Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 25 June 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
25 Jun 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 724 520 283
Rank change year-on-year -204 -237 +41
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 146 77 30
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.21% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.18% 1.72% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 130 67 30
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £62,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,875 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -21.88% +14.29%
75th Percentile £74,438 £72,500 £87,188
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,750 £89,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +7.69%

COBIT 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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,321 4,488 974
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.04% 12.38% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,303 3,071 797
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -0.90%
75th Percentile £72,647 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% +5.00%

COBIT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

COBIT trend for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing COBIT.

COBIT salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing COBIT over the 6 months to 25 June 2022.

COBIT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 25 June 2022, COBIT job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for COBIT.

1 85 (58.22%) Finance
2 82 (56.16%) Social Skills
3 79 (54.11%) ITIL
4 72 (49.32%) CISSP
5 71 (48.63%) Information Security
6 59 (40.41%) CISM
7 50 (34.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 42 (28.77%) CISA
8 42 (28.77%) Risk Management
9 35 (23.97%) NIST
10 34 (23.29%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (19.86%) DevOps
12 27 (18.49%) IT Audit
13 26 (17.81%) Security Architecture
14 25 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (17.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 24 (16.44%) GRC
16 23 (15.75%) CompTIA CySA+
16 23 (15.75%) Management Information System
16 23 (15.75%) TOGAF
16 23 (15.75%) COSO
16 23 (15.75%) CASP
17 22 (15.07%) SOC 2
18 20 (13.70%) SOC 1
18 20 (13.70%) ITGC
18 20 (13.70%) GDPR
18 20 (13.70%) Risk Register
18 20 (13.70%) Risk Analysis
19 17 (11.64%) SSCP

COBIT
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.53%) Azure
2 7 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.42%) AWS
4 4 (2.74%) GCP
4 4 (2.74%) IaaS
4 4 (2.74%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.37%) Azure Active Directory
7 1 (0.68%) Force.com
7 1 (0.68%) PaaS
7 1 (0.68%) SaaS
7 1 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) Internet
2 2 (1.37%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.37%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) JIRA
2 3 (2.05%) Git (software)
2 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.05%) Maven
General
1 85 (58.22%) Finance
2 82 (56.16%) Social Skills
3 10 (6.85%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (4.11%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.42%) Retail
6 4 (2.74%) Advertising
6 4 (2.74%) Banking
6 4 (2.74%) Legal
7 3 (2.05%) Marketing
7 3 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.37%) International Banking
8 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.68%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.68%) Games
9 1 (0.68%) Law
9 1 (0.68%) Publishing
9 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (24.66%) Analyst
2 29 (19.86%) IT Analyst
3 27 (18.49%) IT Manager
4 26 (17.81%) Security Analyst
5 19 (13.01%) IT Security Analyst
6 18 (12.33%) IT Services Manager
6 18 (12.33%) Security Manager
7 17 (11.64%) Architect
8 14 (9.59%) Auditor
8 14 (9.59%) IT Auditor
8 14 (9.59%) IT Security Officer
8 14 (9.59%) Security Officer
9 12 (8.22%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (6.85%) IT Risk Analyst
10 10 (6.85%) Risk Analyst
11 9 (6.16%) Information Manager
11 9 (6.16%) Information Security Manager
11 9 (6.16%) IT Security Manager
12 8 (5.48%) Consultant
12 8 (5.48%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.74%) ISPF
2 3 (2.05%) Middleware
3 1 (0.68%) COM
3 1 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.75%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.74%) ASIC
4 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.74%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.05%) Biotechnology
6 2 (1.37%) CESG
6 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.37%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (1.37%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.68%) Cyberthreat
7 1 (0.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.68%) Equities
7 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.68%) IoT
7 1 (0.68%) Life Science
7 1 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Unix
1 4 (2.74%) zOS
2 2 (1.37%) Windows
3 1 (0.68%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (54.11%) ITIL
2 71 (48.63%) Information Security
3 42 (28.77%) Risk Management
4 34 (23.29%) Cybersecurity
5 29 (19.86%) DevOps
6 27 (18.49%) IT Audit
7 26 (17.81%) Security Architecture
8 25 (17.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (17.12%) Stakeholder Management
9 23 (15.75%) TOGAF
10 20 (13.70%) Risk Analysis
10 20 (13.70%) Risk Register
11 16 (10.96%) Data Protection
12 15 (10.27%) People Management
13 13 (8.90%) Incident Management
14 12 (8.22%) Project Management
14 12 (8.22%) Security Testing
15 11 (7.53%) Security Management
16 10 (6.85%) ERP
16 10 (6.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.74%) JCL
1 4 (2.74%) Python
1 4 (2.74%) REXX
2 3 (2.05%) C
2 3 (2.05%) Java
3 1 (0.68%) Bash
3 1 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 72 (49.32%) CISSP
2 59 (40.41%) CISM
3 42 (28.77%) CISA
4 23 (15.75%) CASP
4 23 (15.75%) CompTIA CySA+
5 17 (11.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 17 (11.64%) CCSK
5 17 (11.64%) CCSP
5 17 (11.64%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (11.64%) SSCP
6 16 (10.96%) Degree
7 11 (7.53%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (6.85%) CRISC
9 7 (4.79%) GIAC
10 4 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.74%) CEH
11 3 (2.05%) CSSLP
11 3 (2.05%) SANS
12 2 (1.37%) CESG Certified Professional
12 2 (1.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (34.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 35 (23.97%) NIST
3 25 (17.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 24 (16.44%) GRC
5 23 (15.75%) COSO
6 22 (15.07%) SOC 2
7 20 (13.70%) GDPR
7 20 (13.70%) ITGC
7 20 (13.70%) SOC 1
8 11 (7.53%) Cyber Essentials
9 9 (6.16%) PCI DSS
10 8 (5.48%) NCSC
11 7 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (4.79%) Solvency II
12 6 (4.11%) HIPAA
12 6 (4.11%) IASME
12 6 (4.11%) ISO 22301
13 4 (2.74%) SLA
14 3 (2.05%) GLBA
14 3 (2.05%) SSAE 16
System Software
1 4 (2.74%) Time Sharing Option
2 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (5.48%) RSA Archer
2 4 (2.74%) Control-M
3 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.42%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (2.05%) MuleSoft
4 3 (2.05%) SEEBURGER
5 2 (1.37%) Apple
5 2 (1.37%) Cisco
6 1 (0.68%) CA
6 1 (0.68%) SAP