COBIT Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 93 126 136
Rank change year-on-year +33 +10 +19
Contract jobs citing COBIT 9 19 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.60% 0.71% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.97% 4.08% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £134 £508
25th Percentile £413 £272 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £480 £668
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% -28.12% +11.29%
75th Percentile £438 £556 £748
90th Percentile - £560 £766
South East median daily rate £538 £509 £668
% change year-on-year +5.65% -23.81% +11.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 303 466 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.05% 17.35% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 246 261
10th Percentile £300 £180 £252
25th Percentile £412 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £614 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £600 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 15
10th Percentile £29.62 £18.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £46.30 £22.50 £19.75
Median hourly rate £61.50 £27.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.62% +19.57% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66.56 £65.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £66.50 £65.66
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for COBIT in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (88.89%) Network Security
2 6 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (66.67%) Head of Security
2 5 (55.56%) Head of Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Security Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Mobile
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Networks
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (88.89%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Information Security
2 8 (88.89%) OWASP
2 8 (88.89%) Risk Management
3 6 (66.67%) Roadmaps
4 5 (55.56%) Budgeting
5 4 (44.44%) Application Security
5 4 (44.44%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (44.44%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (44.44%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
6 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
6 3 (33.33%) Security Management
6 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
7 2 (22.22%) Capacity Management
7 2 (22.22%) Contract Negotiation
7 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
7 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ISACA
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) GDPR
1 8 (88.89%) NIST