COBIT Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring COBIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing COBIT 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.49% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £650 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £600 £605 £575
% change year-on-year -0.83% +5.22% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 20 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 15.61% 8.62% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 18
10th Percentile £231 £171 £146
25th Percentile £300 £213 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year -1.39% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £578 £500 £519
90th Percentile £656 £600 £532
North West median daily rate £450 £463 £483
% change year-on-year -2.70% -4.24% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £18.25 -
25th Percentile - £18.57 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £19.13 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +9.30% +76.41%
75th Percentile - £19.67 £18.75
90th Percentile - £19.98 -
North West median hourly rate £63.40 £23.14 £29.15
% change year-on-year +174.04% -20.63% -58.36%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

COBIT job vacancy trend in Merseyside

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing COBIT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing COBIT

COBIT
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 19 October 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
Liverpool - 1 £600 - 1
COBIT
North West

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) IT Auditor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST