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 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 496 541
Rank change year-on-year +2 +45 +155
Contract jobs citing COBIT 80 55 97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.33% 1.13% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 35 68
10th Percentile £413 £450 £363
25th Percentile £471 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £650 £608
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +6.86% -6.42%
75th Percentile £650 £733 £775
90th Percentile £700 £980 £1,150
UK excluding London median daily rate £521 £560 £600
% change year-on-year -6.96% -6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £27.93 - -
25th Percentile £28.52 - -
Median hourly rate £31.49 £44.04 -
Median % change year-on-year -28.50% - -
75th Percentile £64.24 - -
90th Percentile £82.69 - -
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 6,030 4,854 6,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 13.22% 14.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,858 2,840 4,492
10th Percentile £302 £275 £313
25th Percentile £401 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £623 £650
90th Percentile £700 £731 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +4.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 217 259
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £14.53
25th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £27.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -22.82% +42.52%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.00 £70.00 £80.62
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £27.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -16.36% -23.61% +58.70%

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 30 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for COBIT in the UK

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 30 October 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 +19 68 £575 -11.54% 38
UK excluding London -13 40 £521 -6.96% 33
London +13 32 £618 -7.56% 15
Work from Home +7 24 £532 -20.32% 15
South East +13 11 £600 -7.69% 21
Midlands -11 9 £450 -
Scotland 0 8 £473 +6.78% 2
East Midlands 0 7 £449 -
North of England -39 7 £569 -12.54% 3
North West -26 5 £600 -0.83% 2
East of England - 3 £249 - 1
South West +3 2 £813 +62.50% 6
Yorkshire -31 2 £500 -23.08%
West Midlands - 2 £538 -

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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (11.25%) Confluence
2 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (5.00%) Workday HCM
2 2 (2.50%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (25.00%) Azure
2 16 (20.00%) AWS
3 7 (8.75%) OCI
3 7 (8.75%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.50%) GCP
5 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.25%) Firewall
2 1 (1.25%) DHCP
2 1 (1.25%) DNS
2 1 (1.25%) Internet
2 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.25%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.25%) LAN
2 1 (1.25%) VLAN
2 1 (1.25%) VPN
2 1 (1.25%) Wireless
2 1 (1.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 9 (11.25%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (8.75%) Power BI
2 7 (8.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (22.50%) JIRA
General
1 39 (48.75%) Finance
2 30 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 12 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.00%) Banking
4 8 (10.00%) Legal
5 6 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (7.50%) Retail
6 5 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.00%) Retail Banking
8 3 (3.75%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.25%) Law
10 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (13.75%) Consultant
2 10 (12.50%) Senior
3 9 (11.25%) Tester
4 8 (10.00%) Architect
5 7 (8.75%) Developer
5 7 (8.75%) Oracle Developer
5 7 (8.75%) Security Consultant
6 6 (7.50%) Implementation Specialist
6 6 (7.50%) Report Developer
7 5 (6.25%) Analyst
7 5 (6.25%) Lead
7 5 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.25%) Security Specialist
7 5 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.00%) Implementation Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Implementation Project Manager
8 4 (5.00%) Project Implementation Manager
9 3 (3.75%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.75%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.75%) SailPoint
2 9 (11.25%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (5.00%) .NET
3 4 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (5.00%) RESTful
3 4 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.50%) Legacy Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (5.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.50%) PKI
4 2 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.25%) CMDB
5 1 (1.25%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (47.50%) Information Security
2 29 (36.25%) ITIL
3 23 (28.75%) IT Audit
3 23 (28.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 22 (27.50%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (26.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (23.75%) Agile
7 14 (17.50%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (17.50%) GAP Analysis
7 14 (17.50%) Security Management
8 13 (16.25%) Information Security Management
8 13 (16.25%) Risk Management
9 12 (15.00%) Roadmaps
9 12 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 11 (13.75%) Risk Assessment
11 9 (11.25%) Data Protection
11 9 (11.25%) Kanban
11 9 (11.25%) Migration
11 9 (11.25%) Service Management
11 9 (11.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (1.25%) Korn
Qualifications
1 29 (36.25%) CISSP
2 26 (32.50%) CISM
3 25 (31.25%) CISA
4 20 (25.00%) Degree
5 14 (17.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 6 (7.50%) Security Cleared
7 3 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.75%) CRISC
7 3 (3.75%) OSCP
7 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) CBAP
8 2 (2.50%) CEH
8 2 (2.50%) CISMP
8 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (2.50%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.25%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (1.25%) CSSLP
9 1 (1.25%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (70.00%) NIST
2 47 (58.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 12 (15.00%) NIST 800
4 8 (10.00%) GDPR
4 8 (10.00%) ITGC
5 7 (8.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (7.50%) SOX 404
7 5 (6.25%) QA
8 4 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (5.00%) GRC
8 4 (5.00%) PCI DSS
9 3 (3.75%) COSO
9 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (3.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (2.50%) NCSC
10 2 (2.50%) SLA
11 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 1 (1.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) RSA Archer
2 6 (7.50%) Ansible
2 6 (7.50%) Terraform
3 1 (1.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 22 (27.50%) Oracle
2 17 (21.25%) ServiceNow
3 11 (13.75%) Rapid7
4 7 (8.75%) Alteryx
4 7 (8.75%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.75%) SAP
5 6 (7.50%) CheckPoint
5 6 (7.50%) Dell
5 6 (7.50%) Dynatrace
5 6 (7.50%) F5
5 6 (7.50%) HP
6 4 (5.00%) Salesforce
6 4 (5.00%) Workday
7 3 (3.75%) Databricks
8 1 (1.25%) BMC
8 1 (1.25%) Cisco
8 1 (1.25%) Remedy