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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 462 533
Rank change year-on-year -76 +71 +135
Contract jobs citing ITGC 29 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.080% 0.045% 0.034%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.46% 0.29% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 7 10
10th Percentile £511 £400 £431
25th Percentile £606 £438 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £763 £613 £794
90th Percentile £845 £665 £813
UK median daily rate £700 £550 £563
% change year-on-year +27.27% -2.22% +3.35%

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 6,294 3,763 5,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.34% 15.24% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,063 2,372 3,524
10th Percentile £331 £263 £307
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £517
% change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 153 363
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.23 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £14.15
Median hourly rate £26.11 £32.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.41% +28.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £77.20 £78.40 £70.17
UK median hourly rate £28.28 £31.76 £25.00
% change year-on-year -10.97% +27.04% -33.33%

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

ITGC
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

ITGC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITGC in England over the 6 months to 11 March 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

ITGC
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 11 March 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 -26 21 £700 +40.00% 5
Midlands -65 2 £800 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £800 -
East of England -24 1 £510 -24.44%
ITGC
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 5 (17.24%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.45%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.45%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) SaaS
2 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
General
1 22 (75.86%) Finance
2 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Front Office
4 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Senior
2 5 (17.24%) Applications Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Head of Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Auditor
4 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) IT Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) IT Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) IT Risk Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Risk Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Security Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Senior IT Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Tester
5 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) WebCenter
2 2 (6.90%) Middleware
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (34.48%) ERP
4 8 (27.59%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (27.59%) Internal Audit
4 8 (27.59%) IT Audit
5 7 (24.14%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (20.69%) Budget Management
6 6 (20.69%) Disaster Recovery
6 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
7 5 (17.24%) Document Management
7 5 (17.24%) Information Security
8 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
9 3 (10.34%) Business Strategy
9 3 (10.34%) CRM
9 3 (10.34%) Risk Assessment
9 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
9 3 (10.34%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.45%) ACCA
2 1 (3.45%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (51.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 14 (48.28%) NIST
3 9 (31.03%) COBIT
3 9 (31.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (24.14%) SOX 404
5 4 (13.79%) GRC
6 2 (6.90%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (3.45%) GxP
7 1 (3.45%) PMO
7 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Oracle
2 8 (27.59%) SAP
3 5 (17.24%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow