COBIT Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring COBIT skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited COBIT over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 676 650
Rank change year-on-year +188 -26 +24
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 87 79 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.30% 0.82% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 46 31 51
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £45,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -20.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £72,035 £78,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £175,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £80,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -28.13% +11.89% +19.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,706 9,651 12,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.89% 13.52% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,234 6,335 4,537
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,550 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBIT in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the UK excluding London

COBIT
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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 of England +46 24 £65,000 +36.84% 7
North West +14 21 £66,250 +65.63% 4
Midlands +73 20 £55,000 -32.10% 10
West Midlands +73 20 £55,000 -32.10% 10
Scotland +125 19 - - 1
South East +73 15 £55,000 -4.35% 11
South West +111 3 £80,000 - 4
Yorkshire +51 3 £53,500 +7.00% 1
East of England +46 3 £75,000 +35.14% 1
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -
Northern Ireland +41 1 - -
COBIT
UK

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (2.30%) CMS
1 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.54%) Azure
2 5 (5.75%) AWS
3 3 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.30%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.30%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.30%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) Firewall
2 11 (12.64%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (2.30%) Network Security
3 2 (2.30%) VPN
4 1 (1.15%) DNS
4 1 (1.15%) Intranet
4 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) Power BI
2 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
General
1 46 (52.87%) Finance
2 12 (13.79%) Legal
3 8 (9.20%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.05%) Banking
5 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Law
7 2 (2.30%) Police
7 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.30%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.15%) Marketing
8 1 (1.15%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 15 (17.24%) Risk Manager
1 15 (17.24%) Technology Risk Manager
2 13 (14.94%) Lead
3 10 (11.49%) Auditor
3 10 (11.49%) IT Auditor
4 6 (6.90%) Architect
5 5 (5.75%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.60%) Security Architect
7 3 (3.45%) Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) Designer
7 3 (3.45%) IT Analyst
7 3 (3.45%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.45%) Senior
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Architect
8 2 (2.30%) AWS Security Architect
8 2 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 2 (2.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Engineering Manager
8 2 (2.30%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.15%) React
1 1 (1.15%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Management Information System
2 11 (12.64%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.30%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.30%) Online Banking
4 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (50.57%) Risk Management
2 42 (48.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (44.83%) Decision-Making
4 34 (39.08%) Information Security
4 34 (39.08%) ITIL
5 31 (35.63%) Coaching
6 23 (26.44%) Stakeholder Management
7 21 (24.14%) Security Operations
8 18 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (18.39%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (18.39%) SIEM
10 14 (16.09%) IT Audit
11 12 (13.79%) CI/CD
11 12 (13.79%) IT Governance
12 11 (12.64%) Security Monitoring
12 11 (12.64%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 10 (11.49%) Change Control
13 10 (11.49%) Commercial Awareness
13 10 (11.49%) Internal Audit
13 10 (11.49%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.64%) PowerShell
2 10 (11.49%) Bash
2 10 (11.49%) C#
2 10 (11.49%) Python
3 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (50.57%) CRISC
2 20 (22.99%) CISM
3 13 (14.94%) Degree
4 12 (13.79%) CISA
5 10 (11.49%) CISSP
6 4 (4.60%) SANS
7 3 (3.45%) CEH
7 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.30%) CITP
8 2 (2.30%) GIAC
8 2 (2.30%) ISSAP
8 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.15%) CCSP
9 1 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.15%) OCP
9 1 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (1.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (39.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (37.93%) NIST
3 19 (21.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 18 (20.69%) ITGC
5 9 (10.34%) GDPR
6 6 (6.90%) GRC
6 6 (6.90%) PCI DSS
7 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.30%) NCSC
8 2 (2.30%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.15%) FISMA
9 1 (1.15%) GLBA
9 1 (1.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.15%) Oracle