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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 838 943 1179
Rank change year-on-year +105 +236 -295
Permanent jobs citing ITGC 64 29 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.029% 0.032%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.47% 0.15% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 38 22 36
10th Percentile £44,750 - £60,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,750 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £48,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.02% -25.38% +13.04%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,875 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £77,500 £73,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £48,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +34.02% -28.15% +26.17%

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 13,602 19,143 26,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.89% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 8,888 13,070
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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

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 9 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 9 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 +123 53 £65,000 +34.02% 14
UK excluding London +25 36 £65,000 +34.02% 4
London +120 28 £72,500 +11.54% 9
Work from Home +77 21 £57,500 +18.56% 3
Midlands 0 15 £65,000 +34.02%
West Midlands +19 12 £65,000 +34.02%
Scotland - 11 - - 2
North of England +56 5 £57,500 +18.56%
North West +16 5 £57,500 +18.56%
South East +2 5 £75,000 +54.64% 2
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 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (26.56%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (6.25%) SAP BPC
2 4 (6.25%) SAP GRC
2 4 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (4.69%) AWS
2 3 (4.69%) Azure
3 2 (3.13%) GCP
3 2 (3.13%) Google Drive
3 2 (3.13%) Google Workspace
3 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.13%) OCI
3 2 (3.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.56%) DB2
2 8 (12.50%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.56%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.56%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Toad
General
1 46 (71.88%) Finance
2 34 (53.13%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.56%) Public Sector
4 13 (20.31%) Law
5 8 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.69%) Retail
9 2 (3.13%) Automotive
9 2 (3.13%) Games
9 2 (3.13%) Legal
9 2 (3.13%) Music Industry
9 2 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (51.56%) IT Manager
2 14 (21.88%) Audit Manager
3 13 (20.31%) IT Audit Manager
4 12 (18.75%) Analyst
4 12 (18.75%) IT Risk Manager
4 12 (18.75%) Risk Manager
5 8 (12.50%) Assistant IT Manager
5 8 (12.50%) IT Assistant
6 6 (9.38%) Auditor
6 6 (9.38%) Consultant
6 6 (9.38%) IT Auditor
6 6 (9.38%) Senior
7 5 (7.81%) Site Manager
8 4 (6.25%) Audit Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) IT Audit Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) IT Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 4 (6.25%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) Senior IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) SAP Business Workflow
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Derivative
2 3 (4.69%) PMI
3 2 (3.13%) Life Science
3 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 20 (31.25%) Windows
2 19 (29.69%) Windows Server
3 17 (26.56%) Linux
3 17 (26.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (59.38%) IT Audit
2 25 (39.06%) Project Management
3 23 (35.94%) ERP
4 19 (29.69%) Analytics
4 19 (29.69%) Data Analytics
4 19 (29.69%) Risk Management
5 17 (26.56%) Agile
5 17 (26.56%) Creative Thinking
5 17 (26.56%) Data Privacy
5 17 (26.56%) Technical Analysis
6 14 (21.88%) ITIL
7 13 (20.31%) Remediation Plan
8 12 (18.75%) Information Security
8 12 (18.75%) Process Improvement
9 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (12.50%) Coaching
10 8 (12.50%) Operations Management
10 8 (12.50%) People Management
10 8 (12.50%) Performance Management
10 8 (12.50%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 18 (28.13%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Java
2 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (42.19%) Degree
2 24 (37.50%) CISA
3 4 (6.25%) CCAB
3 4 (6.25%) CISM
3 4 (6.25%) CISSP
3 4 (6.25%) QiCA
4 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.13%) CRISC
5 2 (3.13%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.56%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (26.56%) PMO
2 13 (20.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 11 (17.19%) GRC
4 9 (14.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (12.50%) GDPR
6 6 (9.38%) COBIT
7 5 (7.81%) NIST
8 3 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (3.13%) COSO
9 2 (3.13%) SOC 1
9 2 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 25 (39.06%) SAP
2 20 (31.25%) Oracle
3 17 (26.56%) Microsoft
3 17 (26.56%) Sage
4 4 (6.25%) Ariba
4 4 (6.25%) Concur
5 2 (3.13%) Adobe
5 2 (3.13%) Google
6 1 (1.56%) Informatica