ITGC Contract Job Trends in London

IT General Controls (ITGC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ITGC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 365 399
Rank change year-on-year +9 +34 +152
Contract jobs citing ITGC 22 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.053% 0.032%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.85% 0.39% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 4
10th Percentile £561 £213 £473
25th Percentile £613 £250 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £413 £638
Median % change year-on-year +69.70% -35.29% +37.84%
75th Percentile £850 £531 £834
90th Percentile £915 £563 £1,009
England median daily rate £700 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +55.56% -18.18% +12.82%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,598 2,051 2,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.15% 13.67% 14.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,738 1,247 1,939
10th Percentile £334 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £405 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -4.46% -0.44%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £695
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 31 47
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £18.67
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.99 £22.15
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.80 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.91% +13.23% -8.45%
75th Percentile £43.21 £71.70 £51.25
90th Percentile £70.82 £95.00 £66.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.11 £35.63
% change year-on-year -16.46% -15.51% +58.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITGC job vacancy trend in London

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Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITGC

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITGC in London over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITGC in London

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITGC

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the London region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Central London - 3 £885 - 2
ITGC
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 2 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 18 (81.82%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Banking
3 2 (9.09%) Front Office
4 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Consultant
1 5 (22.73%) IT Consultant
1 5 (22.73%) Senior
2 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Head of Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Testing Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Risk Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Risk Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Scrum Master
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) SOX Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) SOX Test Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Head of Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Identity Management Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Continuous Improvement
1 10 (45.45%) IT Audit
2 8 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (31.82%) ERP
3 7 (31.82%) GAP Analysis
4 5 (22.73%) Remediation Plan
4 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) End-to-End Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Internal Audit
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (9.09%) Burndown Charts
7 2 (9.09%) Data Encryption
7 2 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
7 2 (9.09%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
1 3 (13.64%) Python
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) CISA
1 2 (9.09%) CISM
1 2 (9.09%) CISSP
1 2 (9.09%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (63.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 11 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (45.45%) COBIT
3 10 (45.45%) NIST
4 9 (40.91%) SOX 404
5 2 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (9.09%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (4.55%) QA
6 1 (4.55%) SOC 1
6 1 (4.55%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
1 7 (31.82%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Atlassian