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 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 133 168 185
Rank change year-on-year +35 +17 +63
Contract jobs citing COBIT 13 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.43% 0.35% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.54% 2.50% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £510 £157 £550
25th Percentile £575 £324 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £509 £650
Median % change year-on-year +27.76% -21.73% +4.00%
75th Percentile £663 £561 £777
90th Percentile £685 £650 £778
England median daily rate £680 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +23.64% -4.35% -7.07%

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 512 760 840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.99% 13.94% 15.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 413 537
10th Percentile £200 £251 £200
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +2.11%
75th Percentile £599 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £638 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 65 42
10th Percentile £18.50 £10.82 £16.31
25th Percentile £24.42 £15.38 £18.31
Median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +68.36% +12.24% +16.67%
75th Percentile £62.24 £57.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.36 £65.00 £66.07
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +55.56% -40.00% +28.78%

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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 18 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 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
Berkshire +31 12 £625 +112.40% 3
Thames Valley +31 12 £625 +30.21% 3
Hampshire - 3 £650 - 3
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England

COBIT
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Network Security
2 4 (30.77%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Architecture
1 4 (30.77%) Head of Security
2 3 (23.08%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Head of Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Lead
3 2 (15.38%) Report Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Mobile
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.69%) SOX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Information Security
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Information Security Management
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) Risk Management
2 7 (53.85%) Security Management
3 6 (46.15%) OWASP
3 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
5 4 (30.77%) Budgeting
5 4 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
6 3 (23.08%) Application Security
6 3 (23.08%) Data Modelling
6 3 (23.08%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (23.08%) Validation
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ISACA
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CISA
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) CRISC
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.69%) PMP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (84.62%) NIST
2 6 (46.15%) GDPR
3 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (7.69%) COSO
4 1 (7.69%) ITGC
4 1 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) SAP