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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 482 538
Rank change year-on-year -28 +56 +155
Contract jobs citing ITGC 25 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.080% 0.037% 0.033%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.47% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 6 10
10th Percentile £549 £394 £431
25th Percentile £631 £431 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -25.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile £806 £575 £813
90th Percentile £865 £631 £844
UK median daily rate £700 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +27.27% - +3.53%

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 5,347 3,860 5,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.18% 14.33% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,469 2,247 3,477
10th Percentile £313 £263 £319
25th Percentile £410 £384 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -7.92% +3.43%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 149 227
10th Percentile £15.66 £14.70 £13.11
25th Percentile £18.08 £20.50 £17.36
Median hourly rate £25.63 £30.21 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -7.05% +32.65%
75th Percentile £61.79 £65.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £71.32 £75.00 £79.87
UK median hourly rate £26.11 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -9.97% -10.77% +36.74%

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 11 January 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 11 January 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 +3 18 £700 +40.00% 1
Midlands -38 2 £800 - 1
South East - 2 £575 - 4
West Midlands - 2 £800 -
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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (4.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 21 (84.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Banking
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 5 (20.00%) Applications Manager
1 5 (20.00%) Senior
2 4 (16.00%) Consultant
2 4 (16.00%) IT Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) Head of Testing
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
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%) Tester
4 2 (8.00%) Testing Consultant
5 1 (4.00%) Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Audit Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Head of Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Identity Management Tester
5 1 (4.00%) IT Auditor
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) WebCenter
2 2 (8.00%) Middleware
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (40.00%) ERP
2 10 (40.00%) IT Audit
3 8 (32.00%) Identity Access Management
4 7 (28.00%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (28.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (24.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (24.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (20.00%) Budget Management
6 5 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 5 (20.00%) Document Management
7 4 (16.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (16.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (12.00%) CRM
8 3 (12.00%) End-to-End Testing
8 3 (12.00%) Internal Audit
8 3 (12.00%) Remediation Plan
8 3 (12.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) CISSP
2 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
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 12 (48.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 11 (44.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (40.00%) COBIT
3 10 (40.00%) NIST
4 7 (28.00%) SOX 404
5 3 (12.00%) GRC
6 2 (8.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (4.00%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Oracle
2 7 (28.00%) SAP
3 5 (20.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.00%) Atlassian