 7 (1.70%) Accessibility
15 7 (1.70%) ISO 22301
15 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (1.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (0.97%) Suricata
2 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.49%) Terraform
3 1 (0.24%) Functional Safety
3 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (13.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.77%) Google
3 15 (3.64%) SAP
4 8 (1.94%) Cisco
5 5 (1.21%) Anaplan
6 4 (0.97%) Datix
6 4 (0.97%) Juniper
6 4 (0.97%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.97%) Splunk
7 3 (0.73%) Apple
8 2 (0.49%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.49%) ForgeRock
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle
9 1 (0.24%) CA
9 1 (0.24%) Dell
9 1 (0.24%) Facebook
9 1 (0.24%) Meraki
9 1 (0.24%) NCR
9 1 (0.24%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.24%) Twitter