COBIT Contracts in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring COBIT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited COBIT over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 452 483 563
Rank change year-on-year +31 +80 +58
Contract jobs citing COBIT 33 59 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.85% 1.11% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 38 58
10th Percentile £531 £413 £500
25th Percentile £673 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% -5.74%
75th Percentile £778 £725 £669
90th Percentile £913 £774 £776
UK median daily rate £750 £575 £600
% change year-on-year +30.43% -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in England

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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

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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 May 2025. 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 +27 14 £850 +38.78% 34
South East +36 10 £538 +5.65% 9
North of England +21 6 £715 +36.19% 3
North West - 4 £715 - 2
South West +44 3 £750 +15.38% 7
Yorkshire +8 2 £715 +36.19%
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 1 (3.03%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Network Security
2 6 (18.18%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) GitLab
1 2 (6.06%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
3 10 (30.30%) Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.03%) International Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Publishing
7 1 (3.03%) Retail Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (33.33%) Architect
2 10 (30.30%) Security Architect
3 9 (27.27%) Consultant
3 9 (27.27%) Security Consultant
4 7 (21.21%) DevSecOps Architect
4 7 (21.21%) DevSecOps Consultant
5 6 (18.18%) Head of Architecture
5 6 (18.18%) Head of Security
6 5 (15.15%) Head of Strategy
7 4 (12.12%) IT Manager
7 4 (12.12%) IT Risk Manager
7 4 (12.12%) Risk Manager
8 3 (9.09%) Senior
9 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 2 (6.06%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Lead
9 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Risk Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) Management Information System
2 7 (21.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (21.21%) Private Cloud
3 4 (12.12%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) CESG
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Risk Management
2 18 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (48.48%) ITIL
4 15 (45.45%) Information Security
4 15 (45.45%) OWASP
5 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (30.30%) Security Management
7 9 (27.27%) DevOps
8 8 (24.24%) Network Architecture
9 7 (21.21%) DevSecOps
9 7 (21.21%) Roadmaps
10 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (15.15%) Budget Management
11 5 (15.15%) Budgeting
11 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
12 4 (12.12%) Identity Access Management
12 4 (12.12%) IT Governance
12 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
12 4 (12.12%) Service Management
12 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) CISSP
2 9 (27.27%) CISM
3 8 (24.24%) CISA
4 7 (21.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (21.21%) CCSP
4 7 (21.21%) CEH
4 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (21.21%) OSCP
5 5 (15.15%) Degree
6 4 (12.12%) CRISC
6 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
7 2 (6.06%) DV Cleared
7 2 (6.06%) ISACA
7 2 (6.06%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (6.06%) PMP
7 2 (6.06%) SC Cleared
8 1 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
8 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (72.73%) NIST
2 11 (33.33%) GDPR
3 8 (24.24%) PCI DSS
4 7 (21.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (15.15%) COSO
7 3 (9.09%) GRC
8 2 (6.06%) ITGC
9 1 (3.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (3.03%) JSP 440
9 1 (3.03%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Ansible
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Puppet
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.03%) BMC
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) Remedy
2 1 (3.03%) SAP