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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 510 571
Rank change year-on-year +16 +61 +177
Contract jobs citing ITGC 25 9 10
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.085% 0.029% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.48% 0.22% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 6
10th Percentile £544 £213 £290
25th Percentile £563 £250 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -17.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £858 £531 £659
90th Percentile £960 £619 £906
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -6.98%

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 5,203 4,040 5,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.66% 12.99% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,377 2,361 3,746
10th Percentile £308 £290 £320
25th Percentile £402 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.56% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 170 235
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.24 £15.08
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.04 £20.29
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.06 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -20.84% +55.77%
75th Percentile £63.40 £63.75 £66.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.19
UK median hourly rate £27.77 £27.50 £39.60
% change year-on-year +0.98% -30.56% +52.31%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 +8 21 £700 +86.67% 7
South East - 2 £575 - 7
Midlands -31 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - - 2
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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) GitHub
2 2 (8.00%) SaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 3 (12.00%) Bitbucket
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (84.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Consultant
1 5 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 4 (16.00%) Senior
3 3 (12.00%) Analyst
3 3 (12.00%) Head of Testing
3 3 (12.00%) Scrum Master
3 3 (12.00%) Testing Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Applications Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Risk Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Risk Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Senior IT Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) SOX Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) SOX Test Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Tester
5 1 (4.00%) Head of Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Identity Management Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Identity Management Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) WebCenter
2 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (48.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (36.00%) IT Audit
3 8 (32.00%) ERP
3 8 (32.00%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (16.00%) Remediation Plan
7 3 (12.00%) Analytics
7 3 (12.00%) Burndown Charts
7 3 (12.00%) Change Management
7 3 (12.00%) End-to-End Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Financial Modelling
7 3 (12.00%) Internal Audit
7 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
7 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (12.00%) Scrum
7 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (12.00%) Python
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) CISSP
2 2 (8.00%) CISA
2 2 (8.00%) CISM
2 2 (8.00%) CRISC
3 1 (4.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (56.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (32.00%) COBIT
3 8 (32.00%) NIST
3 8 (32.00%) SOX 404
4 3 (12.00%) GRC
5 2 (8.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.00%) QA
6 1 (4.00%) SOC 1
6 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle
2 6 (24.00%) SAP
3 3 (12.00%) Atlassian
4 2 (8.00%) Salesforce