IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ITGC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ITGC over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 833 939
Rank change year-on-year +216 +106 +256
Permanent jobs citing ITGC 113 66 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.066% 0.031%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% 0.48% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 38 23
10th Percentile - £41,250 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £53,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £65,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +34.02% -25.38%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,750 £65,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -25.00% +34.02% -28.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,270 13,609 18,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.61% 13.65% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,780 9,213 8,696
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%

ITGC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITGC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITGC in the UK

ITGC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ITGC.

Salary trend for ITGC in the UK

ITGC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITGC over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ITGC in the UK

ITGC
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +180 95 £50,000 -23.08% 28
UK excluding London +226 83 £48,750 -25.00% 20
London +135 52 £71,250 +5.56% 11
Midlands +92 46 - - 4
West Midlands +90 46 - - 4
Work from Home +131 21 £65,000 +13.04% 12
North of England +55 17 £47,500 -17.39% 7
North West +12 17 £47,500 -17.39% 6
Scotland +122 15 £52,000 - 1
South East +80 2 £62,500 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 1

ITGC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.65%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (19.47%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.77%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.77%) SAP BW
General
1 82 (72.57%) Finance
2 50 (44.25%) Retail
3 45 (39.82%) Telecoms
4 30 (26.55%) Banking
5 22 (19.47%) Games
5 22 (19.47%) Manufacturing
5 22 (19.47%) Social Skills
6 21 (18.58%) Marketing
7 9 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.65%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.88%) Legal
10 1 (0.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 51 (45.13%) Senior
2 43 (38.05%) Risk Manager
3 41 (36.28%) Technology Risk Manager
4 22 (19.47%) IT Manager
5 21 (18.58%) Senior Manager
6 20 (17.70%) Audit Manager
6 20 (17.70%) IT Audit Manager
7 19 (16.81%) Senior Audit Manager
7 19 (16.81%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 19 (16.81%) Senior IT Manager
8 7 (6.19%) Auditor
8 7 (6.19%) Lead
9 6 (5.31%) Analyst
9 6 (5.31%) Senior Auditor
10 5 (4.42%) Test Leader
11 4 (3.54%) Testing Analyst
12 2 (1.77%) Risk Analyst
12 2 (1.77%) Risk Management Analyst
12 2 (1.77%) Senior Risk Manager
12 2 (1.77%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.77%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 45 (39.82%) Blockchain
1 45 (39.82%) Robotics
2 25 (22.12%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.65%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.88%) Linux
1 1 (0.88%) Unix
1 1 (0.88%) Windows
1 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (56.64%) Agile
1 64 (56.64%) Coaching
1 64 (56.64%) Mentoring
2 59 (52.21%) Creative Thinking
3 58 (51.33%) Risk Management
4 52 (46.02%) IT Audit
5 50 (44.25%) Artificial Intelligence
6 48 (42.48%) Analytics
7 46 (40.71%) Data Analytics
8 45 (39.82%) Robotic Process Automation
9 30 (26.55%) Information Security
10 27 (23.89%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (22.12%) IT Governance
12 24 (21.24%) ERP
13 22 (19.47%) Change Management
14 21 (18.58%) People Management
14 21 (18.58%) Project Delivery
15 19 (16.81%) Budget Management
16 18 (15.93%) Decision-Making
17 13 (11.50%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (39.82%) CISA
2 22 (19.47%) ISACA
3 21 (18.58%) CISSP
3 21 (18.58%) CRISC
4 4 (3.54%) Degree
5 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.77%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.35%) COBIT
2 22 (19.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (4.42%) QA
4 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.65%) NIST
5 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.77%) GRC
6 1 (0.88%) COSO
6 1 (0.88%) SOC 1
6 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 25 (22.12%) SAP
2 23 (20.35%) Oracle
3 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft