Hybrid/Remote ITGC Contract Job Trends

IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ITGC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 319 399
Rank change year-on-year +12 +80 +181
Contract jobs citing ITGC 8 1 9
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.080% 0.008% 0.048%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.065% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile - - £353
25th Percentile £563 £663 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £675 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +35.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £688 -
90th Percentile £806 - -
UK median daily rate £650 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £39.60
UK median hourly rate - £44.04 £39.60
% change year-on-year - +11.21% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,850 1,538 2,652
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 18.42% 12.79% 14.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 989 1,862
10th Percentile £320 £281 £319
25th Percentile £413 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 63
10th Percentile £18.25 £15.50 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.25 £20.04
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% -19.70% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.25 £55.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £67.50 £69.50
UK median hourly rate £27.54 £26.68 £39.60
% change year-on-year +3.22% -32.63% +52.31%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITGC and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ITGC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITGC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITGC

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Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITGC over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

ITGC daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITGC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ITGC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) IT Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Testing Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) SOX Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) SOX Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 2 (25.00%) BPR
2 2 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 2 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Data Encryption
2 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
2 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) SOX 404
4 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (12.50%) SOC 1
4 1 (12.50%) SOC 2