COBIT Contract Job Trends

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring COBIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 582 487 515
Rank change year-on-year -95 +28 +12
Contract jobs citing COBIT 88 63 46
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.16% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.95% 1.13% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 36 35
10th Percentile £396 £415 £439
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £681
90th Percentile £775 £795 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £29.51 £44.04
Median % change year-on-year - -32.99% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £29.51 £44.04
% change year-on-year - -32.99% -

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 9,286 5,579 5,233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.31% 17.04% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,910 3,583 3,207
10th Percentile £325 £285 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £484
% change year-on-year +3.16% -1.86% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 266 302
10th Percentile £13.88 £13.60 £11.07
25th Percentile £17.36 £17.38 £14.10
Median hourly rate £36.07 £29.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.27% +18.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £69.82 £60.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.07 £25.15 £24.18
% change year-on-year +43.42% +4.01% -30.91%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBIT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

COBIT job vacancy trend in the UK

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT

COBIT
Top 12 Contract Job 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 25 August 2026. 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 -88 79 £525 -8.70% 65
London -42 55 £525 - 35
Work from Home -51 33 £510 -5.03% 45
UK excluding London -98 30 £525 -12.50% 42
South East -65 11 £650 +8.33% 8
North of England -64 8 £800 +25.49% 9
Scotland -10 6 £475 +10.79% 7
Yorkshire -35 4 - - 2
South West -40 4 £572 -29.66% 8
North West -40 4 £800 +25.49% 7
West Midlands -45 2 £325 -39.53% 3
Midlands -65 2 £325 -35.00% 3

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.05%) Azure
2 8 (9.09%) GCP
3 5 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.41%) AWS
5 2 (2.27%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Firewall
2 1 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.68%) JIRA
General
1 36 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 28 (31.82%) Finance
3 23 (26.14%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 8 (9.09%) Legal
5 6 (6.82%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.55%) Banking
7 4 (4.55%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (32.95%) Analyst
2 14 (15.91%) Business Analyst
3 12 (13.64%) IT Analyst
4 11 (12.50%) Architect
4 11 (12.50%) Consultant
5 10 (11.36%) IT Manager
5 10 (11.36%) Security Consultant
6 8 (9.09%) Lead
7 7 (7.95%) Risk Manager
8 6 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (6.82%) Security Architect
9 5 (5.68%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (5.68%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 5 (5.68%) IT Support
9 5 (5.68%) IT Support Manager
9 5 (5.68%) ITIL Manager
9 5 (5.68%) Support Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) Private Cloud
2 8 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (6.82%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.68%) CMDB
5 2 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.27%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (60.23%) Cybersecurity
2 30 (34.09%) ITIL
3 24 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (23.86%) Risk Management
5 18 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (19.32%) Service Management
7 16 (18.18%) IT Governance
8 15 (17.05%) Cryptography
8 15 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (17.05%) Security Management
9 13 (14.77%) Threat Modelling
10 12 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (13.64%) TOGAF
11 11 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (11.36%) Agile
12 10 (11.36%) Business Analysis
12 10 (11.36%) Identity Access Management
12 10 (11.36%) ITSM
12 10 (11.36%) OWASP
12 10 (11.36%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (30.68%) CISSP
2 25 (28.41%) CISM
3 19 (21.59%) Security Cleared
4 18 (20.45%) CEH
5 14 (15.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (13.64%) OSCP
7 11 (12.50%) Degree
7 11 (12.50%) FFIEC
8 10 (11.36%) CCSP
8 10 (11.36%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (11.36%) SC Cleared
9 7 (7.95%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (7.95%) GIAC
10 6 (6.82%) CRISC
11 5 (5.68%) CISA
12 3 (3.41%) ISEB
13 2 (2.27%) DV Cleared
13 2 (2.27%) IISP
14 1 (1.14%) CGEIT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (61.36%) NIST
2 34 (38.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (13.64%) PCI DSS
4 10 (11.36%) GRC
4 10 (11.36%) NCSC
5 8 (9.09%) ITGC
6 7 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 6 (6.82%) ISO 31000
7 6 (6.82%) NIST 800
8 5 (5.68%) SLA
9 4 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (3.41%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (1.14%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 2 (2.27%) SCCM
2 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (19.32%) ServiceNow
2 6 (6.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.27%) Nexthink
3 2 (2.27%) Splunk
3 2 (2.27%) Tenable
4 1 (1.14%) Okta
4 1 (1.14%) SAP