COBIT Job Trends in England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring COBIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 534 734
Rank change year-on-year -73 +200 +8
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 75 99 102
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.093% 0.25% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.92% 1.55% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 67 61 74
10th Percentile £66,250 £47,500 £43,250
25th Percentile £68,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £55,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% -29.94% +7.53%
75th Percentile £118,750 £77,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £90,000 £115,250
UK median annual salary £85,000 £59,000 £79,750
% change year-on-year +44.07% -26.02% +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

COBIT falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,164 6,395 11,751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.14% 16.36% 13.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,180 3,662 8,340
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,188 £70,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing COBIT relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

COBIT job vacancy trend in England

COBIT
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing COBIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing COBIT

COBIT
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for COBIT in England

COBIT
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +20 64 £87,500 +16.67% 10
South East -21 3 £82,500 +50.00% 4
South West -46 3 £90,000 +12.50% 1
Midlands -46 3 £76,500 +39.09% 3
West Midlands -41 2 £80,750 +46.82% 2
East Midlands - 1 £51,500 -
COBIT
UK

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (16.00%) Dynamics 365
2 11 (14.67%) Azure
3 8 (10.67%) AWS
3 8 (10.67%) SaaS
4 5 (6.67%) GCP
5 4 (5.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.67%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.67%) IBM Cloud
6 2 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.33%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 25 (33.33%) CHAP
2 2 (2.67%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.00%) DB2
2 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Jenkins
General
1 57 (76.00%) Finance
2 45 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 32 (42.67%) Banking
4 26 (34.67%) Financial Institution
5 25 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (6.67%) Legal
8 3 (4.00%) Retail
9 2 (2.67%) Back Office
9 2 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Law
10 1 (1.33%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (34.67%) Auditor
2 24 (32.00%) Security Auditor
3 22 (29.33%) Internal Auditor
4 18 (24.00%) IT Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Audit Manager
5 6 (8.00%) IT Audit Manager
6 5 (6.67%) Lead
6 5 (6.67%) Senior
7 3 (4.00%) Analyst
7 3 (4.00%) Architect
7 3 (4.00%) Risk Manager
8 2 (2.67%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (2.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) IT Assistant
8 2 (2.67%) IT Auditor
8 2 (2.67%) Security Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Security Manager
8 2 (2.67%) Security Officer
8 2 (2.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 35 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 13 (17.33%) Blockchain
3 6 (8.00%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (4.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (4.00%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.67%) Freedom of Information
6 2 (2.67%) Freedom of Information Act
6 2 (2.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.33%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.67%) Windows
2 3 (4.00%) AIX
2 3 (4.00%) Unix
3 2 (2.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (56.00%) Risk Assessment
2 40 (53.33%) Information Security
3 38 (50.67%) Cybersecurity
4 37 (49.33%) Internal Audit
5 36 (48.00%) Risk Management
6 35 (46.67%) Data Protection
7 34 (45.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 31 (41.33%) Incident Response
9 30 (40.00%) Agile
9 30 (40.00%) Analytics
10 28 (37.33%) Data Analytics
11 27 (36.00%) Project Management
11 27 (36.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 26 (34.67%) PRINCE2
12 26 (34.67%) Threat Management
13 25 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (33.33%) Test Strategy
13 25 (33.33%) Validation
14 24 (32.00%) IT Audit
14 24 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (69.33%) CISM
2 50 (66.67%) CISA
3 49 (65.33%) CISSP
4 28 (37.33%) FFIEC
5 26 (34.67%) CGEIT
5 26 (34.67%) SANS
6 18 (24.00%) CRISC
7 10 (13.33%) Degree
8 6 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (4.00%) OSCP
11 2 (2.67%) CCNP
11 2 (2.67%) CEH
11 2 (2.67%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (2.67%) ISACA
11 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
11 2 (2.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (78.67%) NIST
2 33 (44.00%) GDPR
3 22 (29.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (21.33%) ITGC
4 16 (21.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
6 8 (10.67%) SOC 2
7 5 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (6.67%) GRC
8 4 (5.33%) SOC 1
9 3 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (2.67%) HIPAA
10 2 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (2.67%) MiFID
11 1 (1.33%) COSO
11 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.33%) NIST 800
11 1 (1.33%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.33%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.67%) CASB
1 2 (2.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.67%) Terraform
2 1 (1.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 16 (21.33%) Oracle
1 16 (21.33%) SAP
2 12 (16.00%) IFS
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.00%) Citrix
5 2 (2.67%) Alibaba
5 2 (2.67%) Google
5 2 (2.67%) HP
5 2 (2.67%) IBM
5 2 (2.67%) Sage
5 2 (2.67%) Tenable
5 2 (2.67%) VMware
5 2 (2.67%) Xero
6 1 (1.33%) Commvault
6 1 (1.33%) Dell
6 1 (1.33%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.33%) Pega