The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing COBIT 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.138% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.448% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £140 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £581 £375
% change year-on-year
-32.04% +55.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.00
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
29 60 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.006% 7.509% 5.676%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 29
Average daily rate £258 £300 £258
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.16% +16.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £165 £84
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £402 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 9
Average hourly rate £10.58 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.42% +7.69%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
COBIT
North West

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing COBIT across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Cheshire COBIT Jobs Demand Trend

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing COBIT across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing COBIT also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COBIT.

1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) QA

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing COBIT also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited COBIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
1 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) QA