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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 481 562
Rank change year-on-year +34 +81 +64
Contract jobs citing COBIT 35 56 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.89% 1.09% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 37 56
10th Percentile £550 £413 £500
25th Percentile £575 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +23.64% -4.35% -7.07%
75th Percentile £763 £725 £656
90th Percentile £875 £778 £778
UK median daily rate £680 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +23.64% -8.33% -1.64%
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 3,920 5,117 6,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.01% 14.04% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,541 3,279 4,358
10th Percentile £268 £300 £289
25th Percentile £400 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 347 217
10th Percentile £18.11 £10.95 £15.21
25th Percentile £22.63 £13.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -40.00% +28.78%
75th Percentile £65.31 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.48 £68.75 £79.85
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year +63.84% -39.84% +12.90%

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

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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 18 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 18 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 +37 15 £850 +36.00% 34
South East +35 13 £650 +27.76% 11
North of England +22 4 £680 +29.52% 6
North West - 3 £680 - 4
South West +35 2 £715 +15.98% 4
Midlands +17 1 £575 -36.11% 10
Yorkshire +16 1 £680 +29.52% 1
West Midlands +5 1 £575 -36.11% 10
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 2 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.71%) AWS
2 1 (2.86%) Azure
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.86%) GCP
2 1 (2.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.14%) Network Security
2 4 (11.43%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.86%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) GitLab
1 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Finance
3 7 (20.00%) Banking
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.86%) International Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Publishing
7 1 (2.86%) Retail Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Architect
2 7 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 6 (17.14%) Consultant
3 6 (17.14%) Security Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) DevSecOps Architect
4 4 (11.43%) DevSecOps Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Head of Architecture
4 4 (11.43%) Head of Security
4 4 (11.43%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.43%) IT Risk Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Lead
4 4 (11.43%) Risk Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Head of Strategy
5 3 (8.57%) Oracle Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Programme Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (22.86%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.43%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (11.43%) Private Cloud
3 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.86%) CESG
4 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Risk Management
2 19 (54.29%) Information Security
3 16 (45.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (42.86%) ITIL
5 13 (37.14%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (31.43%) Security Management
7 10 (28.57%) OWASP
8 7 (20.00%) Information Security Management
9 6 (17.14%) DevOps
9 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (17.14%) Roadmaps
10 5 (14.29%) Budget Management
10 5 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 5 (14.29%) Network Architecture
11 4 (11.43%) Budgeting
11 4 (11.43%) GAP Analysis
11 4 (11.43%) IT Governance
11 4 (11.43%) Project Management
11 4 (11.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) CISA
2 7 (20.00%) CISSP
3 6 (17.14%) CISM
3 6 (17.14%) Degree
4 4 (11.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (11.43%) CCSP
4 4 (11.43%) CEH
4 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (11.43%) CRISC
4 4 (11.43%) OSCP
5 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.71%) ISACA
6 2 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (5.71%) PMP
7 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (68.57%) NIST
2 11 (31.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (25.71%) GDPR
4 7 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (14.29%) COSO
5 5 (14.29%) PCI DSS
6 3 (8.57%) GRC
7 2 (5.71%) ITGC
8 1 (2.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.86%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.86%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Ansible
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.86%) Puppet
1 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle
2 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.86%) BMC
3 1 (2.86%) Remedy
3 1 (2.86%) SAP