COBIT Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 520 597
Rank change year-on-year +157 +77 +103
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 34 72 76
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.23% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.24% 1.67% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34 32 64
10th Percentile £45,750 £54,250 £54,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £61,750 £64,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% - +11.54%
75th Percentile £72,602 £83,750 £86,563
90th Percentile £87,750 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £79,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% +9.66% +20.83%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,731 4,300 6,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.26% 12.71% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 3,268 4,262
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,675 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

COBIT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing COBIT as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

COBIT trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

COBIT
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing COBIT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

COBIT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

COBIT
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (8.82%) AWS
3 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.94%) Akamai
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (2.94%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (8.82%) Firewall
3 2 (5.88%) Network Security
3 2 (5.88%) VPN
4 1 (2.94%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
General
1 14 (41.18%) Legal
2 12 (35.29%) Finance
3 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Banking
7 1 (2.94%) Law
7 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Auditor
1 10 (29.41%) IT Auditor
2 7 (20.59%) Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) IT Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) IT Risk Analyst
2 7 (20.59%) Risk Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Architect
3 4 (11.76%) IT Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Security Architect
3 4 (11.76%) Security Manager
4 2 (5.88%) AWS Architect
4 2 (5.88%) AWS Security Architect
4 2 (5.88%) COBIT Analyst
4 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Information Manager
4 2 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (5.88%) IT Security Manager
4 2 (5.88%) IT Security Officer
4 2 (5.88%) Security Officer
4 2 (5.88%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (5.88%) Cyberattack
2 2 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (5.88%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.94%) IoT
3 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.94%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) ITIL
2 11 (32.35%) Risk Management
3 10 (29.41%) Information Security
3 10 (29.41%) IT Audit
4 7 (20.59%) Data Loss Prevention
4 7 (20.59%) Data Protection
4 7 (20.59%) SIEM
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.65%) Due Diligence
5 6 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 6 (17.65%) Security Architecture
6 5 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) OWASP
6 5 (14.71%) Security Management
7 4 (11.76%) Incident Response
7 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.76%) Risk Register
7 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (58.82%) CISM
2 10 (29.41%) CISA
2 10 (29.41%) CISSP
3 6 (17.65%) Degree
4 4 (11.76%) SANS
5 3 (8.82%) CEH
5 3 (8.82%) CRISC
5 3 (8.82%) ISSAP
6 2 (5.88%) CCSP
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.88%) GIAC
7 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.94%) ACSA
7 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.94%) OSCP
7 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.94%) PMP
7 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (76.47%) NIST
2 25 (73.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.82%) GDPR
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.88%) NCSC
6 2 (5.88%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.94%) GRC
7 1 (2.94%) ITGC
7 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
2 1 (2.94%) Netskope
2 1 (2.94%) Okta
2 1 (2.94%) Zscaler