IT Auditor
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
An IT Auditor monitors IT systems to ensure they follow policies and practices. Must evaluate technology, manage staff, identify controls, and keep records.
Job Outlook
There were 115 IT Auditor job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 3077 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Cyber / Information Security Engineer / Analyst industry, which includes the IT Auditor career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new IT Auditor jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $116,340.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $116,700.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for IT Auditor postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $99,556.
Education and Experience
Posted IT Auditor jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 74.42% |
| Master's Degree | 18.95% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.71% |
| Other | 2.27% |
Posted IT Auditor jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 27.38% |
| 3 to 5 years | 51.4% |
| 6 to 8 years | 16.27% |
| 9+ years | 4.96% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills IT Auditor positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Management (54.86%)
- Communication (44.04%)
- Information Technology (39.36%)
- Leadership (29.8%)
- Problem Solving (27.92%)
- Planning (26.84%)
- Operations (24.41%)
- Writing (21.19%)
- Governance (16.87%)
- Microsoft Excel (16.64%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Auditing (94.59%)
- Accounting (44.64%)
- Internal Auditing (41.54%)
- Computer Science (37.26%)
- Information Systems (34.69%)
- Internal Controls (36.43%)
- Risk Analysis (31.45%)
- Finance (26.64%)
- IT General Controls (ITGC) (31.16%)
- Cyber Security (31.45%)
- Risk Management (27.66%)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance (30.4%)
- Business Process (21.79%)
- Control Objectives For Information And Related Technology (COBIT) (23.61%)
- Project Management (22.91%)
- Data Analysis (20.11%)
- External Auditing (27.66%)
- Management Information Systems (15.63%)
- Application Controls (19.45%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Auditor's Report (13.19%)
- Public Accounting (10.91%)
- Financial Statements (18.63%)
- Audit Planning (12.36%)
- Operating Systems (12.2%)
- Audit Working Papers (7.72%)
- IT Security (12.2%)
- Information Technology Audits (7.91%)
- ITIL 4 (9.4%)
- Change Management (10.65%)
- Unix (7.02%)
- Internal Controls Testing And Monitoring (12.73%)
- Emerging Technologies (9.36%)
- SAP Applications (9.89%)
- Process Improvement (10.58%)
- Auditing Standards (6.13%)
- Automation (10.65%)
- Audit Processes (11.01%)
- Audit Engagements (6.79%)
- IT Governance (10.09%)
- Risk Mitigation (11.7%)
- IT Infrastructure (9.86%)
- ISO/IEC 27001 (13.58%)
- Financial Services (5.47%)
- Industry Standards (9.86%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Application Controls (30.32%)
- Control Objectives For Information And Related Technology (COBIT) (36.79%)
- Cyber Security (49.02%)
- Information Technology Controls (2.57%)
- IT General Controls (ITGC) (48.56%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with IT Auditor skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- IT Audit Intern
- Technology Audit Manager
- IT Audit Analyst
- Lead IT Auditor
- SOX Compliance Manager
- IT Audit Consultant
- Audit and Compliance Manager
- IT Audit Leader
- IT Associate
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most IT Auditor jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Robert Half (121)
- Grant Thornton (76)
- KPMG (75)
- GE Aerospace (74)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (63)
- Deloitte (62)
- Baker Tilly (55)
- Highmark Health (52)
- Ryder (52)
- Datavant (51)
North Carolina
- State of North Carolina (9)
- Deloitte (6)
- Grant Thornton (5)
- Forvis Mazars (5)
- The Judge Group (4)
- The Matlen Silver Group (4)
- USAA (3)
- Alliance Of Professionals And Consultants (3)
- KPMG (3)
- MetLife (3)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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