COBIT Contracts

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 527 570
Rank change year-on-year +25 +43 +158
Contract jobs citing COBIT 46 58 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.89% 0.98% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 39 78
10th Percentile £416 £450 £459
25th Percentile £499 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% -4.35% -5.93%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £650
90th Percentile £788 £808 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £28.03 - -
Median hourly rate £29.51 - -
75th Percentile £31.99 - -
90th Percentile £32.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.51 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,193 5,937 7,740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 13.71% 13.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,326 3,673 5,290
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £612 £623 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 431 258
10th Percentile £14.78 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -36.42% +39.81%
75th Percentile £62.25 £50.54 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.96 £70.00 £79.83
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.91 £23.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +21.35% -35.21% +61.36%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 6 July 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
England +46 42 £585 +4.46% 196
UK excluding London +40 23 £600 +9.09% 90
Work from Home +27 21 £569 +3.36% 83
London +32 17 £555 -7.50% 121
South East +34 10 £625 +4.17% 27
North West +12 5 £575 +2.68% 8
North of England +3 5 £575 +4.55% 18
Midlands +17 4 £495 -45.00% 19
East of England +29 3 £249 -58.50% 6
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 3
West Midlands +8 1 £575 -36.11% 15
Scotland +5 1 £445 +4.71% 7

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (8.70%) Workday HCM
2 2 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (28.26%) Azure
2 9 (19.57%) AWS
3 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.70%) PaaS
5 1 (2.17%) GCP
5 1 (2.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (10.87%) Power BI
2 5 (10.87%) Tableau
3 1 (2.17%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (19.57%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 16 (34.78%) Finance
3 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) International Banking
6 1 (2.17%) Law
6 1 (2.17%) Legal
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (17.39%) Consultant
2 7 (15.22%) Architect
2 7 (15.22%) Developer
2 7 (15.22%) Oracle Developer
2 7 (15.22%) Security Consultant
3 6 (13.04%) Report Developer
3 6 (13.04%) Senior
4 4 (8.70%) Lead
4 4 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.52%) Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Applications Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Compliance Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.35%) Security Specialist
6 2 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (15.22%) SailPoint
3 4 (8.70%) .NET
3 4 (8.70%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (8.70%) RESTful
3 4 (8.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (4.35%) PKI
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.35%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.17%) CESG
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) CMDB
4 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (63.04%) Information Security
2 20 (43.48%) ITIL
3 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (30.43%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (23.91%) Information Security Management
5 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
5 11 (23.91%) Security Management
6 10 (21.74%) IT Audit
7 9 (19.57%) ITSM
7 9 (19.57%) Risk Management
7 9 (19.57%) Service Management
8 8 (17.39%) Agile
8 8 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (15.22%) Computer Science
9 7 (15.22%) Data Modelling
9 7 (15.22%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (15.22%) IT Governance
9 7 (15.22%) Performance Tuning
9 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (15.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) SQL
2 1 (2.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) CISSP
2 14 (30.43%) Degree
3 13 (28.26%) CISM
4 10 (21.74%) CISA
5 9 (19.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 3 (6.52%) OSCP
7 2 (4.35%) CBAP
7 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (4.35%) CRISC
7 2 (4.35%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (63.04%) NIST
2 25 (54.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (19.57%) NIST 800
4 7 (15.22%) GDPR
4 7 (15.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (8.70%) COSO
5 4 (8.70%) PCI DSS
6 3 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (6.52%) QA
6 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (4.35%) GRC
7 2 (4.35%) ITGC
8 1 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.17%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.17%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 6 (13.04%) RSA Archer
2 1 (2.17%) Ansible
2 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) ServiceNow
2 10 (21.74%) Oracle
3 7 (15.22%) Rapid7
4 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
5 5 (10.87%) Alteryx
6 4 (8.70%) Salesforce
6 4 (8.70%) Workday
7 3 (6.52%) Databricks
8 1 (2.17%) BMC
8 1 (2.17%) Remedy
8 1 (2.17%) SAP