Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 609 804 828
Rank change year-on-year +195 +24 -214
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 124 292 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.23% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.56% 1.32% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 103 200 233
10th Percentile £51,250 £44,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,625 £51,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.46% +1.15% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £75,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £86,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.65% -4.17% -7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

COBIT is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,965 22,144 20,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 17.60% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,839 12,086 12,512
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,050
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing COBIT.

Salary trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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
England +198 115 £71,000 +7.98% 35
London +215 57 £75,000 - 19
UK excluding London +136 50 £60,750 +5.65% 16
Work from Home +187 37 £65,000 -3.88% 18
South East +116 15 £120,000 +113.33% 4
Midlands +105 15 £60,000 -13.04% 4
West Midlands +93 14 £60,750 -16.78% 3
North of England +122 12 £71,250 +14.46% 4
Yorkshire +89 8 £65,500 +9.17% 3
South West +67 6 £47,500 -9.52% 1
East of England +114 2 £77,500 +29.17% 2
North West +109 2 £71,250 +26.67% 1
Scotland +40 2 £60,000 +20.60% 1
North East +37 2 £81,138 -32.39%
East Midlands +50 1 £55,000 -12.00% 1

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 9 (7.26%) Confluence
2 7 (5.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.61%) Trello
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.61%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (16.94%) Azure
2 17 (13.71%) SaaS
3 9 (7.26%) AWS
3 9 (7.26%) IaaS
3 9 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.26%) PaaS
4 8 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.81%) GCP
7 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) Network Security
2 4 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.42%) Firewall
4 2 (1.61%) 5G
4 2 (1.61%) Broadband
5 1 (0.81%) DMZ
5 1 (0.81%) Intranet
5 1 (0.81%) Modbus
5 1 (0.81%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) JIRA
General
1 51 (41.13%) Finance
2 44 (35.48%) Social Skills
3 15 (12.10%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.84%) Banking
5 6 (4.84%) Legal
5 6 (4.84%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.42%) Law
9 2 (1.61%) Advertising
9 2 (1.61%) Local Government
9 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.61%) Police
9 2 (1.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) Back Office
10 1 (0.81%) International Banking
10 1 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (20.97%) Analyst
2 16 (12.90%) Security Analyst
3 11 (8.87%) Senior
4 10 (8.06%) Lead
4 10 (8.06%) Service Manager
5 9 (7.26%) Architect
6 8 (6.45%) IT Manager
7 7 (5.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (5.65%) Risk Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Consultant
8 6 (4.84%) Engineering Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Security Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Service Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Service Delivery Analyst
8 6 (4.84%) Service Transition Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Technology Risk Manager
8 6 (4.84%) Transition Manager
9 5 (4.03%) IT Analyst
9 5 (4.03%) Security Consultant
9 5 (4.03%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.84%) Middleware
1 6 (4.84%) Web Services
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (25.81%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.48%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (8.87%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (7.26%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.26%) Operational Technology
4 9 (7.26%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.03%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.61%) CCTV
7 2 (1.61%) IoT
7 2 (1.61%) NHS
7 2 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.81%) CMDB
8 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.81%) PMI
8 1 (0.81%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.81%) Solar Power
8 1 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.81%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (64.52%) ITIL
2 59 (47.58%) Information Security
3 41 (33.06%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (28.23%) Agile
5 32 (25.81%) Risk Management
6 25 (20.16%) Service Delivery
7 24 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
8 21 (16.94%) Service Management
9 17 (13.71%) Project Delivery
9 17 (13.71%) Security Management
10 16 (12.90%) DevOps
10 16 (12.90%) Information Security Management
10 16 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (12.90%) TOGAF
11 14 (11.29%) Cloud Security
12 13 (10.48%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (10.48%) Data Protection
12 13 (10.48%) ITSM
12 13 (10.48%) Project Management
13 12 (9.68%) IT Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.42%) Bash
1 3 (2.42%) C#
1 3 (2.42%) PowerShell
1 3 (2.42%) Python
1 3 (2.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (25.81%) CISSP
2 31 (25.00%) CISM
3 29 (23.39%) Degree
4 17 (13.71%) CISA
5 13 (10.48%) Security Cleared
6 8 (6.45%) CEH
6 8 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (4.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (4.03%) CompTIA CySA+
9 5 (4.03%) CRISC
10 4 (3.23%) CASP
10 4 (3.23%) CCSP
10 4 (3.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (3.23%) SANS
10 4 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (2.42%) GIAC
11 3 (2.42%) ISACA
11 3 (2.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (50.81%) NIST
2 49 (39.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (12.90%) GRC
4 11 (8.87%) PCI DSS
5 9 (7.26%) GDPR
6 8 (6.45%) NIST 800
7 7 (5.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (4.84%) COSO
8 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.23%) IASME
9 4 (3.23%) ISO 9001
10 3 (2.42%) ISO 14001
10 3 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (1.61%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (1.61%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.61%) ITGC
12 1 (0.81%) GLBA
12 1 (0.81%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.81%) NCSC
12 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.61%) CSIRT
2 1 (0.81%) CASB
2 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 22 (17.74%) ServiceNow
2 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.23%) Oracle
4 3 (2.42%) Cisco
4 3 (2.42%) VMware
5 2 (1.61%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (1.61%) Remedy
5 2 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.61%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.81%) Citrix
6 1 (0.81%) IBM
6 1 (0.81%) SAP