IT Auditing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for IT Audit skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited IT 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 709 836 1040
Rank change year-on-year +127 +204 -197
Permanent jobs citing IT Audit 187 139 197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 138 112 148
10th Percentile £41,125 £41,500 £36,163
25th Percentile £46,375 £46,688 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,900 £75,450
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £45,648
% change year-on-year +20.00% +9.53% -10.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

IT 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%

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 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Audit in the UK

IT Audit
Top 15 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 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 +134 167 £60,000 +4.35% 26
UK excluding London +26 115 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Work from Home +77 76 £50,000 - 21
London +143 68 £65,000 +4.00% 12
Midlands +30 43 £60,000 +20.00%
West Midlands +29 39 £60,000 +20.00%
North of England +47 30 £52,500 +8.25% 10
Scotland -47 17 £22,000 -71.61%
North West +12 16 £57,500 +19.17% 6
Yorkshire +92 12 £48,750 -30.36% 2
South East +4 11 £55,000 - 1
East of England +12 9 £43,000 -1.71% 1
South West -30 5 £60,000 -4.00% 1
East Midlands -15 4 - -
North East -5 2 £48,000 -31.43% 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 8 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (9.09%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.14%) SAP WM
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (5.88%) Google Workspace
3 6 (3.21%) Azure
4 5 (2.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.07%) AWS
5 2 (1.07%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.53%) IaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.53%) PaaS
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (12.83%) DNS
2 20 (10.70%) Firewall
3 12 (6.42%) Broadband
4 11 (5.88%) DHCP
4 11 (5.88%) NAS
4 11 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 11 (5.88%) Wireless
5 8 (4.28%) VPN
6 6 (3.21%) IMAP
6 6 (3.21%) Network Security
7 5 (2.67%) LAN
7 5 (2.67%) WAN
8 1 (0.53%) 5G
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.09%) DB2
2 5 (2.67%) Power BI
3 2 (1.07%) Big Data
General
1 97 (51.87%) Finance
2 75 (40.11%) Social Skills
3 23 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (12.30%) Public Sector
4 17 (9.09%) Law
5 13 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (5.88%) Games
7 7 (3.74%) Banking
7 7 (3.74%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.14%) Electronics
10 4 (2.14%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.14%) Legal
10 4 (2.14%) Marketing
11 3 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.60%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.07%) Advertising
13 1 (0.53%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 66 (35.29%) IT Manager
2 42 (22.46%) Audit Manager
3 41 (21.93%) Senior
4 39 (20.86%) IT Audit Manager
5 37 (19.79%) Auditor
6 36 (19.25%) IT Auditor
7 19 (10.16%) Senior Auditor
7 19 (10.16%) Senior IT Auditor
8 15 (8.02%) Analyst
8 15 (8.02%) Consultant
8 15 (8.02%) IT Consultant
8 15 (8.02%) IT Risk Manager
8 15 (8.02%) Risk Manager
9 10 (5.35%) Assistant IT Manager
9 10 (5.35%) IT Assistant
10 9 (4.81%) Senior Manager
11 8 (4.28%) Senior Audit Manager
12 7 (3.74%) IT Security Manager
12 7 (3.74%) Senior IT Audit Manager
12 7 (3.74%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.07%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.16%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.95%) Security Posture
3 11 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (4.28%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.67%) Reinsurance
6 4 (2.14%) PMI
7 3 (1.60%) Derivative
7 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.07%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.53%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.53%) Mobile Computing
9 1 (0.53%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.79%) Windows
2 36 (19.25%) Windows Server
3 17 (9.09%) Linux
3 17 (9.09%) Unix
4 11 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.67%) VMS
6 3 (1.60%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.07%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (44.39%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (36.90%) Risk Management
3 64 (34.22%) Internal Audit
4 55 (29.41%) Information Security
5 41 (21.93%) Analytics
6 40 (21.39%) Data Analytics
7 33 (17.65%) Project Management
8 32 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (16.58%) Business Continuity
10 22 (11.76%) ERP
11 21 (11.23%) Computer Science
12 20 (10.70%) Agile
13 19 (10.16%) ITIL
14 18 (9.63%) Data Privacy
14 18 (9.63%) Remediation Plan
14 18 (9.63%) Validation
15 17 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
15 17 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
15 17 (9.09%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.16%) SQL
2 11 (5.88%) Bash
3 2 (1.07%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (35.83%) CISA
2 52 (27.81%) Degree
3 43 (22.99%) CISSP
4 31 (16.58%) CISM
5 14 (7.49%) PCI QSA
6 8 (4.28%) CRISC
6 8 (4.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 7 (3.74%) ACCA
8 6 (3.21%) QiCA
9 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (2.14%) CCAB
10 4 (2.14%) ISACA
10 4 (2.14%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.60%) CIMA
11 3 (1.60%) FFIEC
12 2 (1.07%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.07%) CASP
12 2 (1.07%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (1.07%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (28.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (20.86%) ITGC
3 31 (16.58%) NIST
4 25 (13.37%) PCI DSS
5 20 (10.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 19 (10.16%) GRC
7 18 (9.63%) COBIT
8 17 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (9.09%) PMO
9 14 (7.49%) SOC 2
10 13 (6.95%) GDPR
11 5 (2.67%) Solvency II
12 4 (2.14%) GLBA
12 4 (2.14%) QA
13 3 (1.60%) COSO
13 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.60%) SOC 1
14 2 (1.07%) FISMA
14 2 (1.07%) SOX 404
System Software
1 17 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.74%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.07%) CASB
Vendors
1 45 (24.06%) Microsoft
2 27 (14.44%) SAP
3 18 (9.63%) Oracle
4 17 (9.09%) Sage
5 16 (8.56%) VMware
6 12 (6.42%) Apple
7 11 (5.88%) Google
8 1 (0.53%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.53%) Virgin Media