COBIT Job Trends in the West Midlands

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring COBIT skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 185 165
Rank change year-on-year +13 -20 +90
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 8 13 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.30% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.23% 1.74% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 10
10th Percentile £58,375 £40,950 £51,750
25th Percentile £68,094 £45,000 £52,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £59,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.55% -4.80% -14.38%
75th Percentile £84,375 £69,288 £71,563
90th Percentile - £142,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £84,375 £74,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +14.02% -7.50% +10.34%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 652 748 527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.40% 17.25% 15.77%
Number of salaries quoted 301 393 460
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,338 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% +9.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

COBIT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

COBIT job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

COBIT
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing COBIT

COBIT
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing COBIT in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the West Midlands

COBIT
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Birmingham +27 6 £81,250 +78.57%
Warwickshire +25 1 - -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (12.50%) Power Automate
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (12.50%) GIS
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Head of Information
1 4 (50.00%) Head of Information Security
1 4 (50.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Intelligent Automation Developer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) Entity Framework
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Risk Management
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (62.50%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) Information Governance
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (50.00%) Security Management
3 4 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
5 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
6 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (12.50%) CISM
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) GSLC
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Blue Prism
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle