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 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 607 853 911
Rank change year-on-year +246 +58 +320
Permanent jobs citing ITGC 114 68 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.063% 0.038%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% 0.49% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 38 26
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £46,563 £53,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +34.02% -25.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £67,875
90th Percentile £93,125 £75,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +34.02% -28.62%

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 9,307 13,925 16,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.55% 12.84% 18.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,683 9,248 8,352
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £91,250 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,521 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.89% -5.00% +3.09%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +209 96 £60,000 -7.69% 33
UK excluding London +241 85 £50,000 -23.08% 22
London +155 52 £82,500 +32.00% 15
Midlands +110 47 - - 9
West Midlands +102 47 - - 9
Work from Home +121 20 £65,000 +13.04% 17
North of England +73 17 £47,500 -17.39% 6
North West +21 17 £47,500 -17.39% 4
Scotland +117 16 £52,000 - 4
South East +83 2 £62,500 -16.67% 2
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 (2.63%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (19.30%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.75%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) SAP BW
General
1 83 (72.81%) Finance
2 49 (42.98%) Retail
3 45 (39.47%) Telecoms
4 27 (23.68%) Banking
5 22 (19.30%) Games
5 22 (19.30%) Manufacturing
5 22 (19.30%) Social Skills
6 21 (18.42%) Marketing
7 9 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.63%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.88%) Front Office
11 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.88%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (42.98%) Senior
2 43 (37.72%) Risk Manager
3 41 (35.96%) Technology Risk Manager
4 18 (15.79%) IT Manager
5 17 (14.91%) Senior Manager
6 16 (14.04%) Audit Manager
6 16 (14.04%) IT Audit Manager
7 15 (13.16%) Senior Audit Manager
7 15 (13.16%) Senior IT Audit Manager
7 15 (13.16%) Senior IT Manager
8 9 (7.89%) Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Auditor
9 7 (6.14%) Testing Analyst
10 6 (5.26%) Lead
10 6 (5.26%) Senior Auditor
11 4 (3.51%) Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) IT Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) Senior IT Consultant
11 4 (3.51%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.75%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.88%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 45 (39.47%) Blockchain
1 45 (39.47%) Robotics
2 25 (21.93%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.63%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.88%) Derivative
4 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.51%) Linux
1 4 (3.51%) Unix
1 4 (3.51%) Windows
1 4 (3.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (56.14%) Coaching
2 61 (53.51%) Agile
3 60 (52.63%) Mentoring
4 58 (50.88%) Risk Management
5 55 (48.25%) Creative Thinking
6 50 (43.86%) Artificial Intelligence
7 48 (42.11%) Analytics
8 46 (40.35%) Data Analytics
8 46 (40.35%) IT Audit
9 45 (39.47%) Robotic Process Automation
10 30 (26.32%) Information Security
11 27 (23.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (22.81%) ERP
13 25 (21.93%) IT Governance
14 22 (19.30%) Change Management
15 21 (18.42%) People Management
15 21 (18.42%) Project Delivery
16 18 (15.79%) Decision-Making
17 15 (13.16%) Budget Management
18 14 (12.28%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.51%) SQL
2 1 (0.88%) C#
2 1 (0.88%) Java
2 1 (0.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 47 (41.23%) CISA
2 24 (21.05%) CRISC
3 22 (19.30%) ISACA
4 17 (14.91%) CISSP
5 7 (6.14%) Degree
6 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.75%) SAP Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.18%) COBIT
2 22 (19.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.51%) QA
4 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.63%) NIST
5 2 (1.75%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.75%) GRC
6 1 (0.88%) COSO
Vendors
1 28 (24.56%) SAP
2 26 (22.81%) Oracle
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.51%) ServiceNow
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