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 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 488 541
Rank change year-on-year -106 +53 +64
Contract jobs citing ITGC 33 17 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.073% 0.062% 0.014%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.37% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 4
10th Percentile £416 £552 -
25th Percentile £500 £563 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £603 £388
Median % change year-on-year -15.27% +55.48% -32.61%
75th Percentile £600 £960 £566
90th Percentile £695 - £571
UK median daily rate £511 £614 £500
% change year-on-year -16.82% +22.75% -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 7,733 4,614 4,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.17% 16.84% 13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,954 3,010 3,075
10th Percentile £346 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -3.85% -2.62%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £713 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 210 344
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.06
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.59 £13.77
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.70 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +26.80% -41.18%
75th Percentile £68.92 £65.00 £55.63
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.90 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.07 £29.00 £24.51
% change year-on-year +24.38% +18.32% -38.11%

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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 19 July 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 19 July 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 -62 24 £511 -15.19% 8
East of England -15 2 £510 -3.77%
South East -67 2 £510 -18.40% 2
South West - 1 £600 -
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UK

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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 1 (3.03%) Liferay
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.06%) SAP CO
2 2 (6.06%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.06%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.03%) Endur
3 1 (3.03%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 3 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) GitHub
4 1 (3.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (3.03%) OCI
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) Maven
General
1 19 (57.58%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Legal
5 3 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Front Office
7 1 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Japanese Language
7 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
1 7 (21.21%) SOX Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) IT Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Consultant
3 4 (12.12%) Lead
3 4 (12.12%) Senior Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 2 (6.06%) IT Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) PMO Manager
5 2 (6.06%) PMO Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.03%) Internal Audit Manager
6 1 (3.03%) SAP PMO Manager
6 1 (3.03%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Apollo GraphQL
1 1 (3.03%) Bazel
1 1 (3.03%) GraphQL
1 1 (3.03%) gRPC
1 1 (3.03%) REST
1 1 (3.03%) Spring
1 1 (3.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Cloud Native
1 2 (6.06%) PKI
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 9 (27.27%) Change Management
3 9 (27.27%) Risk Management
3 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (21.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.21%) IT Audit
5 6 (18.18%) Agile
5 6 (18.18%) Attestation
6 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
6 5 (15.15%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (15.15%) Information Security
6 5 (15.15%) IT Governance
6 5 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.12%) Privileged Access Management
7 4 (12.12%) Project Management
7 4 (12.12%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (6.06%) Risk Assessment
8 2 (6.06%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) C#
2 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) CISA
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) CISSP
3 4 (12.12%) CRISC
4 2 (6.06%) PMI Certification
4 2 (6.06%) PMP
4 2 (6.06%) SAFe Agilist
5 1 (3.03%) ACCA
5 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (51.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 15 (45.45%) NIST
3 10 (30.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (27.27%) GRC
5 8 (24.24%) COBIT
6 3 (9.09%) PMO
7 1 (3.03%) GxP
7 1 (3.03%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (6.06%) CyberArk
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle