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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 110 123
Rank change year-on-year -9 +13 +33
Contract jobs citing COBIT 10 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.43% 0.34% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.40% 2.01% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile £500 £725 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £750 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +66.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £695 £775 £644
90th Percentile £799 - £760
Central London median daily rate £560 £750 £450
% change year-on-year -25.33% +66.67% -18.18%

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 417 298 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.11% 17.06% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 194 267
10th Percentile £350 £375 £367
25th Percentile £427 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £554 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.70% +0.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £664 £713 £650
90th Percentile £763 £824 £750
Central London median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £19.23 - £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 - £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.77% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 - £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%

COBIT
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

COBIT
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 18 May 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

COBIT
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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) IT Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) SOX Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) IT Risk Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Attestation
3 5 (50.00%) Change Management
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (40.00%) IT Audit
4 4 (40.00%) IT Governance
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (20.00%) AI
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (20.00%) Information Security
7 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) Offensive Security
7 1 (10.00%) Regulatory Change
7 1 (10.00%) Remediation Plan
7 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
7 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CISA
2 4 (40.00%) CRISC
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) IISP
3 1 (10.00%) OSCP
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (90.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) ITGC
3 4 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (30.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft