COBIT Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring COBIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 116 122
Rank change year-on-year -14 +6 +49
Contract jobs citing COBIT 5 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.23% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.15% 1.87% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £586
25th Percentile - £725 £621
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £680
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +10.29% +18.26%
75th Percentile £688 £775 £759
90th Percentile £706 - £806
Central London median daily rate £500 £750 £680
% change year-on-year -33.33% +10.29% +18.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

COBIT falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 436 268 375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.89% 15.40% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 175 274
10th Percentile £363 £375 £365
25th Percentile £456 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £674
90th Percentile £790 £782 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £20.01 - £25.05
25th Percentile £24.18 - £32.75
Median hourly rate £27.75 - £46.55
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.76%
75th Percentile £41.31 - £60.64
90th Percentile £62.58 - £68.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £20.35 £34.53
% change year-on-year +28.34% -41.08% +38.12%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBIT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

COBIT job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing COBIT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing COBIT

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing COBIT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing COBIT

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) IT Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) SOX Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Attestation
3 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) IT Audit
3 3 (60.00%) IT Governance
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) AI
5 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Project Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISA
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) CRISC
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) ITGC
2 3 (60.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley