Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 744 747 913
Rank change year-on-year +3 +166 -190
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 151 206 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.11% 1.11% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 92 112 242
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +19.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £101,250 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £116,750 £104,750 £83,975
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.29% +16.67% +20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

COBIT 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 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £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 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +46 124 £78,750 +8.25% 62
UK excluding London -9 78 £56,500 -19.29% 33
Work from Home +65 67 £70,000 -3.45% 26
London +84 63 £85,000 +18.88% 48
South East +5 26 £57,500 -13.21% 22
North of England +45 20 £50,000 -19.35% 3
Yorkshire +90 14 £50,000 -20.00% 2
Scotland -61 12 £63,500 +5.61% 2
Midlands -21 8 £81,000 -4.71% 1
North West +1 6 - - 1
East of England +8 4 £55,500 -26.00%
East Midlands - 4 £77,500 -
West Midlands -9 3 £81,000 -4.71% 1
South West -19 3 - - 4
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland +25 2 - - 1

COBIT
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 17 (11.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (21.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.18%) Azure
2 18 (11.92%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.26%) AWS
4 16 (10.60%) GCP
5 14 (9.27%) PaaS
5 14 (9.27%) SaaS
6 13 (8.61%) IaaS
7 11 (7.28%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (3.97%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (3.97%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.99%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.32%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.25%) Firewall
2 16 (10.60%) DNS
3 13 (8.61%) Network Security
4 3 (1.99%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (1.99%) LAN
4 3 (1.99%) SSL
4 3 (1.99%) WAN
4 3 (1.99%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.32%) Intranet
6 1 (0.66%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.66%) SAN
6 1 (0.66%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.28%) Power BI
2 6 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.65%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.65%) DB2
3 4 (2.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (10.60%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (30.46%) Finance
2 33 (21.85%) Social Skills
3 17 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.96%) Legal
5 8 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.97%) Banking
7 5 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.31%) Law
7 5 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Retail
8 4 (2.65%) Advertising
9 2 (1.32%) Back Office
10 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.66%) International Banking
10 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.66%) Local Government
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Police
10 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (31.13%) Architect
2 32 (21.19%) Analyst
2 32 (21.19%) ServiceNow Architect
3 22 (14.57%) Senior
4 12 (7.95%) Governance Analyst
4 12 (7.95%) Security Architect
4 12 (7.95%) Security Engineer
5 11 (7.28%) Consultant
5 11 (7.28%) Security Analyst
6 10 (6.62%) Information Analyst
6 10 (6.62%) Information Security Analyst
6 10 (6.62%) Risk Analyst
6 10 (6.62%) Security Consultant
7 9 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) IT Analyst
8 8 (5.30%) Senior Manager
9 7 (4.64%) Data Analyst
9 7 (4.64%) IT Auditor
9 7 (4.64%) IT Manager
9 7 (4.64%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.93%) Web Services
2 6 (3.97%) Middleware
2 6 (3.97%) REST
2 6 (3.97%) SOAP
3 1 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.66%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.57%) Management Information System
2 16 (10.60%) PKI
3 11 (7.28%) Operational Technology
4 7 (4.64%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.97%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.65%) PMI
8 3 (1.99%) Derivative
8 3 (1.99%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.32%) Housing Association
9 2 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.66%) CCTV
10 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.66%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.23%) Windows
2 3 (1.99%) Linux
2 3 (1.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (47.68%) Information Security
2 70 (46.36%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (38.41%) ITIL
4 46 (30.46%) Risk Management
4 46 (30.46%) TOGAF
5 36 (23.84%) Vulnerability Management
6 35 (23.18%) Service Management
7 34 (22.52%) ITSM
8 32 (21.19%) Actionable Insight
8 32 (21.19%) IT4IT
8 32 (21.19%) Presales
9 25 (16.56%) Threat Modelling
10 20 (13.25%) Security Architecture
11 19 (12.58%) Information Security Management
11 19 (12.58%) Security Management
11 19 (12.58%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 18 (11.92%) Cryptography
12 18 (11.92%) Threat Intelligence
12 18 (11.92%) Threat Management
13 17 (11.26%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.26%) SQL
2 16 (10.60%) Python
3 4 (2.65%) Java
3 4 (2.65%) RPG
Qualifications
1 54 (35.76%) CISSP
2 49 (32.45%) CISM
3 33 (21.85%) Security Cleared
4 32 (21.19%) Degree
4 32 (21.19%) SC Cleared
5 31 (20.53%) CRISC
6 23 (15.23%) CISA
7 22 (14.57%) GIAC
8 16 (10.60%) ISSMP
9 10 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (5.30%) Master's Degree
10 8 (5.30%) SANS
11 4 (2.65%) CCAB
11 4 (2.65%) PMI Certification
11 4 (2.65%) QiCA
12 3 (1.99%) FFIEC
12 3 (1.99%) GCFA
12 3 (1.99%) GCIA
12 3 (1.99%) GCIH
13 2 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (40.40%) NIST
2 43 (28.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (13.91%) PCI DSS
4 19 (12.58%) GDPR
5 15 (9.93%) GRC
6 11 (7.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (5.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (4.64%) Data Quality
8 7 (4.64%) GLBA
8 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (4.64%) ITGC
9 6 (3.97%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (3.31%) ISO 31000
11 4 (2.65%) COSO
12 3 (1.99%) FISMA
12 3 (1.99%) HIPAA
12 3 (1.99%) ISO 22301
12 3 (1.99%) QA
13 2 (1.32%) NIST 800
13 2 (1.32%) SLA
Systems Management
1 32 (21.19%) OpenView
2 16 (10.60%) Ansible
3 6 (3.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (1.99%) CASB
Vendors
1 36 (23.84%) ServiceNow
2 32 (21.19%) BMC
2 32 (21.19%) HP
2 32 (21.19%) Remedy
3 31 (20.53%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.60%) Alibaba
5 12 (7.95%) Google
6 3 (1.99%) Cisco
6 3 (1.99%) VMware
7 1 (0.66%) Salesforce