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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 472 496 500
Rank change year-on-year +24 +4 +192
Contract jobs citing COBIT 105 62 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.65% 1.24% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 36 69
10th Percentile £415 £450 £319
25th Percentile £500 £570 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £668 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +11.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £700 £775 £725
90th Percentile £856 £975 £1,150
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £81.40 £49.14 -
25th Percentile £82.00 £56.78 -
Median hourly rate £85.50 £69.52 -
Median % change year-on-year +22.99% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 £82.26 -
90th Percentile £93.60 £89.90 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £81.00 £44.04 -
% change year-on-year +83.92% - -

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 6,357 5,010 6,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.60% 13.66% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,070 2,922 4,337
10th Percentile £310 £269 £313
25th Percentile £404 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £649
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 229 240
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.52 £15.31
25th Percentile £17.62 £17.13 £21.07
Median hourly rate £26.57 £27.35 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% -29.42% +68.48%
75th Percentile £60.93 £55.00 £65.63
90th Percentile £79.94 £70.00 £83.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.75 £26.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -10.38% -40.45% +111.90%

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 27 November 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 27 November 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 +24 91 £625 -6.92% 27
UK excluding London -6 61 £600 -7.69% 24
London -2 32 £618 -9.85% 5
Work from Home +19 29 £537 -20.03% 19
South East +4 23 £633 -2.69% 11
South West +11 14 £825 +17.86% 7
North of England -32 9 £600 -7.69% 4
Scotland +2 8 £473 -14.09% 2
Midlands -18 8 £450 - 1
East Midlands -5 7 £449 -
North West -19 5 £600 -7.69% 4
Yorkshire -38 2 £500 -28.57%
North East - 2 £775 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

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 (8.57%) Confluence
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.86%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 1 (0.95%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.71%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.81%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (3.81%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.00%) Azure
2 17 (16.19%) AWS
3 12 (11.43%) OCI
4 7 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.71%) GCP
6 5 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.81%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.81%) PaaS
8 1 (0.95%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.57%) Firewall
2 1 (0.95%) DHCP
2 1 (0.95%) DNS
2 1 (0.95%) Internet
2 1 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.95%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.95%) LAN
2 1 (0.95%) VLAN
2 1 (0.95%) VPN
2 1 (0.95%) Wireless
2 1 (0.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.67%) Power BI
1 7 (6.67%) Tableau
2 4 (3.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 4 (3.81%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (17.14%) JIRA
General
1 39 (37.14%) Finance
2 31 (29.52%) Social Skills
3 20 (19.05%) Public Sector
4 15 (14.29%) Legal
5 14 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (8.57%) Banking
7 7 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.71%) Retail
9 4 (3.81%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.86%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.90%) Military
11 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.95%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.95%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (31.43%) Architect
2 24 (22.86%) Enterprise Architect
3 19 (18.10%) Lead
4 14 (13.33%) Consultant
5 13 (12.38%) Senior
6 12 (11.43%) Lead Architect
7 11 (10.48%) Lead Enterprise Architect
8 9 (8.57%) Tester
9 7 (6.67%) Security Consultant
10 6 (5.71%) Implementation Specialist
10 6 (5.71%) Security Specialist
11 5 (4.76%) Analyst
11 5 (4.76%) Project Manager
11 5 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
12 4 (3.81%) Developer
12 4 (3.81%) Implementation Manager
12 4 (3.81%) Implementation Project Manager
12 4 (3.81%) Oracle Developer
12 4 (3.81%) Report Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.48%) SailPoint
2 10 (9.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.81%) .NET
3 4 (3.81%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (3.81%) RESTful
3 4 (3.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.71%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.86%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.90%) PKI
4 2 (1.90%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.90%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.95%) CMDB
5 1 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.95%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (50.48%) ITIL
2 36 (34.29%) Information Security
3 26 (24.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (23.81%) IT4IT
5 23 (21.90%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (20.95%) IT Audit
7 21 (20.00%) Agile
8 20 (19.05%) Roadmaps
9 19 (18.10%) TOGAF
10 15 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 15 (14.29%) Security Management
10 15 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (13.33%) Information Security Management
12 13 (12.38%) Decision-Making
12 13 (12.38%) Enterprise Architecture
13 12 (11.43%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (11.43%) Digital Strategy
13 12 (11.43%) Migration
14 11 (10.48%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (27.62%) CISSP
1 29 (27.62%) Security Cleared
2 27 (25.71%) CISA
3 25 (23.81%) CISM
3 25 (23.81%) ISEB
4 21 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 20 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
6 18 (17.14%) Degree
7 14 (13.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (3.81%) CRISC
9 3 (2.86%) CEH
9 3 (2.86%) CISMP
9 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.90%) CBAP
10 2 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.90%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.95%) CSSLP
11 1 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (54.29%) NIST
2 48 (45.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 12 (11.43%) NIST 800
4 9 (8.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 9 (8.57%) JSP 440
4 9 (8.57%) QA
5 8 (7.62%) ITGC
5 8 (7.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (6.67%) GRC
7 6 (5.71%) GDPR
7 6 (5.71%) SOX 404
8 4 (3.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (3.81%) COSO
9 2 (1.90%) SLA
10 1 (0.95%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.95%) NCSC
10 1 (0.95%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (8.57%) RSA Archer
2 6 (5.71%) Ansible
2 6 (5.71%) Terraform
3 1 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 23 (21.90%) Oracle
2 18 (17.14%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.48%) Rapid7
4 9 (8.57%) Microsoft
5 7 (6.67%) Alteryx
5 7 (6.67%) SAP
6 6 (5.71%) CheckPoint
6 6 (5.71%) Dell
6 6 (5.71%) Dynatrace
6 6 (5.71%) F5
6 6 (5.71%) HP
7 4 (3.81%) Salesforce
7 4 (3.81%) Workday
8 3 (2.86%) Databricks
9 1 (0.95%) BMC
9 1 (0.95%) Cisco
9 1 (0.95%) Remedy