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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 518 581 696
Rank change year-on-year +63 +115 -123
Contract jobs citing COBIT 61 113 167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.01% 1.47% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 76 108
10th Percentile £413 £500 £377
25th Percentile £500 £547 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £610
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +16.19%
75th Percentile £725 £652 £694
90th Percentile £766 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -8.33% +33.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.27
Median hourly rate - - £22.55
75th Percentile - - £23.82
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £22.55
% change year-on-year - - -64.77%

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 6,035 7,662 11,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 13.38% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 5,232 8,045
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.10% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 242 315
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.33 £12.03
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.50 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £68.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £31.89 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.70% +41.71% +7.14%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +86 56 £550 -4.35% 55
UK excluding London +28 34 £550 -8.33% 26
Work from Home +98 25 £500 -16.67% 24
London +83 23 £625 +13.64% 36
South East +21 19 £509 -21.73% 13
South West +10 6 £617 +2.75% 3
North of England +22 4 £525 -8.70% 6
Scotland +25 2 £425 -32.00% 2
East of England +11 2 £600 -4.00%
North East - 2 £525 -
Yorkshire - 2 £525 - 4
West Midlands +17 1 £900 +50.00% 1
Midlands +14 1 £900 +50.00% 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.03%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.28%) GitHub
3 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (24.59%) Network Security
2 4 (6.56%) Firewall
2 4 (6.56%) Internet
3 3 (4.92%) WAN
4 2 (3.28%) Broadband
4 2 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.64%) LAN
5 1 (1.64%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
1 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.48%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Local Government
4 5 (8.20%) German Language
4 5 (8.20%) Telecoms
5 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.56%) French Language
6 3 (4.92%) Retail
7 2 (3.28%) Legal
7 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.28%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.64%) Automotive
8 1 (1.64%) Banking
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (29.51%) Consultant
2 16 (26.23%) Architect
2 16 (26.23%) Security Consultant
3 8 (13.11%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (11.48%) Security Architect
5 6 (9.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (9.84%) Security Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Analyst
6 5 (8.20%) Cloud Consultant
6 5 (8.20%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 5 (8.20%) Lead
6 5 (8.20%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 4 (6.56%) Information Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Information Security Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) IT Consultant
9 2 (3.28%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Data Centre
2 10 (16.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.28%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (3.28%) IoT
3 2 (3.28%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.64%) CMDB
4 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
2 3 (4.92%) Linux
2 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (54.10%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (50.82%) Information Security
3 30 (49.18%) Risk Management
4 19 (31.15%) ITIL
5 16 (26.23%) Information Security Management
5 16 (26.23%) Security Management
6 15 (24.59%) Identity Access Management
7 14 (22.95%) Cloud Security
8 13 (21.31%) OWASP
8 13 (21.31%) TOGAF
9 12 (19.67%) Business Continuity
10 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (18.03%) Vulnerability Management
11 10 (16.39%) Application Security
11 10 (16.39%) Conflict Resolution
11 10 (16.39%) Roadmaps
12 8 (13.11%) Budgeting
12 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
13 7 (11.48%) Information Assurance
13 7 (11.48%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 26 (42.62%) CISSP
2 24 (39.34%) CISM
3 16 (26.23%) CISA
4 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
5 11 (18.03%) Degree
6 10 (16.39%) CRISC
6 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
7 7 (11.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 7 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (11.48%) CISMP
7 7 (11.48%) ISACA
8 4 (6.56%) ISSAP
9 2 (3.28%) CCSP
9 2 (3.28%) CEH
9 2 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (3.28%) CREST Certified
9 2 (3.28%) CSSLP
9 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.28%) ISEB
9 2 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (55.74%) NIST
2 33 (54.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (22.95%) GDPR
4 13 (21.31%) GRC
5 9 (14.75%) ISO 22301
6 7 (11.48%) PCI DSS
7 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 5 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (8.20%) NCSC
8 4 (6.56%) ITGC
8 4 (6.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (4.92%) COSO
10 1 (1.64%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (1.64%) GxP
10 1 (1.64%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) SCCM
2 2 (3.28%) CASB
2 2 (3.28%) Nessus
2 2 (3.28%) SCOrch
2 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) Sparx
3 3 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (4.92%) Netskope
4 2 (3.28%) Imperva
4 2 (3.28%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.28%) Qualys
4 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco
5 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.64%) Okta
5 1 (1.64%) Remedy
5 1 (1.64%) Splunk