COBIT Contracts with Work from Home Options

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 335 442 557
Rank change year-on-year +107 +115 -148
Contract jobs citing COBIT 24 38 69
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.06% 1.21% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 51
10th Percentile £413 £493 £413
25th Percentile - £563 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £738
90th Percentile £728 £695 -
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £610
% change year-on-year -4.17% -1.64% +17.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.27
Median hourly rate - - £22.55
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £22.55
% change year-on-year - - -64.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

COBIT is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,257 3,139 5,879
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.68% 12.07% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,531 2,292 4,168
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £415 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £694
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 63 117
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.54 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £25.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.94 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.99% -3.37% +121.01%
75th Percentile £40.00 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.35 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -44.53% +31.58% +35.55%

COBIT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

COBIT trend for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing COBIT.

COBIT daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing COBIT over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

COBIT daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.17%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (8.33%) GitHub
2 2 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Network Security
2 1 (4.17%) LAN
2 1 (4.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Local Government
4 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.33%) Multimedia
4 2 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) German Language
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) IT Manager
2 5 (20.83%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Service Transition Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Transition Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Information Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Information Assurance Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) IT Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.33%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Security Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) IT Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
2 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) CMDB
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 12 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 11 (45.83%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (41.67%) Information Security
4 8 (33.33%) PRINCE2
5 7 (29.17%) ITIL
5 7 (29.17%) SFIA
6 6 (25.00%) Data Management
6 6 (25.00%) IT4IT
7 5 (20.83%) ArchiMate
7 5 (20.83%) BPMN
7 5 (20.83%) Enterprise Modelling
7 5 (20.83%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (20.83%) Service Management
7 5 (20.83%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
8 4 (16.67%) Information Assurance
8 4 (16.67%) Project Management
9 3 (12.50%) Business Impact Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Impact Analysis
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) CISA
2 5 (20.83%) CISM
2 5 (20.83%) CISSP
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
4 3 (12.50%) ISEB
5 2 (8.33%) CEH
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
5 2 (8.33%) CRISC
5 2 (8.33%) CSSLP
5 2 (8.33%) ISSAP
5 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.17%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (4.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (54.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (33.33%) NIST
3 7 (29.17%) ISO 22301
4 5 (20.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (12.50%) ITGC
5 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (8.33%) GRC
6 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (8.33%) NCSC
6 2 (8.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (4.17%) COSO
7 1 (4.17%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (4.17%) GDPR
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 9000
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Nessus
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Sparx
2 2 (8.33%) Qualys
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.17%) Remedy
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow