COBIT Contracts in England

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 502 554 636
Rank change year-on-year +52 +82 -92
Contract jobs citing COBIT 49 83 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.96% 1.29% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 53 91
10th Percentile £459 £500 £368
25th Percentile £500 £538 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £613
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -6.12% +15.29%
75th Percentile £716 £675 £700
90th Percentile £789 £796 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £610
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +16.19%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,086 6,419 9,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.78% 13.52% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,234 4,334 6,367
10th Percentile £300 £300 £294
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 367 223 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.04 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.95 £69.52
UK median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
% change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in England

COBIT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBIT in England.

Daily rate trend for COBIT in England

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in England

COBIT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBIT in England.

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in England

COBIT
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +73 20 £525 -4.55% 22
South East +8 16 £600 -7.69% 4
South West +7 6 £617 +2.75% 1
North of England +14 4 £525 -8.70% 3
Yorkshire +19 2 £525 -30.00% 1
East of England +6 2 £600 - 1
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +21 1 £900 +50.00%
West Midlands +12 1 £900 +50.00%
COBIT
UK

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (24.49%) Azure
2 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.08%) GitHub
4 2 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.04%) AWS
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) Network Security
2 3 (6.12%) Firewall
2 3 (6.12%) WAN
3 2 (4.08%) Internet
3 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.04%) 4G
4 1 (2.04%) 5G
4 1 (2.04%) LAN
4 1 (2.04%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 6 (12.24%) Local Government
1 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
1 6 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Retail
3 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.08%) German Language
4 2 (4.08%) Legal
4 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.08%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.04%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Automotive
5 1 (2.04%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) French Language
5 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Architect
2 11 (22.45%) Consultant
3 10 (20.41%) Security Consultant
4 8 (16.33%) Security Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (12.24%) Security Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (8.16%) IT Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Security Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Information Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) Lead
8 2 (4.08%) Head of Security
8 2 (4.08%) Lead Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) Data Centre
2 9 (18.37%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (4.08%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.08%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.04%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.04%) IoT
4 1 (2.04%) PKI
4 1 (2.04%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.16%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) Cybersecurity
1 27 (55.10%) Information Security
2 23 (46.94%) Risk Management
3 18 (36.73%) ITIL
4 15 (30.61%) Information Security Management
4 15 (30.61%) Security Management
5 13 (26.53%) Identity Access Management
5 13 (26.53%) OWASP
6 12 (24.49%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (24.49%) TOGAF
7 11 (22.45%) Application Security
7 11 (22.45%) Roadmaps
7 11 (22.45%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (20.41%) Conflict Resolution
9 8 (16.33%) Budget Management
9 8 (16.33%) Budgeting
9 8 (16.33%) Cloud Security
10 7 (14.29%) Capacity Management
10 7 (14.29%) Project Planning
10 7 (14.29%) SFIA
Qualifications
1 17 (34.69%) CISSP
2 14 (28.57%) CISM
3 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
4 9 (18.37%) SC Cleared
5 8 (16.33%) CISA
6 7 (14.29%) ISACA
7 6 (12.24%) Degree
8 4 (8.16%) ISSAP
9 2 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (4.08%) CEH
9 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (4.08%) CREST Certified
9 2 (4.08%) CRISC
9 2 (4.08%) CSSLP
9 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (4.08%) ISEB
9 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
9 2 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (46.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (44.90%) NIST
3 14 (28.57%) GDPR
4 8 (16.33%) ISO 22301
5 7 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (10.20%) NCSC
7 4 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (6.12%) COSO
8 3 (6.12%) GRC
9 2 (4.08%) ITGC
10 1 (2.04%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) SCCM
2 2 (4.08%) CASB
2 2 (4.08%) Nessus
2 2 (4.08%) SCOrch
2 2 (4.08%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) Sparx
3 3 (6.12%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (6.12%) Netskope
4 2 (4.08%) Imperva
4 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.08%) Qualys
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Cisco
5 1 (2.04%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.04%) Okta
5 1 (2.04%) Splunk