ITGC Job Trends in the West Midlands

IT General Controls (ITGC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring ITGC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	213	169	210
Rank change year-on-year	-44	+41	-24
Permanent jobs citing ITGC	2	2	1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands	0.022%	0.063%	0.018%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.24%	0.44%	0.12%
Number of salaries quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£52,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£57,500	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median annual salary	£55,000	£69,500	£56,000
% change year-on-year	-20.86%	+24.11%	-10.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	836	454	852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands	9.26%	14.23%	15.26%
Number of salaries quoted	570	283	423
10^th Percentile	£31,250	£30,580	£28,119
25^th Percentile	£38,500	£39,250	£33,175
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,000	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.76%	-
75^th Percentile	£63,750	£63,000	£66,374
90^th Percentile	£76,281	£77,500	£77,322
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-3.51%	-5.00%	-

ITGC Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITGC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

ITGC Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ITGC.

ITGC Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITGC within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Birmingham	-37	2	£55,000	-	6
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ITGC Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, job vacancies citing ITGC also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for ITGC.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Business Continuity	100.0%	2
1	Cyber Resilience	100.0%	2
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	2
1	Decision-Making	100.0%	2
1	Disaster Recovery	100.0%	2
1	IT Audit	100.0%	2
1	Risk Management	100.0%	2
1	Sarbanes-Oxley	100.0%	2
1	Stakeholder Engagement	100.0%	2

ITGC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Sarbanes-Oxley	100.0%	2