IT General Controls (ITGC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ITGC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ITGC over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 824 946 1197
Rank change year-on-year +122 +251 -311
Permanent jobs citing ITGC 66 31 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.066% 0.031% 0.029%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.49% 0.17% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 38 23 36
10th Percentile £41,250 - £61,875
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% -25.38% +21.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £77,500 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £48,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +34.02% -28.15% +33.66%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

ITGC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,596 18,747 27,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.61% 18.90% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 8,688 13,219
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,626
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.98% +0.27%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ITGC in the UK

ITGC
Top 11 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 18 May 2024. 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 +112 54 £65,000 +34.02% 10
UK excluding London -8 37 £65,000 +34.02% 6
London +124 28 £67,500 +3.85% 6
Work from Home +77 20 £57,500 +18.56% 6
Midlands +1 15 £65,000 +34.02%
West Midlands +19 12 £65,000 +34.02%
Scotland - 11 - - 2
South East +4 6 £75,000 +54.64% 3
North of England +54 5 £57,500 +18.56% 1
North West +7 5 £57,500 +18.56%
East Midlands - 3 £50,000 -

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:

Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (25.76%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (6.06%) SAP BPC
2 4 (6.06%) SAP GRC
2 4 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (4.55%) AWS
2 3 (4.55%) Azure
2 3 (4.55%) OCI
3 2 (3.03%) GCP
3 2 (3.03%) Google Drive
3 2 (3.03%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (25.76%) DB2
2 8 (12.12%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.52%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Toad
General
1 46 (69.70%) Finance
2 34 (51.52%) Social Skills
3 17 (25.76%) Public Sector
4 13 (19.70%) Law
5 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (9.09%) Telecoms
7 4 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.06%) Retail
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
8 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Automotive
9 2 (3.03%) Banking
9 2 (3.03%) Games
9 2 (3.03%) Music Industry
10 1 (1.52%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (46.97%) IT Manager
2 14 (21.21%) Analyst
2 14 (21.21%) Audit Manager
3 13 (19.70%) IT Audit Manager
4 12 (18.18%) IT Risk Manager
4 12 (18.18%) Risk Manager
5 8 (12.12%) Assistant IT Manager
5 8 (12.12%) IT Assistant
6 7 (10.61%) Auditor
6 7 (10.61%) IT Auditor
7 6 (9.09%) Consultant
7 6 (9.09%) Senior
8 4 (6.06%) Audit Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) IT Audit Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Lead
8 4 (6.06%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Senior IT Audit Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Senior IT Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Site Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Technology Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) SAP Business Workflow
2 2 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.55%) Derivative
2 3 (4.55%) Operational Technology
2 3 (4.55%) PMI
3 2 (3.03%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (30.30%) Windows
2 19 (28.79%) Windows Server
3 17 (25.76%) Linux
3 17 (25.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (59.09%) IT Audit
2 23 (34.85%) ERP
2 23 (34.85%) Project Management
3 21 (31.82%) Risk Management
4 20 (30.30%) Analytics
4 20 (30.30%) Data Analytics
5 18 (27.27%) Agile
6 17 (25.76%) Creative Thinking
6 17 (25.76%) Data Privacy
6 17 (25.76%) Technical Analysis
7 14 (21.21%) ITIL
7 14 (21.21%) Remediation Plan
8 13 (19.70%) Information Security
9 12 (18.18%) Process Improvement
10 10 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (9.09%) Coaching
11 6 (9.09%) Operations Management
11 6 (9.09%) People Management
11 6 (9.09%) Performance Management
11 6 (9.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (1.52%) Java
2 1 (1.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (40.91%) Degree
2 25 (37.88%) CISA
3 4 (6.06%) CCAB
3 4 (6.06%) CISM
3 4 (6.06%) CISSP
3 4 (6.06%) QiCA
4 3 (4.55%) CRISC
4 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.52%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.76%) PMO
2 14 (21.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (16.67%) GRC
3 11 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (10.61%) COBIT
5 6 (9.09%) GDPR
5 6 (9.09%) NIST
6 3 (4.55%) COSO
6 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (4.55%) SOC 1
6 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
7 1 (1.52%) ISO 31000
7 1 (1.52%) SOX 404
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 25 (37.88%) SAP
2 21 (31.82%) Oracle
3 17 (25.76%) Microsoft
3 17 (25.76%) Sage
4 4 (6.06%) Ariba
4 4 (6.06%) Concur
5 2 (3.03%) Adobe
5 2 (3.03%) Google
6 1 (1.52%) Informatica