The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 18 June 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 East of England 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 120 130 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing COBIT 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.045% 0.165% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.633% 2.857% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £325 £581 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.08% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £520 £363
% change year-on-year
-24.03% +43.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.00
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
158 175 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 7.054% 5.787% 7.275%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 85 80
Average daily rate £320 £350 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £145 £93
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £437
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 19 28
Average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £24.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.50 £35.50 £37.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing COBIT across the East of England region.

East of England COBIT Hourly Rate Trend

COBIT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Hertfordshire - - - -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 6 (75.00%) MS Office
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (75.00%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Windows

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Security Officer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Security Officer
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
1 6 (75.00%) PRINCE2
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (75.00%) QA
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