East Midlands COBIT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Scotland Shropshire Slough South East South West Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Walsall West Midlands	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	79	88
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	12	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	13.79 %	1.299 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£250
Average daily rate	£375	£275
% change on same period last year	+36.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£409
% change on same period last year	+5.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£27.86
% change on same period last year	-24.61 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	87	77
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.082 %
Daily rates quoted	26	24
Average minimum daily rate	£377	£332
Average daily rate	£391	£349
% change on same period last year	+12.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£366
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£376
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.47	£19.39
Average hourly rate	£9.55	£20.69
% change on same period last year	-53.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£9.63	£21.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.52	£24.90
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
COBIT England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

COBIT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing COBIT across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

COBIT
Daily Rate Trend

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

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COBIT across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

COBIT
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing COBIT within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leicestershire	+9	9	-	-

COBIT England

COBIT
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 11 (84.62 %) CISSP 2 10 (76.92 %) CISM 3 9 (69.23 %) BS7799 3 9 (69.23 %) Information Security 3 9 (69.23 %) CISA 4 8 (61.54 %) SAP 4 8 (61.54 %) Information Security Management 4 8 (61.54 %) Security Management 5 6 (46.15 %) Risk Assessment 6 3 (23.08 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 3 (23.08 %) Auditing 7 2 (15.38 %) ITIL 7 2 (15.38 %) Finance 8 1 (7.692 %) BS15000 8 1 (7.692 %) CMMI

8 1 (7.692 %) Change Management 8 1 (7.692 %) Basel II 8 1 (7.692 %) ISO27001 8 1 (7.692 %) Problem Management 8 1 (7.692 %) Matrix Management 8 1 (7.692 %) Data Protection 8 1 (7.692 %) PCI DSS

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 3 (23.08 %) Auditing 2 2 (15.38 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 8 (61.54 %) Analyst 1 8 (61.54 %) Security Analyst 1 8 (61.54 %) Information Analyst 1 8 (61.54 %) Information Security Analyst 2 4 (30.77 %) Consultant 3 3 (23.08 %) IT Consultant 4 1 (7.692 %) Security Consultant 4 1 (7.692 %) Incident Manager 4 1 (7.692 %) Information Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (69.23 %) Information Security 2 8 (61.54 %) Information Security Management 2 8 (61.54 %) Security Management 3 6 (46.15 %) Risk Assessment 4 2 (15.38 %) ITIL 5 1 (7.692 %) CMMI 5 1 (7.692 %) Change Management 5 1 (7.692 %) Problem Management 5 1 (7.692 %) Matrix Management 5 1 (7.692 %) Data Protection	Qualifications 1 11 (84.62 %) CISSP 2 10 (76.92 %) CISM 3 9 (69.23 %) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (69.23 %) BS7799 2 3 (23.08 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (7.692 %) Basel II 3 1 (7.692 %) BS15000 3 1 (7.692 %) ISO27001 3 1 (7.692 %) PCI DSS	Vendors 1 8 (61.54 %) SAP