COSO Job Trends in the North of England

Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring COSO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing COSO 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.013% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.15% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £49,250 £141,250 £66,500
% change year-on-year -65.13% +112.41% +2.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

COSO 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 1,982 1,125 1,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.48% 11.98% 12.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 514 917
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +7.07% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £60,991
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,258 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% -4.17%

COSO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

COSO job vacancy trend in the North of England

COSO
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

COSO
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 COSO within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 September 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 - 3 - -
COSO
England

COSO
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Spreadsheet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Banking
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 3 (100.00%) Issue Tracking
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ACCA
1 3 (100.00%) CISA
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley