COBIT Contracts

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring COBIT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited COBIT over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 537 576
Rank change year-on-year +58 +39 +152
Contract jobs citing COBIT 55 55 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.03% 0.93% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 73
10th Percentile £413 £450 £453
25th Percentile £489 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £661 £650
90th Percentile £779 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +30.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.73 - -
25th Percentile £28.03 - -
Median hourly rate £29.51 - -
75th Percentile £31.99 - -
90th Percentile £32.88 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.51 - -

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 5,357 5,885 7,728
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.46% 13.81% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,431 3,626 5,299
10th Percentile £280 £281 £305
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £606 £619 £650
90th Percentile £717 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 419 254
10th Percentile £14.60 £11.66 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.18 £13.52 £18.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £24.18 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% -37.54% +48.88%
75th Percentile £63.75 £51.41 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.30 £70.00 £79.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.59 £24.18 £35.00
% change year-on-year +14.08% -30.91% +55.56%

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 16 July 2025.

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 12 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 16 July 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 +35 48 £556 +0.18% 85
UK excluding London +29 25 £575 +4.55% 49
London +44 23 £525 -12.50% 53
Work from Home +30 23 £532 -8.74% 30
South East +30 9 £600 - 29
North West +15 5 £575 +2.68% 7
North of England +8 5 £575 +4.55% 10
Midlands - 5 £500 - 5
East of England +17 3 £249 -58.50%
Scotland +5 3 £429 +0.88% 3
East Midlands - 3 £465 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £538 - 4

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 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.45%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (3.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Salesforce CRM
1 4 (7.27%) Workday HCM
2 2 (3.64%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.82%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (23.64%) Azure
2 9 (16.36%) AWS
3 5 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.27%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (7.27%) PaaS
5 1 (1.82%) GCP
5 1 (1.82%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.45%) Firewall
2 1 (1.82%) DHCP
2 1 (1.82%) DNS
2 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.82%) IP Telephony
2 1 (1.82%) LAN
2 1 (1.82%) Network Security
2 1 (1.82%) VLAN
2 1 (1.82%) VPN
2 1 (1.82%) Wireless
2 1 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 9 (16.36%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (9.09%) Power BI
2 5 (9.09%) Tableau
3 1 (1.82%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 9 (16.36%) JIRA
2 1 (1.82%) GitLab
2 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.18%) Finance
3 10 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.27%) Financial Institution
4 4 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.45%) Banking
5 3 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.64%) Legal
7 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.82%) International Banking
7 1 (1.82%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.82%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (16.36%) Consultant
2 8 (14.55%) Architect
2 8 (14.55%) Security Consultant
3 7 (12.73%) Developer
3 7 (12.73%) Oracle Developer
3 7 (12.73%) Tester
4 6 (10.91%) Report Developer
5 5 (9.09%) Senior
6 4 (7.27%) Lead
6 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.45%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.45%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (5.45%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.45%) Security Architect
7 3 (5.45%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
8 2 (3.64%) Compliance Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Information Security Consultant
8 2 (3.64%) Security Manager
8 2 (3.64%) Security Specialist
8 2 (3.64%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 7 (12.73%) SailPoint
3 4 (7.27%) .NET
3 4 (7.27%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (7.27%) RESTful
3 4 (7.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (5.45%) Security Posture
3 2 (3.64%) PKI
3 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.82%) CESG
4 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.82%) CMDB
4 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.82%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.82%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (58.18%) Information Security
2 23 (41.82%) ITIL
3 18 (32.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (25.45%) Business Intelligence
4 14 (25.45%) Security Management
5 13 (23.64%) Information Security Management
6 11 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 10 (18.18%) IT Audit
7 10 (18.18%) Service Management
8 9 (16.36%) Data Protection
8 9 (16.36%) ITSM
9 8 (14.55%) Agile
9 8 (14.55%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (14.55%) Risk Management
10 7 (12.73%) Computer Science
10 7 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (12.73%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (12.73%) Security Architecture
10 7 (12.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (1.82%) Korn
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) CISSP
1 17 (30.91%) Degree
2 16 (29.09%) CISM
3 15 (27.27%) CISA
4 9 (16.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (5.45%) OSCP
5 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.64%) CBAP
6 2 (3.64%) CEH
6 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.64%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.82%) CISMP
7 1 (1.82%) CRISC
7 1 (1.82%) CSSLP
7 1 (1.82%) GCIH
7 1 (1.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (67.27%) NIST
2 26 (47.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (16.36%) NIST 800
4 8 (14.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 7 (12.73%) GDPR
6 5 (9.09%) PCI DSS
7 4 (7.27%) QA
8 3 (5.45%) COSO
8 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (5.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (5.45%) GRC
9 2 (3.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.82%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (1.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (1.82%) ITGC
10 1 (1.82%) JSP 440
10 1 (1.82%) NCSC
10 1 (1.82%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (10.91%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.82%) Ansible
2 1 (1.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 10 (18.18%) Oracle
3 7 (12.73%) Rapid7
4 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
5 5 (9.09%) Alteryx
6 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
6 4 (7.27%) Workday
7 3 (5.45%) Databricks
8 1 (1.82%) BMC
8 1 (1.82%) Cisco
8 1 (1.82%) Remedy
8 1 (1.82%) SAP
8 1 (1.82%) Sun