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 103 IT Auditor job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 3084 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 $111,340.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $111,056.
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 $99,167.
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 | 74.97% |
| Master's Degree | 22.7% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.52% |
| Other | 2.56% |
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 | 26.21% |
| 3 to 5 years | 47.59% |
| 6 to 8 years | 22.34% |
| 9+ years | 3.87% |
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 (62.13%)
- Information Technology (44.55%)
- Communication (38.07%)
- Leadership (30.8%)
- Planning (30.71%)
- Writing (26.36%)
- Problem Solving (25.97%)
- Operations (21.73%)
- Consulting (20.53%)
- Governance (18.68%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Control Objectives For Information And Related Technology (COBIT) (23.37%)
- Data Analysis (22.46%)
- Accounting (47.54%)
- Auditing (94.65%)
- Business Process (22.52%)
- Computer Science (40.05%)
- Internal Controls (33.95%)
- External Auditing (24.62%)
- Information Systems (36.64%)
- Cyber Security (31.25%)
- Risk Analysis (30.7%)
- Risk Management (24.69%)
- Internal Auditing (37.75%)
- IT General Controls (ITGC) (32.24%)
- Project Management (23.74%)
- Application Controls (22.55%)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Compliance (28.79%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Audit Engagements (11.49%)
- Public Accounting (10.77%)
- Audit Working Papers (7.12%)
- Emerging Technologies (8.86%)
- IT Infrastructure (9.23%)
- Agile Methodology (4.2%)
- Cyber Risk (4.69%)
- Accounting Information Systems (4.79%)
- Risk Mitigation (11%)
- Audit Planning (11.59%)
- Business Continuity Planning (6.5%)
- Automation (13.49%)
- Management Information Systems (15.56%)
- Auditor's Report (18.25%)
- Auditing Standards (10.74%)
- Financial Auditing (6.8%)
- Unix (11.52%)
- IT Risk Management (10.67%)
- Change Management (14.64%)
- Finance (30.96%)
- Firewall (4.14%)
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (6.2%)
- Information Privacy (8.86%)
- ISO/IEC 27001 (11.79%)
- Information Technology Audits (13.03%)
- Operating Systems (11.39%)
- Financial Services (6.14%)
- Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (7.58%)
- IT Governance (10.47%)
- Financial Statements (16.97%)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (8.9%)
- Information Technology Operations (7.12%)
- Root Cause Analysis (6.83%)
- Network Security (3.15%)
- Risk Based Internal Auditing (3.18%)
- Process Improvement (8.93%)
- Power BI (8.8%)
- SAP Applications (13.39%)
- Audit Processes (15.46%)
- Internal Controls Testing And Monitoring (11.26%)
- IT Security (13%)
- Expectation Management (2.66%)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (3.61%)
- Effective Communication (7.06%)
- Control Deficiency Management (5.84%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Logical Security (5.98%)
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.
- Auditing (98.46%)
- Internal Controls (35.31%)
- Information Systems (38.11%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with IT Auditor skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Audit Principal
- Technology Audit Manager
- IT Audit Analyst
- Lead IT Auditor
- SOX Compliance Manager
- Assurance Intern
- IT Audit Intern
- IT Audit Consultant
- 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
- Ace Hardware (144)
- Robert Half (112)
- KPMG (76)
- GE Aerospace (75)
- Deloitte (71)
- Baker Tilly (63)
- Ernst & Young (61)
- Grant Thornton (53)
- Highmark Health (52)
- Lumen Technologies (49)
North Carolina
- State of North Carolina (7)
- Deloitte (6)
- The Judge Group (4)
- KPMG (4)
- USAA (3)
- Forvis Mazars (3)
- First Bank (3)
- Local Government Federal Credit Union (3)
- Grant Thornton (2)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (2)
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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