Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for COSO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COSO over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 886 976 1158
Rank change year-on-year +90 +182 -272
Permanent jobs citing COSO 8 13 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.012% 0.025%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.059% 0.064% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 32
10th Percentile £77,450 £64,750 £60,000
25th Percentile £77,750 £72,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £92,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.89% +42.31% +4.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £96,250 £76,563
90th Percentile £87,150 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +17.24% +16.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

COSO 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 13,506 20,300 25,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.30% 16.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 9,304 13,142
10th Percentile £27,035 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

COSO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for COSO in the UK

COSO
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for COSO in the UK

COSO
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COSO within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +105 8 £81,500 -11.89% 9
London +118 4 £79,500 -14.05%
UK excluding London +8 3 - - 9
North of England - 3 - -
North West - 3 - -

COSO
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) PPP
2 2 (25.00%) 5G
2 2 (25.00%) Broadband
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) IT Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Audit Manager
2 4 (50.00%) IT Audit Manager
3 3 (37.50%) Lead
4 2 (25.00%) Internal Audit Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Audit Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Audit Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior IT Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Auditor
5 1 (12.50%) IT Auditor
5 1 (12.50%) IT Risk Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (12.50%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Internal Audit
2 5 (62.50%) IT Audit
3 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
3 3 (37.50%) Contingency Planning
3 3 (37.50%) Financial Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analytics
4 2 (25.00%) ERP
5 1 (12.50%) Business Development
5 1 (12.50%) Change Management
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
5 1 (12.50%) DevOps
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) CISA
1 5 (62.50%) CISM
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) CISSP
3 2 (25.00%) ISACA
4 1 (12.50%) CIMA
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (12.50%) CRISC
4 1 (12.50%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) COBIT
2 4 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (37.50%) ISO 31000
4 1 (12.50%) AIFMD
4 1 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (12.50%) GRC
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) PSD2
4 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Virgin Media