COBIT Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 149 185 201
Rank change year-on-year +36 +16 +51
Contract jobs citing COBIT 10 20 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.36% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.95% 2.41% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 10
10th Percentile £436 £157 £541
25th Percentile £472 £324 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £509 £668
Median % change year-on-year +5.65% -23.81% +11.29%
75th Percentile £597 £561 £777
90th Percentile £629 £650 £780
England median daily rate £750 £600 £575
% change year-on-year +25.00% +4.35% -5.74%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 512 830 886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.01% 14.93% 15.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 435 563
10th Percentile £200 £232 £200
25th Percentile £363 £361 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 65 43
10th Percentile £21.32 £10.82 £18.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.38 £19.00
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%
75th Percentile £62.24 £48.75 £51.94
90th Percentile £77.27 £65.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the South East.

Daily rate trend for COBIT in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the South East 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
Thames Valley +33 9 £425 -11.46% 1
Berkshire +23 9 £425 +44.44% 1
Hampshire - 1 £650 - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Network Security
2 6 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (60.00%) Head of Security
2 5 (50.00%) Head of Strategy
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Mobile
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Networks
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SOX Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (90.00%) ITIL
1 9 (90.00%) Risk Management
2 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) OWASP
3 6 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 5 (50.00%) Budgeting
5 4 (40.00%) Application Security
5 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (30.00%) Information Security Management
6 3 (30.00%) Security Architecture
6 3 (30.00%) Security Management
6 3 (30.00%) Security Operations
7 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
7 2 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) ISACA
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) GDPR
1 8 (80.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) COSO
2 1 (10.00%) ITGC
2 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) SAP