ITGC Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ITGC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 359 414
Rank change year-on-year -20 +55 +81
Contract jobs citing ITGC 4 8 6
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.025% 0.046% 0.028%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.14% 0.33% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £528 £529 £269
25th Percentile £550 £534 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £563 £350
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +60.71% -26.32%
75th Percentile £688 £584 £531
90th Percentile - £586 £625
UK median daily rate £625 £413 £500
% change year-on-year +51.52% -17.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £44.04 -
UK median hourly rate - £44.04 £39.60
% change year-on-year - +11.21% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,782 2,395 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.54% 13.73% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,760 1,306 1,998
10th Percentile £262 £220 £263
25th Percentile £375 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 194 209
10th Percentile £13.49 £12.55 £14.43
25th Percentile £15.60 £15.21 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.11 £27.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% -26.00% +72.41%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.48 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £83.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.67 £35.63
% change year-on-year +8.42% -22.34% +44.81%

ITGC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ITGC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITGC

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITGC

ITGC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
South East - 2 £575 - 9
Wales - 2 £625 -
ITGC
UK

ITGC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) BPR
1 3 (75.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 3 (75.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (25.00%) GRC