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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 594 744 770
Rank change year-on-year +150 +26 +129
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 123 150 213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.32% 1.10% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 65 90 118
10th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £79,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.02% +10.00% +20.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £100,938 £85,938
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,500 £71,500
% change year-on-year -0.90% -22.38% +19.17%

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 9,336 13,639 19,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.93% 13.74% 18.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,778 9,278 8,843
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,290 £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 £73,000 £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% +4.90%

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 12 May 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 12 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
England +125 99 £55,000 -29.94% 81
UK excluding London +171 88 £55,000 -0.90% 42
London +87 34 £75,000 -11.76% 46
Work from Home +102 31 £55,000 -20.00% 47
North of England +65 25 £60,000 +26.32% 5
North West +17 22 £65,000 +62.50% 3
Scotland +120 20 £65,000 +2.36% 3
Midlands +80 18 £55,000 -32.10% 11
West Midlands +76 18 £55,000 -32.10% 9
South East +87 15 £55,000 -4.35% 16
East of England +46 4 £74,500 +34.23%
South West +106 3 £80,000 - 7
Yorkshire +58 3 £53,500 +9.74% 1
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -
Northern Ireland +38 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 (2.44%) CMS
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (17.07%) Azure
2 8 (6.50%) AWS
2 8 (6.50%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.44%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.44%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.63%) GCP
4 2 (1.63%) OneDrive
4 2 (1.63%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.63%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.81%) Akamai
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.81%) Cloudflare
5 1 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (14.63%) Firewall
2 15 (12.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.44%) Network Security
3 3 (2.44%) VPN
4 1 (0.81%) DNS
4 1 (0.81%) Intranet
4 1 (0.81%) MPLS
4 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) WAN
4 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.44%) Power BI
2 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.81%) HBase
2 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.81%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Subversion
General
1 60 (48.78%) Finance
2 15 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.38%) Legal
4 10 (8.13%) Banking
5 9 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Law
7 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.44%) Retail Banking
8 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.63%) Police
8 2 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 21 (17.07%) Risk Manager
2 20 (16.26%) Technology Risk Manager
3 17 (13.82%) Lead
4 10 (8.13%) Architect
4 10 (8.13%) Auditor
4 10 (8.13%) IT Auditor
5 8 (6.50%) Analyst
5 8 (6.50%) IT Analyst
5 8 (6.50%) Security Manager
6 7 (5.69%) IT Risk Analyst
6 7 (5.69%) Risk Analyst
6 7 (5.69%) Security Architect
7 4 (3.25%) Information Manager
7 4 (3.25%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (3.25%) IT Manager
7 4 (3.25%) Senior
8 3 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 2 (1.63%) AWS Security Architect
9 2 (1.63%) COBIT Analyst
9 2 (1.63%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.81%) AngularJS
2 1 (0.81%) React
2 1 (0.81%) Restlet
2 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.70%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.94%) Private Cloud
3 3 (2.44%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.63%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.63%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.81%) IoT
5 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.94%) Windows
2 1 (0.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (60.98%) Risk Management
2 56 (45.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (42.28%) Decision-Making
4 48 (39.02%) Information Security
5 47 (38.21%) ITIL
6 42 (34.15%) Coaching
7 31 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 27 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (21.14%) Security Operations
10 23 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.63%) IT Audit
11 18 (14.63%) SIEM
12 16 (13.01%) Internal Audit
12 16 (13.01%) IT Governance
13 14 (11.38%) Vulnerability Management
14 12 (9.76%) CI/CD
14 12 (9.76%) Privileged Access Management
14 12 (9.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 11 (8.94%) Data Protection
15 11 (8.94%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.76%) PowerShell
1 12 (9.76%) Python
2 11 (8.94%) Bash
2 11 (8.94%) C#
3 2 (1.63%) SQL
4 1 (0.81%) C++
4 1 (0.81%) Java
4 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.81%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 62 (50.41%) CRISC
2 27 (21.95%) CISM
3 20 (16.26%) Degree
4 17 (13.82%) CISSP
5 15 (12.20%) CISA
6 4 (3.25%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.25%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.25%) SANS
7 3 (2.44%) CCSP
7 3 (2.44%) CEH
7 3 (2.44%) ISSAP
8 2 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.63%) CITP
8 2 (1.63%) GIAC
8 2 (1.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.63%) OCP
8 2 (1.63%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (47.97%) NIST
2 49 (39.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (18.70%) ITGC
3 23 (18.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 10 (8.13%) GDPR
5 9 (7.32%) GRC
6 6 (4.88%) PCI DSS
7 4 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.44%) NCSC
9 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.63%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.81%) COSO
10 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.81%) FISMA
10 1 (0.81%) GLBA
10 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
2 1 (0.81%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
1 1 (0.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.44%) Oracle
3 2 (1.63%) Google
4 1 (0.81%) CheckPoint
4 1 (0.81%) Cisco
4 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.81%) F5
4 1 (0.81%) Netskope
4 1 (0.81%) Okta
4 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
4 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.81%) Sybase
4 1 (0.81%) Zscaler