Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 769 915
Rank change year-on-year +27 +146 -210
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 148 208 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.21% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.09% 1.11% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 89 115 246
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.89% +19.17% -
75th Percentile £101,250 £87,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £111,500 £102,500 £83,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.29% +16.67% +19.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,596 18,747 27,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.61% 18.90% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 8,688 13,219
10th Percentile £27,000 £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% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,626
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.98% +0.27%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 16 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 18 May 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 +35 121 £80,000 +9.97% 46
UK excluding London -48 78 £56,500 -19.29% 19
Work from Home +78 67 £70,000 -3.45% 21
London +72 60 £85,000 +18.06% 30
South East -2 26 £57,500 -13.21% 7
North of England +58 20 £50,000 -19.35% 6
Yorkshire +92 14 £50,000 -20.00% 4
Scotland -66 12 £63,500 +5.61% 2
Midlands -21 8 £81,000 -3.28% 1
North West +5 6 - - 2
East of England +4 4 £55,500 -26.00%
East Midlands - 4 £77,500 -
West Midlands -5 3 £81,000 -3.28% 1
South West -30 3 - - 3
Wales - 3 - -
Northern Ireland +18 2 - -

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:

Applications
1 17 (11.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 32 (21.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Azure
2 18 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (11.49%) AWS
4 16 (10.81%) GCP
5 14 (9.46%) PaaS
5 14 (9.46%) SaaS
6 13 (8.78%) IaaS
7 11 (7.43%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (4.05%) Azure Service Fabric
9 6 (4.05%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.51%) Firewall
2 16 (10.81%) DNS
3 13 (8.78%) Network Security
4 3 (2.03%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (1.35%) Intranet
5 2 (1.35%) LAN
5 2 (1.35%) SSL
5 2 (1.35%) WAN
5 2 (1.35%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco IPT
6 1 (0.68%) SAN
6 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.43%) Power BI
2 6 (4.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.70%) DB2
3 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (10.81%) Jenkins
General
1 45 (30.41%) Finance
2 32 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 16 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.08%) Legal
5 8 (5.41%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.05%) Banking
7 5 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.38%) Law
7 5 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.38%) Retail
8 3 (2.03%) Advertising
9 2 (1.35%) Back Office
10 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.68%) International Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Police
10 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (31.76%) Architect
2 32 (21.62%) ServiceNow Architect
3 31 (20.95%) Analyst
4 22 (14.86%) Senior
5 12 (8.11%) Governance Analyst
5 12 (8.11%) Security Architect
5 12 (8.11%) Security Engineer
6 11 (7.43%) Consultant
7 10 (6.76%) Risk Analyst
7 10 (6.76%) Security Analyst
7 10 (6.76%) Security Consultant
8 9 (6.08%) Information Analyst
8 9 (6.08%) Information Security Analyst
8 9 (6.08%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) IT Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) Senior Manager
10 7 (4.73%) Auditor
10 7 (4.73%) Data Analyst
10 7 (4.73%) IT Auditor
10 7 (4.73%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.14%) Web Services
2 6 (4.05%) Middleware
2 6 (4.05%) REST
2 6 (4.05%) SOAP
3 1 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 22 (14.86%) Management Information System
2 16 (10.81%) PKI
3 10 (6.76%) Operational Technology
4 6 (4.05%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (4.05%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.38%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.70%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.70%) PMI
7 3 (2.03%) Derivative
7 3 (2.03%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.35%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.35%) Housing Association
8 2 (1.35%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.68%) CCTV
9 1 (0.68%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.68%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.86%) Windows
2 2 (1.35%) Linux
2 2 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (47.30%) Information Security
2 67 (45.27%) Cybersecurity
3 58 (39.19%) ITIL
4 46 (31.08%) TOGAF
5 44 (29.73%) Risk Management
6 35 (23.65%) Service Management
6 35 (23.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 34 (22.97%) ITSM
8 32 (21.62%) Actionable Insight
8 32 (21.62%) IT4IT
8 32 (21.62%) Presales
9 24 (16.22%) Threat Modelling
10 20 (13.51%) Security Architecture
11 19 (12.84%) Information Security Management
11 19 (12.84%) Security Management
11 19 (12.84%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 18 (12.16%) Cryptography
13 17 (11.49%) Business Analysis
13 17 (11.49%) Threat Intelligence
13 17 (11.49%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.49%) SQL
2 16 (10.81%) Python
3 4 (2.70%) Java
3 4 (2.70%) RPG
Qualifications
1 52 (35.14%) CISSP
2 47 (31.76%) CISM
3 33 (22.30%) Security Cleared
4 32 (21.62%) Degree
4 32 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 31 (20.95%) CRISC
6 22 (14.86%) CISA
6 22 (14.86%) GIAC
7 16 (10.81%) ISSMP
8 10 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (5.41%) Master's Degree
9 8 (5.41%) SANS
10 4 (2.70%) CCAB
10 4 (2.70%) PMI Certification
10 4 (2.70%) QiCA
11 3 (2.03%) FFIEC
12 2 (1.35%) CASP
12 2 (1.35%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.35%) GCIA
12 2 (1.35%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (39.19%) NIST
2 41 (27.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (13.51%) PCI DSS
4 19 (12.84%) GDPR
5 15 (10.14%) GRC
6 10 (6.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (6.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (4.73%) Data Quality
8 7 (4.73%) ITGC
9 6 (4.05%) GLBA
9 6 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (4.05%) Web Application Security Consortium
10 5 (3.38%) ISO 31000
11 4 (2.70%) COSO
12 3 (2.03%) ISO 22301
12 3 (2.03%) QA
13 2 (1.35%) FISMA
13 2 (1.35%) HIPAA
13 2 (1.35%) NIST 800
13 2 (1.35%) SLA
Systems Management
1 32 (21.62%) OpenView
2 16 (10.81%) Ansible
3 6 (4.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 36 (24.32%) ServiceNow
2 32 (21.62%) BMC
2 32 (21.62%) HP
2 32 (21.62%) Remedy
3 31 (20.95%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.81%) Alibaba
5 12 (8.11%) Google
6 2 (1.35%) Cisco
6 2 (1.35%) VMware
7 1 (0.68%) Salesforce