COBIT Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring COBIT skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - 116
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Contract jobs citing COBIT 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.044% - 0.054%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.28% - 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £648 £718 £625
% change year-on-year -9.69% +14.80% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 361 284 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 16.03% 17.08% 15.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 183 205
10th Percentile £295 £220 £363
25th Percentile £405 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.07% -2.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £700 £638 £688
England median daily rate £500 £500 £545
% change year-on-year - -8.26% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 12
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.62 £13.03
25th Percentile £14.31 £14.70 £14.22
Median hourly rate £16.13 £16.19 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year -0.37% -23.81% +6.25%
75th Percentile £27.50 £33.75 £39.63
90th Percentile £36.28 £51.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £25.63 £29.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year -13.12% -16.90% +58.41%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing COBIT relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

COBIT job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT

COBIT
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Warwickshire - 1 £500 -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST