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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 619 870
Rank change year-on-year +97 +251 -117
Permanent jobs citing Internal Audit 409 369 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.37% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.39% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 242 222 196
10th Percentile £37,750 £26,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,125 £37,125 £48,438
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 £71,248
90th Percentile £77,500 £96,671 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,000 £40,931 £52,293
% change year-on-year +17.27% -21.73% +16.21%

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 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 17 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 17 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 +132 357 £52,500 -8.70% 229
UK excluding London +57 286 £48,000 +17.27% 168
Work from Home +87 111 £60,000 - 58
London +79 109 £67,000 -4.29% 78
South East +60 106 £39,000 -32.17% 53
North of England +65 48 £44,500 -1.11% 32
Scotland -50 35 £69,500 -10.32% 11
Midlands +5 33 £60,000 +20.00% 32
East of England +33 27 £50,000 +14.29% 19
South West -39 27 £48,750 +77.27% 20
North West +13 26 £35,000 -39.46% 18
West Midlands +16 22 £60,000 +20.00% 19
Yorkshire +74 19 £47,500 +16.05% 11
East Midlands 0 11 £44,500 - 13
Northern Ireland +28 10 - -
North East -2 3 £48,000 +6.67% 3

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 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.22%) 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 36 (8.80%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (7.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (4.65%) 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 27 (6.60%) Azure
2 14 (3.42%) Power Platform
3 13 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.69%) AWS
5 9 (2.20%) GCP
6 6 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (0.98%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.73%) SaaS
9 2 (0.49%) Google Docs
9 2 (0.49%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.49%) IaaS
9 2 (0.49%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.49%) PaaS
10 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.24%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.24%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.62%) Firewall
2 8 (1.96%) VPN
3 7 (1.71%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (1.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (1.22%) Network Security
5 4 (0.98%) 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%) 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 (3.42%) Power BI
2 8 (1.96%) 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
1 118 (28.85%) Finance
2 88 (21.52%) Social Skills
3 85 (20.78%) Manufacturing
4 57 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (12.96%) Electronics
6 42 (10.27%) Legal
7 23 (5.62%) Retail
8 22 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.69%) Banking
11 10 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.20%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.47%) Automotive
14 6 (1.47%) Law
15 5 (1.22%) Aviation
15 5 (1.22%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.98%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (13.20%) Analyst
2 51 (12.47%) Senior
3 44 (10.76%) Audit Manager
4 40 (9.78%) Quality Engineer
5 36 (8.80%) IT Manager
6 30 (7.33%) Security Analyst
7 28 (6.85%) Auditor
8 22 (5.38%) Compliance Manager
8 22 (5.38%) IT Auditor
9 21 (5.13%) Quality Manager
10 20 (4.89%) QA Engineer
11 18 (4.40%) QC Engineer
12 17 (4.16%) IT Audit Manager
12 17 (4.16%) Senior Manager
12 17 (4.16%) Services Director
13 16 (3.91%) Lead
13 16 (3.91%) Security Manager
13 16 (3.91%) Senior Audit Manager
14 15 (3.67%) Administrator
15 14 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.98%) 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 78 (19.07%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.13%) Security Posture
3 11 (2.69%) Data Protection Act
3 11 (2.69%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (1.71%) Biopharmaceutical
7 6 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.47%) Industry 4.0
7 6 (1.47%) IoT
7 6 (1.47%) Reinsurance
8 4 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.98%) FMCG
8 4 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (0.98%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.98%) NHS
8 4 (0.98%) PMI
9 3 (0.73%) Derivative
9 3 (0.73%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.98%) 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
1 110 (26.89%) Information Security
2 101 (24.69%) Risk Management
3 69 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 64 (15.65%) Collaborative Working
5 61 (14.91%) IT Audit
6 59 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
7 57 (13.94%) FMEA
8 55 (13.45%) Product Requirements
9 52 (12.71%) Disaster Recovery
10 51 (12.47%) Data Protection
11 42 (10.27%) Problem-Solving
11 42 (10.27%) Quality Management
11 42 (10.27%) Root Cause Analysis
12 37 (9.05%) Business Continuity
13 31 (7.58%) Decision-Making
13 31 (7.58%) Mentoring
13 31 (7.58%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (7.33%) Analytics
14 30 (7.33%) QMS
15 28 (6.85%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 16 (3.91%) Python
2 10 (2.44%) SQL
3 6 (1.47%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (20.78%) Degree
2 66 (16.14%) CISSP
3 53 (12.96%) CISA
4 41 (10.02%) CISM
5 25 (6.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (3.91%) CRISC
7 13 (3.18%) ACCA
8 7 (1.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (1.71%) CIMA
8 7 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.47%) ISEB
9 6 (1.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 6 (1.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 5 (1.22%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.22%) CCSP
10 5 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 5 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.98%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.98%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (27.14%) QA
2 94 (22.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 39 (9.54%) GDPR
4 36 (8.80%) NIST
5 34 (8.31%) ISO 9001
6 29 (7.09%) Cyber Essentials
7 23 (5.62%) IFRS
8 19 (4.65%) GRC
9 18 (4.40%) PCI DSS
10 17 (4.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 15 (3.67%) ISO 14001
12 14 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (2.44%) COBIT
14 9 (2.20%) COSHH
14 9 (2.20%) NEBOSH
15 8 (1.96%) IEC 62304
15 8 (1.96%) ISO 13485
16 7 (1.71%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.71%) ISO 22301
16 7 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (0.98%) 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 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.58%) Google
3 14 (3.42%) SAP
4 8 (1.96%) Cisco
5 5 (1.22%) Anaplan
6 4 (0.98%) Datix
6 4 (0.98%) Juniper
6 4 (0.98%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.98%) Splunk
7 3 (0.73%) Apple
8 2 (0.49%) Alteryx
8 2 (0.49%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.24%) Atlassian
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