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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 501 506 534
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +179
Contract jobs citing COBIT 67 53 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.19% 1.03% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 36 75
10th Percentile £416 £441 £378
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.02% -3.33% -4.57%
75th Percentile £644 £690 £775
90th Percentile £793 £888 £1,150
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +15.00% -16.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £28.03 - -
Median hourly rate £29.51 £44.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.99% - -
75th Percentile £31.99 - -
90th Percentile £32.88 - -
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 5,637 5,165 6,978
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.11% 13.41% 14.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,615 3,071 4,726
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £609 £628 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 261 251
10th Percentile £13.60 £12.36 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.92 £15.00 £18.60
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +54.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £64.13
90th Percentile £80.83 £70.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.86 £26.59 £36.75
% change year-on-year +4.78% -27.65% +75.00%

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
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 18 September 2025.

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 14 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 18 September 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 +30 57 £556 -7.33% 37
UK excluding London +3 32 £575 +15.00% 46
London +24 28 £525 -21.41% 19
Work from Home +29 21 £537 -17.38% 15
South East +19 9 £600 -7.69% 12
North of England -12 7 £619 +12.45% 7
Scotland 0 6 £473 +11.18% 18
North West -11 5 £700 +25.00% 4
Midlands - 5 £500 - 8
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 5
East of England - 3 £249 -
South West +26 2 £813 +62.50% 1
Yorkshire -15 2 £500 -4.76% 2
West Midlands - 2 £538 - 2

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 8 (11.94%) Confluence
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.97%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (16.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.97%) MS Visio
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (5.97%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.99%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.87%) Azure
2 14 (20.90%) AWS
3 6 (8.96%) GCP
3 6 (8.96%) OCI
4 5 (7.46%) Power Platform
5 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.94%) Firewall
2 1 (1.49%) DHCP
2 1 (1.49%) DNS
2 1 (1.49%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.49%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.49%) LAN
2 1 (1.49%) VLAN
2 1 (1.49%) VPN
2 1 (1.49%) Wireless
2 1 (1.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (7.46%) Power BI
2 5 (7.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (20.90%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) GitLab
2 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (47.76%) Finance
2 29 (43.28%) Social Skills
3 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (11.94%) Banking
5 7 (10.45%) Legal
6 5 (7.46%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (7.46%) Retail
7 4 (5.97%) Financial Institution
7 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Retail Banking
9 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.49%) International Banking
10 1 (1.49%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (13.43%) Consultant
2 7 (10.45%) Architect
2 7 (10.45%) Developer
2 7 (10.45%) Oracle Developer
2 7 (10.45%) Security Consultant
2 7 (10.45%) Senior
2 7 (10.45%) Tester
3 6 (8.96%) Report Developer
4 5 (7.46%) Implementation Specialist
5 4 (5.97%) Analyst
5 4 (5.97%) Lead
5 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Implementation Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Implementation Project Manager
6 3 (4.48%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.48%) Security Specialist
6 3 (4.48%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (10.45%) SailPoint
3 4 (5.97%) .NET
3 4 (5.97%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (5.97%) RESTful
3 4 (5.97%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.96%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.46%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (7.46%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (4.48%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.99%) PKI
4 2 (2.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.49%) CMDB
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (53.73%) Information Security
2 30 (44.78%) ITIL
3 23 (34.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (26.87%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (20.90%) Agile
5 14 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (20.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (20.90%) Security Management
6 13 (19.40%) Information Security Management
6 13 (19.40%) Risk Management
7 12 (17.91%) IT Audit
8 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (14.93%) Data Protection
9 10 (14.93%) Roadmaps
9 10 (14.93%) Service Management
10 9 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (11.94%) GAP Analysis
11 8 (11.94%) Incident Response
11 8 (11.94%) ITSM
11 8 (11.94%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.93%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) Korn
Qualifications
1 23 (34.33%) CISSP
2 22 (32.84%) CISM
3 20 (29.85%) CISA
4 18 (26.87%) Degree
5 10 (14.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 4 (5.97%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.48%) CRISC
7 3 (4.48%) OSCP
8 2 (2.99%) CBAP
8 2 (2.99%) CEH
8 2 (2.99%) CISMP
8 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.99%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
9 1 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.49%) GCIH
9 1 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (65.67%) NIST
2 35 (52.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (11.94%) GDPR
3 8 (11.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 8 (11.94%) NIST 800
4 6 (8.96%) GRC
5 5 (7.46%) QA
6 4 (5.97%) PCI DSS
7 3 (4.48%) COSO
7 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.99%) ITGC
8 2 (2.99%) SLA
9 1 (1.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.96%) Ansible
1 6 (8.96%) RSA Archer
1 6 (8.96%) Terraform
2 1 (1.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) ServiceNow
2 15 (22.39%) Oracle
3 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
3 7 (10.45%) Rapid7
4 5 (7.46%) Alteryx
4 5 (7.46%) CheckPoint
4 5 (7.46%) Dell
4 5 (7.46%) Dynatrace
4 5 (7.46%) F5
4 5 (7.46%) HP
5 4 (5.97%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.97%) Workday
6 3 (4.48%) Databricks
7 1 (1.49%) BMC
7 1 (1.49%) Cisco
7 1 (1.49%) Remedy
7 1 (1.49%) SAP