Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 736 759
Rank change year-on-year +174 +23 +124
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 122 149 229
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.38% 1.10% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 65 92 134
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,050
25th Percentile £50,375 £58,438 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £79,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.50% +10.00% +20.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £101,250 £87,188
90th Percentile £90,000 £114,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -17.86% +16.67%

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 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England +167 99 £55,000 -30.82% 46
UK excluding London +214 87 £55,000 -4.35% 20
London +81 34 £86,250 -4.17% 29
Work from Home +142 33 £55,000 -24.14% 26
North of England +85 23 £65,000 +36.84% 2
North West +47 21 £65,000 +62.50% 2
Midlands +72 20 £55,000 -32.10% 9
West Midlands +67 20 £55,000 -32.10% 7
Scotland +134 19 £65,000 +2.36% 3
South East +105 15 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East of England +57 4 £74,500 +34.23%
South West +115 3 £80,000 - 3
Yorkshire +57 2 £62,746 +28.71%
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -
Northern Ireland +35 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 3 (2.46%) CMS
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.82%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 22 (18.03%) Azure
2 8 (6.56%) AWS
2 8 (6.56%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.46%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.46%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.64%) GCP
4 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.64%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.64%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.82%) Akamai
5 1 (0.82%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.82%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.82%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.75%) Firewall
2 17 (13.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.46%) Network Security
3 3 (2.46%) VPN
4 1 (0.82%) DNS
4 1 (0.82%) Intranet
4 1 (0.82%) MPLS
4 1 (0.82%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.82%) WAN
4 1 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) Power BI
2 1 (0.82%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.82%) HBase
2 1 (0.82%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.82%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.82%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Subversion
General
1 55 (45.08%) Finance
2 17 (13.93%) Legal
3 15 (12.30%) Social Skills
4 11 (9.02%) Banking
5 9 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Law
7 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.46%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.64%) Police
8 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.82%) Marketing
9 1 (0.82%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 20 (16.39%) Risk Manager
2 16 (13.11%) Technology Risk Manager
3 15 (12.30%) Lead
4 10 (8.20%) Architect
4 10 (8.20%) Auditor
4 10 (8.20%) IT Auditor
4 10 (8.20%) Security Manager
5 8 (6.56%) IT Manager
6 7 (5.74%) Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) IT Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) IT Risk Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) Risk Analyst
6 7 (5.74%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.28%) Information Manager
7 4 (3.28%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (3.28%) Senior
8 3 (2.46%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 2 (1.64%) AWS Architect
9 2 (1.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 2 (1.64%) Data Protection Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.82%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.82%) React
2 1 (0.82%) Restlet
2 1 (0.82%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 26 (21.31%) Management Information System
2 11 (9.02%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.46%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.64%) Cyberattack
4 2 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.64%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.82%) IoT
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.02%) Windows
2 1 (0.82%) Linux
2 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (58.20%) Risk Management
2 57 (46.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (42.62%) Decision-Making
4 47 (38.52%) Information Security
5 46 (37.70%) ITIL
6 43 (35.25%) Coaching
7 32 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (22.13%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (21.31%) Security Operations
10 23 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (16.39%) SIEM
12 19 (15.57%) IT Audit
13 17 (13.93%) Internal Audit
13 17 (13.93%) IT Governance
14 13 (10.66%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 13 (10.66%) Vulnerability Management
15 12 (9.84%) CI/CD
15 12 (9.84%) Privileged Access Management
15 12 (9.84%) Roadmaps
16 11 (9.02%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.84%) PowerShell
1 12 (9.84%) Python
2 11 (9.02%) Bash
2 11 (9.02%) C#
3 3 (2.46%) SQL
4 1 (0.82%) C++
4 1 (0.82%) Java
4 1 (0.82%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.82%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (50.82%) CRISC
2 32 (26.23%) CISM
3 24 (19.67%) CISSP
4 23 (18.85%) Degree
5 17 (13.93%) CISA
6 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.28%) SANS
7 3 (2.46%) CCSP
7 3 (2.46%) CEH
7 3 (2.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (2.46%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.64%) CITP
8 2 (1.64%) GIAC
8 2 (1.64%) OCP
8 2 (1.64%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (48.36%) NIST
2 54 (44.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (17.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 20 (16.39%) ITGC
5 11 (9.02%) GDPR
6 10 (8.20%) GRC
7 6 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (4.92%) PCI DSS
8 3 (2.46%) COSO
8 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.46%) NCSC
9 2 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.82%) FISMA
10 1 (0.82%) GAAP
10 1 (0.82%) GLBA
10 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.82%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.82%) Docker
2 1 (0.82%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.82%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.28%) Oracle
3 2 (1.64%) Google
4 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.82%) Cisco
4 1 (0.82%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.82%) F5
4 1 (0.82%) Netskope
4 1 (0.82%) Okta
4 1 (0.82%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.82%) Sybase
4 1 (0.82%) Zscaler