ITGC Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ITGC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 526 558
Rank change year-on-year +7 +32 +190
Permanent jobs citing ITGC 3 32 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.089% 0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.062% 0.56% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile - - £50,375
25th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £53,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -21.81% +25.26%
75th Percentile £71,000 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,100 £58,500 -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -25.93% +39.18%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,808 5,665 4,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.28% 15.74% 14.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2,533 2,364 3,394
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,325 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%

ITGC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ITGC job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITGC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITGC

ITGC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITGC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITGC in the UK excluding London

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Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +15 2 £60,000 +26.32%
North of England +5 2 £60,000 +26.32%
South East +27 1 £79,000 +31.67% 3
ITGC
UK

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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 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) IT Risk Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Internal Audit
2 2 (66.67%) IT Audit
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISA
1 2 (66.67%) CRISC
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) COBIT
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce