COBIT Contracts in the UK excluding London

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 394 467
Rank change year-on-year +43 +73 -89
Contract jobs citing COBIT 34 62 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.26% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.12% 1.78% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 43 20
10th Percentile £384 £550 £358
25th Percentile £500 £563 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +41.18% -15.00%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £595
90th Percentile £763 £768 £638
UK median daily rate £563 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.27
Median hourly rate - - £22.55
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £22.55
% change year-on-year - - -64.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

COBIT is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,042 3,490 4,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.82% 14.85% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,782 2,350 3,075
10th Percentile £250 £218 £204
25th Percentile £363 £363 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £479 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% +6.44% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 186 193
10th Percentile £10.95 £12.67 £11.39
25th Percentile £12.63 £18.02 £15.00
Median hourly rate £18.00 £32.94 £21.04
Median % change year-on-year -45.36% +56.57% +0.07%
75th Percentile £45.00 £59.82 £44.69
90th Percentile £68.00 £77.50 £64.19
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.13% +27.27% +30.95%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
South East +7 19 £509 -21.73% 8
South West +17 5 £617 -1.36% 3
North of England +21 4 £525 -8.70% 3
Scotland +28 3 £425 -32.00% 2
East of England +5 2 £600 -4.00% 2
North East - 2 £525 -
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 2
Midlands +27 1 £900 +50.00%
West Midlands +22 1 £900 +50.00%
COBIT
UK

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Azure
2 2 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (26.47%) Network Security
2 1 (2.94%) Broadband
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (2.94%) LAN
2 1 (2.94%) WAN
General
1 5 (14.71%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
2 4 (11.76%) French Language
2 4 (11.76%) German Language
2 4 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Legal
4 2 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (2.94%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (38.24%) Consultant
1 13 (38.24%) Security Consultant
2 8 (23.53%) Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) Cloud Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 4 (11.76%) IT Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Risk Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Data Centre
2 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.88%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.94%) IoT
4 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Risk Management
2 21 (61.76%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (47.06%) Information Security
4 15 (44.12%) ITIL
5 10 (29.41%) Application Security
5 10 (29.41%) Conflict Resolution
5 10 (29.41%) Information Security Management
5 10 (29.41%) Security Management
5 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (26.47%) Identity Access Management
6 9 (26.47%) OWASP
6 9 (26.47%) Roadmaps
6 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (23.53%) Business Continuity
7 8 (23.53%) Cloud Security
8 7 (20.59%) Budget Management
8 7 (20.59%) Budgeting
8 7 (20.59%) Capacity Management
8 7 (20.59%) Project Planning
9 5 (14.71%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) CISA
1 13 (38.24%) CISM
1 13 (38.24%) CISSP
2 8 (23.53%) CRISC
2 8 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) ISACA
4 6 (17.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (17.65%) CISMP
4 6 (17.65%) Degree
4 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 4 (11.76%) ISSAP
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) ISEB
7 1 (2.94%) CCSP
7 1 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (61.76%) NIST
2 13 (38.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (32.35%) GDPR
4 8 (23.53%) GRC
5 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.88%) COSO
6 2 (5.88%) ITGC
6 2 (5.88%) PCI DSS
7 1 (2.94%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (2.94%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (2.94%) Netskope
1 1 (2.94%) OneTrust
1 1 (2.94%) Sparx