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 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 481 512
Rank change year-on-year -2 +31 +171
Contract jobs citing COBIT 103 68 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.19% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.62% 1.37% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 41 69
10th Percentile £414 £450 £319
25th Percentile £500 £619 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £680 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +13.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £702 £850 £713
90th Percentile £856 £1,000 £1,150
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £680 £575
% change year-on-year -21.03% +18.26% -6.12%
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 6,366 4,962 6,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.44% 13.79% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,103 2,903 4,310
10th Percentile £313 £265 £313
25th Percentile £405 £382 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £624 £640
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.58% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 215 239
10th Percentile £13.57 £13.88 £15.11
25th Percentile £17.51 £18.27 £20.04
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.35 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% -23.24% +57.06%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.40 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £83.14
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £35.98
% change year-on-year -16.45% -26.34% +71.31%

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 4 December 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 4 December 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 +1 90 £648 -5.40% 25
UK excluding London -10 59 £537 -21.03% 20
London -12 33 £650 -13.33% 6
Work from Home +15 28 £532 -37.38% 21
South East +5 21 £648 +60.99% 13
South West +4 14 £825 +15.38% 4
North of England -40 9 £600 -11.76% 3
Scotland +7 8 £473 -14.09%
Midlands -22 8 £450 -
East Midlands -7 7 £449 -
North West -20 5 £600 -9.77% 2
Yorkshire -32 2 £500 -26.47% 1
North East - 2 £775 -
West Midlands - 1 £500 -

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 (8.74%) Confluence
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.88%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.91%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
4 1 (0.97%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (13.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.83%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (3.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (3.88%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.97%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (20.39%) Azure
2 17 (16.50%) AWS
3 12 (11.65%) OCI
4 7 (6.80%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.83%) GCP
6 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.88%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.88%) PaaS
8 1 (0.97%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.74%) Firewall
2 1 (0.97%) DHCP
2 1 (0.97%) DNS
2 1 (0.97%) Internet
2 1 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (0.97%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.97%) LAN
2 1 (0.97%) VLAN
2 1 (0.97%) VPN
2 1 (0.97%) Wireless
2 1 (0.97%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.80%) Power BI
1 7 (6.80%) Tableau
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (17.48%) JIRA
General
1 40 (38.83%) Finance
2 29 (28.16%) Social Skills
3 20 (19.42%) Public Sector
4 15 (14.56%) Legal
5 14 (13.59%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (8.74%) Banking
7 7 (6.80%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.83%) Retail
9 4 (3.88%) Retail Banking
10 3 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.94%) Military
11 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.97%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (32.04%) Architect
2 24 (23.30%) Enterprise Architect
3 19 (18.45%) Lead
4 14 (13.59%) Consultant
4 14 (13.59%) Senior
5 12 (11.65%) Lead Architect
6 11 (10.68%) Lead Enterprise Architect
7 9 (8.74%) Tester
8 7 (6.80%) Security Consultant
9 6 (5.83%) Implementation Specialist
9 6 (5.83%) Security Specialist
10 5 (4.85%) Analyst
10 5 (4.85%) Project Manager
10 5 (4.85%) Senior Consultant
10 5 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.88%) Implementation Manager
11 4 (3.88%) Implementation Project Manager
11 4 (3.88%) Project Implementation Manager
12 3 (2.91%) Oracle Functional Consultant
12 3 (2.91%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.68%) SailPoint
2 7 (6.80%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (3.88%) .NET
3 4 (3.88%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (3.88%) RESTful
3 4 (3.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.80%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.91%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.94%) PKI
4 2 (1.94%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.94%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (0.97%) CMDB
5 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (51.46%) ITIL
2 33 (32.04%) Information Security
3 25 (24.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (24.27%) IT4IT
4 23 (22.33%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (22.33%) IT Audit
4 23 (22.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (20.39%) Agile
6 20 (19.42%) Roadmaps
7 19 (18.45%) TOGAF
8 15 (14.56%) Risk Management
8 15 (14.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (12.62%) Decision-Making
9 13 (12.62%) Enterprise Architecture
10 12 (11.65%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (11.65%) Digital Strategy
10 12 (11.65%) Migration
10 12 (11.65%) Security Management
11 11 (10.68%) Cloud Security
11 11 (10.68%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (28.16%) CISSP
1 29 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 27 (26.21%) CISA
3 25 (24.27%) CISM
3 25 (24.27%) ISEB
4 21 (20.39%) SC Cleared
5 20 (19.42%) ITIL Certification
6 18 (17.48%) Degree
7 14 (13.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (3.88%) CRISC
9 3 (2.91%) CEH
9 3 (2.91%) CISMP
9 3 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.94%) CBAP
10 2 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.97%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (53.40%) NIST
2 46 (44.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (11.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 12 (11.65%) NIST 800
4 9 (8.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 9 (8.74%) ITGC
4 9 (8.74%) JSP 440
4 9 (8.74%) QA
4 9 (8.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (6.80%) GRC
5 7 (6.80%) SOX 404
6 6 (5.83%) GDPR
7 4 (3.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (3.88%) COSO
8 2 (1.94%) SLA
9 1 (0.97%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.97%) NCSC
9 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (8.74%) RSA Archer
2 6 (5.83%) Ansible
2 6 (5.83%) Terraform
3 1 (0.97%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 21 (20.39%) Oracle
2 18 (17.48%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.68%) Rapid7
4 9 (8.74%) Microsoft
5 8 (7.77%) SAP
6 7 (6.80%) Alteryx
7 6 (5.83%) CheckPoint
7 6 (5.83%) Dell
7 6 (5.83%) Dynatrace
7 6 (5.83%) F5
7 6 (5.83%) HP
8 4 (3.88%) Salesforce
8 4 (3.88%) Workday
9 3 (2.91%) Databricks
10 1 (0.97%) BMC
10 1 (0.97%) Cisco
10 1 (0.97%) Remedy