ITGC Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IT General Controls (ITGC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ITGC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing ITGC 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.032% - 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.18% - 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £541
25th Percentile - - £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £563
75th Percentile - - £572
90th Percentile - - £574
South East median daily rate £600 £650 £563
% change year-on-year -7.69% +15.56% -2.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 564 291 395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.29% 19.41% 14.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 379 160 195
10th Percentile £330 £250 £232
25th Percentile £421 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £569
90th Percentile £713 £650 £621
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -4.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 23 25
10th Percentile £20.71 £15.12 £18.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £15.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.39% +68.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £83.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.30 £69.11
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.66 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.90% -10.33% -42.11%

ITGC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

ITGC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ITGC
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITGC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITGC

ITGC
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 June 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
Berkshire - 1 £600 - 1
ITGC
South East

ITGC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP