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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 605 490 518
Rank change year-on-year -115 +28 +7
Contract jobs citing COBIT 75 69 51
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.78% 1.22% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 40 32
10th Percentile £430 £413 £450
25th Percentile £500 £449 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £619
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -14.95% +3.13%
75th Percentile £680 £625 £699
90th Percentile £775 £791 £918
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -8.33%
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 9,652 5,675 5,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 17.21% 13.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,079 3,636 3,003
10th Percentile £325 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% -1.38% -3.43%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £625
90th Percentile £700 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 636 267 249
10th Percentile £13.93 £13.60 £12.42
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.92 £15.22
Median hourly rate £32.45 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% +9.09% -22.54%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.50 £81.10 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £27.54 £27.50
% change year-on-year +19.85% +0.13% -25.17%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -115 68 £530 +0.24% 74
London -64 48 £525 - 49
Work from Home -57 31 £511 -3.95% 36
UK excluding London -107 26 £525 -0.94% 29
South East -62 10 £650 +8.33% 10
Scotland -23 7 £475 +0.53% 1
North of England -64 7 £800 +48.98% 7
North West -51 4 £800 +29.35% 6
Yorkshire -33 3 - - 1
West Midlands -44 2 £325 -39.53% 2
Midlands -52 2 £325 -28.96% 3
South West -39 1 £440 -45.85% 4

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 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.67%) Azure
2 7 (9.33%) GCP
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.00%) AWS
5 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (1.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 32 (42.67%) Social Skills
2 29 (38.67%) Finance
3 19 (25.33%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.67%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (9.33%) Legal
6 6 (8.00%) Banking
6 6 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (33.33%) Analyst
2 12 (16.00%) Business Analyst
3 10 (13.33%) IT Analyst
3 10 (13.33%) Lead
4 9 (12.00%) IT Manager
5 8 (10.67%) Consultant
6 7 (9.33%) Risk Manager
7 6 (8.00%) Architect
8 5 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
8 5 (6.67%) IT Support
8 5 (6.67%) IT Support Manager
8 5 (6.67%) ITIL Manager
8 5 (6.67%) Security Architect
8 5 (6.67%) Security Consultant
8 5 (6.67%) Support Manager
9 3 (4.00%) IT Risk Manager
9 3 (4.00%) Risk Analyst
9 3 (4.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
1 7 (9.33%) Private Cloud
2 6 (8.00%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (8.00%) Operational Technology
3 5 (6.67%) CMDB
4 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (57.33%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (32.00%) ITIL
3 23 (30.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (26.67%) Risk Management
5 18 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (21.33%) Service Management
7 14 (18.67%) IT Governance
8 13 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (14.67%) Cryptography
10 10 (13.33%) ITSM
10 10 (13.33%) Regulatory Compliance
10 10 (13.33%) Security Management
11 9 (12.00%) Business Analysis
11 9 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (12.00%) Information Security
11 9 (12.00%) Resilience Testing
11 9 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (10.67%) Security Testing
12 8 (10.67%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) CISSP
2 22 (29.33%) CISM
3 15 (20.00%) CEH
4 12 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (13.33%) Degree
5 10 (13.33%) FFIEC
6 9 (12.00%) OSCP
7 8 (10.67%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (9.33%) CCSP
8 7 (9.33%) SC Cleared
9 5 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (6.67%) CRISC
9 5 (6.67%) GIAC
10 4 (5.33%) CISA
10 4 (5.33%) DV Cleared
11 2 (2.67%) IISP
11 2 (2.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 1 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (58.67%) NIST
2 30 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (14.67%) GRC
4 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
5 7 (9.33%) NIST 800
6 6 (8.00%) ISO 31000
6 6 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 6 (8.00%) ITGC
6 6 (8.00%) NCSC
7 5 (6.67%) SLA
8 3 (4.00%) Data Quality
9 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (22.67%) ServiceNow
2 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.67%) Nexthink
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.33%) SAP
4 1 (1.33%) Temenos