COBIT Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring COBIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 266 283
Rank change year-on-year +7 +17 +121
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 5 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.046% 0.13% 0.094%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 0.78% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £48,875 £52,025 £36,675
25th Percentile £52,813 £53,938 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +9.30% -11.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,063 £81,138
90th Percentile - £64,625 £89,422
England median annual salary £87,500 £72,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year +20.69% -12.12% +13.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 934 1,546 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.60% 16.96% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 513 610 892
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,938 £63,857
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,215 £82,375
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £58,920
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.83% +2.47%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

COBIT job vacancy trend in the North of England

COBIT
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing COBIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing COBIT

COBIT
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the North of England

COBIT
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
North West +17 4 £57,500 -8.00% 1
Yorkshire -11 1 - -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Assurance Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) IT Audit
3 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Attestation
4 1 (20.00%) Change Advisory Board
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) CMMI
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISA
1 2 (40.00%) CRISC
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (40.00%) ITGC
1 2 (40.00%) NIST