ITGC Contract Job Trends in England

IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ITGC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 485 543
Rank change year-on-year -109 +58 +71
Contract jobs citing ITGC 29 12 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.067% 0.047% 0.013%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% 0.29% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 6 4
10th Percentile £415 £528 £549
25th Percentile £500 £538 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £589 £675
Median % change year-on-year -13.21% -12.78% +17.39%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £813
90th Percentile £700 £805 -
UK median daily rate £511 £589 £550
% change year-on-year -13.21% +7.05% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

ITGC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,401 4,205 5,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.02% 16.51% 13.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,771 2,723 3,168
10th Percentile £350 £270 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.80% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 182 380
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.27 £21.40 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% +34.41% -41.08%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £51.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.07 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £31.49 £23.80
% change year-on-year +14.54% +32.31% -36.53%

ITGC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITGC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ITGC job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITGC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITGC

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITGC in England over the 6 months to 28 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITGC in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITGC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITGC

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the England region over the 6 months to 28 June 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -59 22 £518 -12.02% 7
East of England -25 2 £510 -3.77%
South East -57 2 £510 -21.54% 3
South West - 1 £600 -
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UK

ITGC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.90%) SAP CO
2 2 (6.90%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.45%) Endur
3 1 (3.45%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) GCP
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) GitHub
2 1 (3.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
1 1 (3.45%) Maven
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (17.24%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Front Office
6 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.45%) Japanese Language
6 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
1 6 (20.69%) SOX Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) IT Analyst
2 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (10.34%) Lead
4 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) IT Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) PMO Manager
5 2 (6.90%) PMO Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Support Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Apollo GraphQL
1 1 (3.45%) Bazel
1 1 (3.45%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.45%) gRPC
1 1 (3.45%) REST
1 1 (3.45%) Spring
1 1 (3.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (31.03%) Change Management
2 9 (31.03%) Internal Audit
2 9 (31.03%) Risk Management
2 9 (31.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (24.14%) IT Audit
3 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (20.69%) Attestation
5 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
5 5 (17.24%) Information Security
5 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) IT Governance
6 4 (13.79%) Project Management
7 3 (10.34%) Identity Access Management
7 3 (10.34%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (6.90%) Cyber Assurance
8 2 (6.90%) Privileged Access Management
8 2 (6.90%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
2 1 (3.45%) C#
2 1 (3.45%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) CISA
2 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) CISSP
3 4 (13.79%) CRISC
4 1 (3.45%) ACCA
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (48.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 13 (44.83%) NIST
3 9 (31.03%) GRC
4 8 (27.59%) COBIT
4 8 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (10.34%) PMO
6 1 (3.45%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (17.24%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle