Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring COBIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 545 769
Rank change year-on-year -107 +224 -17
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 89 122 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.096% 0.28% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.95% 1.70% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 72 64 89
10th Percentile - £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £66,250 £52,188 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +45.65% -28.13% +11.89%
75th Percentile £115,000 £77,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £90,000 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £55,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -2.65% -19.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,411 7,188 13,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.20% 16.30% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,705 3,936 9,135
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £42,500 £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 £77,500 £75,781 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

COBIT job vacancy trend in the UK

COBIT
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing COBIT

COBIT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 11 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 20 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
England -82 77 £86,250 +50.00% 17
London +18 66 £87,500 +11.11% 13
Work from Home +27 34 £87,500 +59.09% 8
UK excluding London -126 16 £82,500 +50.00% 11
Scotland -13 4 - - 3
South East -29 3 £82,500 +50.00% 4
Midlands -49 3 £76,500 +39.09%
South West -62 3 £90,000 +12.50%
Wales - 3 £42,500 - 1
West Midlands -51 2 £80,750 +46.82%
East Midlands - 1 £51,500 -

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.85%) Azure
2 13 (14.61%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (10.11%) SaaS
4 8 (8.99%) AWS
5 5 (5.62%) GCP
6 4 (4.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.25%) IBM Cloud
7 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (1.12%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 23 (25.84%) CHAP
2 2 (2.25%) Firewall
2 2 (2.25%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) DB2
2 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
General
1 59 (66.29%) Finance
2 52 (58.43%) Social Skills
3 33 (37.08%) Banking
4 32 (35.96%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (26.97%) Financial Institution
6 13 (14.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.74%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (6.74%) Legal
7 6 (6.74%) Retail
8 3 (3.37%) Back Office
9 2 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Advertising
10 1 (1.12%) Law
10 1 (1.12%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.12%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (26.97%) Auditor
2 22 (24.72%) Security Auditor
3 20 (22.47%) Internal Auditor
3 20 (22.47%) IT Manager
4 9 (10.11%) Senior
5 7 (7.87%) Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Audit Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 6 (6.74%) IT Audit Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Security Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Senior Manager
7 5 (5.62%) Analyst
7 5 (5.62%) Lead
8 4 (4.49%) Compliance Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Governance Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Risk Manager
8 4 (4.49%) Security Architect
9 3 (3.37%) Information Officer
9 3 (3.37%) IT Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) IT Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 39 (43.82%) Management Information System
2 12 (13.48%) Blockchain
3 7 (7.87%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.37%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (3.37%) Freedom of Information Act
5 3 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.25%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.12%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.12%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.12%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.62%) Windows
2 3 (3.37%) AIX
2 3 (3.37%) Unix
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (53.93%) Information Security
2 45 (50.56%) Risk Assessment
3 43 (48.31%) Risk Management
4 42 (47.19%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (39.33%) Data Protection
5 35 (39.33%) Internal Audit
6 32 (35.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 31 (34.83%) Agile
8 30 (33.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (33.71%) Incident Response
9 28 (31.46%) Analytics
9 28 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (29.21%) Data Analytics
10 26 (29.21%) IT Audit
10 26 (29.21%) Project Management
10 26 (29.21%) Vulnerability Management
11 24 (26.97%) PRINCE2
11 24 (26.97%) Threat Management
12 23 (25.84%) Test Strategy
12 23 (25.84%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (62.92%) CISM
2 53 (59.55%) CISSP
3 50 (56.18%) CISA
4 26 (29.21%) FFIEC
5 24 (26.97%) CGEIT
5 24 (26.97%) CRISC
5 24 (26.97%) SANS
6 13 (14.61%) Degree
7 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (3.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (3.37%) ISACA
9 3 (3.37%) OSCP
10 2 (2.25%) CCNP
10 2 (2.25%) CEH
10 2 (2.25%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (2.25%) Security Cleared
10 2 (2.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (80.90%) NIST
2 34 (38.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (37.08%) GDPR
4 17 (19.10%) ITGC
4 17 (19.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (14.61%) PCI DSS
6 9 (10.11%) SOC 2
7 6 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (5.62%) GRC
8 5 (5.62%) SOC 1
9 3 (3.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (2.25%) HIPAA
10 2 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (2.25%) MiFID
11 1 (1.12%) COSO
11 1 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.12%) NIST 800
11 1 (1.12%) PSD2
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.25%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.12%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) CASB
1 2 (2.25%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.25%) Terraform
2 1 (1.12%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 17 (19.10%) Oracle
1 17 (19.10%) SAP
2 13 (14.61%) IFS
3 5 (5.62%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.37%) Citrix
5 2 (2.25%) Alibaba
5 2 (2.25%) Google
5 2 (2.25%) HP
5 2 (2.25%) IBM
5 2 (2.25%) Sage
5 2 (2.25%) Tenable
5 2 (2.25%) VMware
5 2 (2.25%) Xero
6 1 (1.12%) Commvault
6 1 (1.12%) Dell
6 1 (1.12%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.12%) Pega