COBIT Contracts

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for COBIT skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited COBIT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 570 683
Rank change year-on-year +51 +113 -85
Contract jobs citing COBIT 56 112 155
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.93% 1.48% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 74 100
10th Percentile £443 £500 £368
25th Percentile £500 £550 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £610
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +16.19%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £695
90th Percentile £778 £777 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -6.25% +50.00% -20.00%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,992 7,585 11,578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.92% 13.53% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,782 5,156 7,966
10th Percentile £280 £289 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.35% +9.05%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £454
% change year-on-year -2.26% +7.17% +6.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 244 308
10th Percentile £10.98 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.20 £18.65 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.42 £37.50 £28.12
Median % change year-on-year -40.21% +33.38% +33.88%
75th Percentile £47.81 £63.23 £49.44
90th Percentile £69.44 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.97 £36.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year -47.67% +64.77% +6.41%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing COBIT.

Daily rate trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing COBIT over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing COBIT.

Hourly rate trend for COBIT in the UK

COBIT
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +52 49 £563 -2.17% 33
UK excluding London +13 31 £563 -6.25% 11
Work from Home +103 29 £525 -12.50% 15
London +73 20 £525 -4.55% 22
South East +8 16 £600 -7.69% 4
South West +7 6 £617 +2.75% 1
North of England +14 4 £525 -8.70% 3
Scotland +21 2 £425 -32.00% 1
Yorkshire +19 2 £525 -30.00% 1
East of England +6 2 £600 - 1
North East - 2 £525 -
Midlands +21 1 £900 +50.00%
West Midlands +12 1 £900 +50.00%

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Azure
2 4 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.57%) GitHub
4 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.79%) AWS
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 16 (28.57%) Network Security
2 3 (5.36%) Firewall
2 3 (5.36%) WAN
3 2 (3.57%) Internet
3 2 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.79%) 4G
4 1 (1.79%) 5G
4 1 (1.79%) LAN
4 1 (1.79%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 9 (16.07%) Finance
2 8 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 7 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 6 (10.71%) Local Government
5 3 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Retail
5 3 (5.36%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.57%) German Language
6 2 (3.57%) Legal
6 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.57%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.79%) Automotive
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) French Language
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) Architect
2 13 (23.21%) Consultant
3 10 (17.86%) Security Consultant
4 8 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 8 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (12.50%) IT Manager
6 6 (10.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Security Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Analyst
7 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (7.14%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Information Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Information Security Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) IT Security Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Lead
8 3 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.36%) Security Manager
9 2 (3.57%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Data Centre
2 9 (16.07%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.57%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) CMDB
5 1 (1.79%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.79%) IoT
5 1 (1.79%) PKI
5 1 (1.79%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (5.36%) Linux
2 3 (5.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (51.79%) Information Security
2 27 (48.21%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (44.64%) Risk Management
4 21 (37.50%) ITIL
5 17 (30.36%) Security Management
6 15 (26.79%) Information Security Management
7 13 (23.21%) Identity Access Management
7 13 (23.21%) OWASP
7 13 (23.21%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (23.21%) TOGAF
8 11 (19.64%) Application Security
8 11 (19.64%) Roadmaps
8 11 (19.64%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (17.86%) Conflict Resolution
10 8 (14.29%) Budget Management
10 8 (14.29%) Budgeting
10 8 (14.29%) Cloud Security
10 8 (14.29%) PRINCE2
11 7 (12.50%) Information Assurance
11 7 (12.50%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 19 (33.93%) CISSP
2 16 (28.57%) CISM
3 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
4 10 (17.86%) CISA
4 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 8 (14.29%) Degree
6 7 (12.50%) ISACA
7 4 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (7.14%) CEH
7 4 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.14%) CRISC
7 4 (7.14%) CSSLP
7 4 (7.14%) ISSAP
8 3 (5.36%) CISMP
9 2 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (3.57%) CREST Certified
9 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.57%) GCIH
9 2 (3.57%) ISEB
9 2 (3.57%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (46.43%) NIST
2 25 (44.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (25.00%) GDPR
4 8 (14.29%) ISO 22301
5 7 (12.50%) PCI DSS
6 5 (8.93%) GRC
6 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 5 (8.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (8.93%) NCSC
7 4 (7.14%) ITGC
7 4 (7.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (5.36%) COSO
9 1 (1.79%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (1.79%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) SCCM
2 2 (3.57%) CASB
2 2 (3.57%) Nessus
2 2 (3.57%) SCOrch
2 2 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Sparx
3 3 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (5.36%) Netskope
4 2 (3.57%) Imperva
4 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.57%) Qualys
4 2 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.79%) Cisco
5 1 (1.79%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.79%) Okta
5 1 (1.79%) Remedy
5 1 (1.79%) Splunk