COBIT Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 11 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 314 419
Rank change year-on-year +22 +105 +150
Contract jobs citing COBIT 24 27 42
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.38% 1.37% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 33
10th Percentile £375 - £463
25th Percentile £419 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -4.35% +2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £695
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -6.12%
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 median hourly rate £29.51 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,737 1,964 3,067
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 16.88% 13.62% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,179 1,382 2,237
10th Percentile £312 £300 £348
25th Percentile £400 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.19%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 63 81
10th Percentile £14.78 £12.85 £17.50
25th Percentile £19.40 £14.27 £21.00
Median hourly rate £34.48 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.92% -28.57% -3.25%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £68.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £24.18 £38.71
% change year-on-year +24.07% -37.54% +46.08%

COBIT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

COBIT trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing COBIT over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Salesforce CRM
1 3 (12.50%) Workday HCM
2 1 (4.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (4.17%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) Firewall
1 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.17%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 6 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Banking
5 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.17%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (25.00%) Consultant
2 5 (20.83%) Architect
2 5 (20.83%) Security Consultant
3 4 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (16.67%) Tester
4 3 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Compliance Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
5 2 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Report Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Security Tester
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Auditor
6 1 (4.17%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Information Assurance Consultant
6 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.17%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Senior Information Assurance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) Lightning Web Components
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (12.50%) RESTful
1 3 (12.50%) Web Services
2 2 (8.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.17%) CMDB
3 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Information Security
2 11 (45.83%) ITIL
3 9 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) Information Security Management
4 7 (29.17%) Security Management
5 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (25.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (20.83%) Computer Science
6 5 (20.83%) IT Audit
6 5 (20.83%) IT Governance
6 5 (20.83%) ITSM
6 5 (20.83%) Service Management
7 4 (16.67%) Analytics
7 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (16.67%) Data Analytics
7 4 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (16.67%) OWASP
7 4 (16.67%) Security Architecture
7 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (4.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 9 (37.50%) CISSP
2 8 (33.33%) CISM
2 8 (33.33%) Degree
3 7 (29.17%) CISA
4 4 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (12.50%) OSCP
6 2 (8.33%) CRISC
7 1 (4.17%) CBAP
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
7 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (70.83%) NIST
2 11 (45.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (29.17%) GDPR
4 3 (12.50%) COSO
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (12.50%) NIST 800
4 3 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (8.33%) ITGC
5 2 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (4.17%) GRC
6 1 (4.17%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) Databricks
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 3 (12.50%) Workday
4 2 (8.33%) Rapid7
5 1 (4.17%) SAP