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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 744 896
Rank change year-on-year -3 +152 -175
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 149 227 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.22% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.10% 1.13% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 92 134 271
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,050 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,438 £58,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,750 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £101,250 £87,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £114,500 £102,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.86% +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 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
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 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +44 121 £79,500 +8.90% 32
UK excluding London -19 80 £57,500 -17.86% 19
Work from Home +88 72 £72,500 - 16
London +92 57 £90,000 +24.14% 15
South East +21 23 £57,500 -8.00% 9
North of England +57 22 £47,500 -23.39% 5
Yorkshire +103 15 £48,750 -22.00% 2
Scotland -66 13 £63,500 +5.61%
Midlands -11 9 £81,000 +4.52%
North West +13 7 £40,000 -38.22% 3
East of England +12 5 £55,500 -17.78% 2
West Midlands +2 4 £81,000 +4.52%
East Midlands - 4 £77,500 -
South West -6 3 - - 2
Wales - 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland +27 2 - -

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 (11.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (21.48%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (22.82%) Azure
2 17 (11.41%) AWS
2 17 (11.41%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.40%) GCP
3 14 (9.40%) PaaS
3 14 (9.40%) SaaS
4 13 (8.72%) IaaS
5 12 (8.05%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.70%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (4.03%) Azure Service Fabric
7 6 (4.03%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.08%) Firewall
2 14 (9.40%) DNS
3 13 (8.72%) Network Security
4 3 (2.01%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.34%) 5G
5 2 (1.34%) Broadband
5 2 (1.34%) Intranet
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.67%) SAN
6 1 (0.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.05%) Power BI
2 6 (4.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.68%) DB2
3 4 (2.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Jenkins
General
1 48 (32.21%) Finance
2 35 (23.49%) Social Skills
3 19 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (4.70%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.03%) Banking
5 6 (4.03%) Law
5 6 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.68%) Legal
8 3 (2.01%) Advertising
8 3 (2.01%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.34%) Back Office
9 2 (1.34%) Retail
10 1 (0.67%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.67%) International Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.67%) Local Government
10 1 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.67%) Police
10 1 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 47 (31.54%) Architect
2 32 (21.48%) ServiceNow Architect
3 28 (18.79%) Analyst
4 26 (17.45%) Senior
5 12 (8.05%) Governance Analyst
5 12 (8.05%) Security Architect
5 12 (8.05%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.38%) Consultant
6 11 (7.38%) Senior Manager
7 10 (6.71%) IT Manager
7 10 (6.71%) Security Consultant
7 10 (6.71%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (6.04%) Security Analyst
9 8 (5.37%) Information Analyst
9 8 (5.37%) Information Security Analyst
9 8 (5.37%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.70%) Auditor
10 7 (4.70%) Data Analyst
10 7 (4.70%) Risk Analyst
10 7 (4.70%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (8.72%) Web Services
2 6 (4.03%) Middleware
2 6 (4.03%) REST
2 6 (4.03%) SOAP
3 1 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.42%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.40%) PKI
3 7 (4.70%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.03%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.03%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.36%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.68%) PMI
7 3 (2.01%) Derivative
7 3 (2.01%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.34%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.34%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.67%) CCTV
9 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (44.30%) Information Security
2 61 (40.94%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (38.93%) ITIL
4 46 (30.87%) TOGAF
5 41 (27.52%) Risk Management
6 37 (24.83%) Service Management
7 34 (22.82%) ITSM
8 32 (21.48%) Actionable Insight
8 32 (21.48%) IT4IT
8 32 (21.48%) Presales
9 31 (20.81%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (13.42%) Threat Modelling
11 19 (12.75%) IT Audit
11 19 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (12.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 18 (12.08%) Security Architecture
13 17 (11.41%) Business Analysis
13 17 (11.41%) Change Management
13 17 (11.41%) Information Security Management
13 17 (11.41%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.41%) SQL
2 14 (9.40%) Python
3 4 (2.68%) Java
3 4 (2.68%) RPG
Qualifications
1 54 (36.24%) CISSP
2 50 (33.56%) CISM
3 37 (24.83%) Degree
4 33 (22.15%) Security Cleared
5 32 (21.48%) SC Cleared
6 27 (18.12%) CRISC
7 23 (15.44%) CISA
8 20 (13.42%) GIAC
9 14 (9.40%) ISSMP
10 10 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (6.04%) Master's Degree
12 8 (5.37%) SANS
13 4 (2.68%) CCAB
13 4 (2.68%) ISACA
13 4 (2.68%) PMI Certification
13 4 (2.68%) QiCA
14 3 (2.01%) FFIEC
15 2 (1.34%) ACCA
15 2 (1.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 2 (1.34%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (36.24%) NIST
2 44 (29.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (13.42%) GDPR
3 20 (13.42%) PCI DSS
4 16 (10.74%) GRC
5 10 (6.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (6.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (4.70%) Data Quality
9 6 (4.03%) GLBA
9 6 (4.03%) ISO 31000
9 6 (4.03%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 4 (2.68%) COSO
10 4 (2.68%) ITGC
11 3 (2.01%) ISO 22301
11 3 (2.01%) NIST 800
11 3 (2.01%) QA
12 2 (1.34%) FISMA
12 2 (1.34%) HIPAA
12 2 (1.34%) SLA
Systems Management
1 32 (21.48%) OpenView
2 14 (9.40%) Ansible
3 6 (4.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.34%) CASB
Vendors
1 34 (22.82%) ServiceNow
2 32 (21.48%) BMC
2 32 (21.48%) HP
2 32 (21.48%) Remedy
3 29 (19.46%) Microsoft
4 14 (9.40%) Alibaba
5 10 (6.71%) Google
6 2 (1.34%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.67%) Oracle
7 1 (0.67%) Salesforce