Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 533 604 669
Rank change year-on-year +71 +65 -107
Contract jobs citing COBIT 65 115 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.05% 1.44% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 76 119
10th Percentile £413 £500 £380
25th Percentile £500 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +15.66%
75th Percentile £725 £652 £691
90th Percentile £763 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +20.00% +2.56%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.55
% change year-on-year - - -64.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,212 7,992 11,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.36% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,921 5,491 8,030
10th Percentile £297 £275 £292
25th Percentile £405 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 225 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.06
Median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

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 27 April 2024.

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 13 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 27 April 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
England +99 59 £600 +4.35% 31
UK excluding London +39 35 £550 -8.33% 18
London +85 25 £613 +11.36% 15
Work from Home +114 23 £525 -12.50% 16
South East +26 20 £509 -28.40% 9
South West +20 5 £650 +4.00% 1
North of England +25 4 £525 -8.70% 5
Scotland +19 3 £425 -32.00%
East of England +17 2 £600 -4.00% 2
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 2
North East - 2 £525 -
West Midlands +25 1 £900 +50.00%
Midlands +18 1 £900 +50.00%

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 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.54%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.85%) Azure
2 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.08%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.08%) GitHub
2 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.62%) Network Security
2 2 (3.08%) Broadband
2 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) Internet
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) WAN
3 1 (1.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (13.85%) Finance
2 8 (12.31%) Public Sector
2 8 (12.31%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.23%) Local Government
4 5 (7.69%) German Language
4 5 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.15%) French Language
6 2 (3.08%) Banking
6 2 (3.08%) Legal
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.08%) Multimedia
6 2 (3.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.54%) Automotive
7 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (27.69%) Consultant
2 17 (26.15%) Architect
3 15 (23.08%) Security Consultant
4 8 (12.31%) Security Architect
4 8 (12.31%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Analyst
5 7 (10.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 6 (9.23%) IT Manager
7 5 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
7 5 (7.69%) Cloud Security Consultant
7 5 (7.69%) Lead
7 5 (7.69%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 4 (6.15%) Information Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Information Security Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Risk Manager
8 4 (6.15%) Security Engineer
9 3 (4.62%) IT Risk Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Service Manager
9 3 (4.62%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.54%) FIDO
2 1 (1.54%) OAuth
2 1 (1.54%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.54%) OpenID
2 1 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.54%) XACML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.31%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.08%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (3.08%) IoT
3 2 (3.08%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.54%) CMDB
4 1 (1.54%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Linux
2 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (56.92%) Risk Management
2 34 (52.31%) Cybersecurity
3 32 (49.23%) Information Security
4 23 (35.38%) ITIL
5 17 (26.15%) Information Security Management
5 17 (26.15%) Security Management
6 16 (24.62%) Identity Access Management
7 14 (21.54%) TOGAF
8 13 (20.00%) Business Continuity
8 13 (20.00%) OWASP
8 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (18.46%) Conflict Resolution
10 11 (16.92%) Application Security
11 10 (15.38%) Cloud Security
11 10 (15.38%) Roadmaps
11 10 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (13.85%) PRINCE2
13 8 (12.31%) Budgeting
14 7 (10.77%) Budget Management
14 7 (10.77%) Information Assurance
Qualifications
1 24 (36.92%) CISM
2 23 (35.38%) CISSP
3 18 (27.69%) CISA
4 13 (20.00%) Degree
5 12 (18.46%) CRISC
5 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
6 10 (15.38%) SC Cleared
7 8 (12.31%) ISACA
8 7 (10.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (10.77%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (10.77%) CISMP
9 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (6.15%) ISSAP
10 3 (4.62%) ISEB
11 2 (3.08%) CCSP
11 2 (3.08%) CEH
11 2 (3.08%) CREST Certified
11 2 (3.08%) CSSLP
11 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
11 2 (3.08%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (53.85%) NIST
2 33 (50.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (23.08%) GRC
4 13 (20.00%) GDPR
5 9 (13.85%) ISO 22301
6 5 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (6.15%) ITGC
8 3 (4.62%) NCSC
8 3 (4.62%) PCI DSS
9 2 (3.08%) COSO
10 1 (1.54%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (1.54%) GxP
10 1 (1.54%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.54%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Nessus
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.69%) Sparx
2 2 (3.08%) OneTrust
2 2 (3.08%) Qualys
3 1 (1.54%) Cisco
3 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (1.54%) Netskope
3 1 (1.54%) Okta
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle
3 1 (1.54%) Remedy
3 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow