The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 19 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 333 336 377
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +41
Contract jobs citing COBIT 51 74 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.224% 0.278% 0.210%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.021% 3.645% 2.795%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 64 45
Average daily rate £450 £475 £470
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +1.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £386 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £568 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £520 £363
% change year-on-year
-25.96% +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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1688 2030 2361
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.403% 7.635% 7.504%
Number of daily rates quoted 1171 1277 1581
Average daily rate £450 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £283 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 49 57
Average hourly rate £23.40 £17.87 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+30.98% -0.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £11.00 £11.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £53.80 £32.35 £42.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COBIT across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London COBIT Daily Rate Histogram

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 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
City of London -3 15 £450 -5.26% 3
Canary Wharf - - - - 1
Brentford - - - -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - - 1
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 78 (79.59%) ITIL
2 43 (43.88%) Risk Management
3 42 (42.86%) Finance
4 33 (33.67%) PRINCE2
5 32 (32.65%) Six Sigma
5 32 (32.65%) IT Governance
6 30 (30.61%) Service Management
7 28 (28.57%) Fixed Income
8 25 (25.51%) Service Delivery
9 24 (24.49%) Microsoft
10 23 (23.47%) MS Excel
10 23 (23.47%) Project Management
10 23 (23.47%) Banking
11 21 (21.43%) Process Improvement
11 21 (21.43%) MS Visio
12 20 (20.41%) PMI
12 20 (20.41%) PMI Certification
13 19 (19.39%) CMMI
13 19 (19.39%) ITSM
13 19 (19.39%) Equities
13 19 (19.39%) Information Security
14 17 (17.35%) Configuration Management
15 16 (16.33%) QuickTest Pro
15 16 (16.33%) RUP
15 16 (16.33%) UML
15 16 (16.33%) MS Project
15 16 (16.33%) Scrum
15 16 (16.33%) Regression Testing
15 16 (16.33%) Project Governance
15 16 (16.33%) Portfolio Management

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.102%) CMS
2 3 (3.061%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.061%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 23 (23.47%) MS Excel
2 21 (21.43%) MS Visio
3 16 (16.33%) MS Project
4 12 (12.24%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.082%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.082%) Firewall
2 2 (2.041%) Wireshark
2 2 (2.041%) Wireless
2 2 (2.041%) 802.11
2 2 (2.041%) OSPF
2 2 (2.041%) EIGRP
2 2 (2.041%) SAN
2 2 (2.041%) LDAP
2 2 (2.041%) DHCP
2 2 (2.041%) RIP
2 2 (2.041%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.041%) VPN
2 2 (2.041%) DNS
3 1 (1.020%) Internet
3 1 (1.020%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.020%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 16 (16.33%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (5.102%) AppScan
General
1 42 (42.86%) Finance
2 23 (23.47%) Banking
3 15 (15.31%) Investment Banking
4 12 (12.24%) Legal
5 2 (2.041%) Retail
6 1 (1.020%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.020%) French Language
Job Titles
1 24 (24.49%) Analyst
2 15 (15.31%) Consultant
3 10 (10.20%) Architect
3 10 (10.20%) QA Manager
4 9 (9.184%) Security Consultant
4 9 (9.184%) Process Analyst
4 9 (9.184%) Portfolio Manager
4 9 (9.184%) Process Improvement Analyst
5 7 (7.143%) Risk Analyst
6 6 (6.122%) Enterprise Architect
7 5 (5.102%) Security Specialist
7 5 (5.102%) IT Risk Analyst
7 5 (5.102%) Operational Risk Analyst
7 5 (5.102%) Head of Operations
8 4 (4.082%) Security Manager
8 4 (4.082%) Tester
8 4 (4.082%) Applications Specialist
8 4 (4.082%) Service Manager
8 4 (4.082%) Problem Manager
8 4 (4.082%) Information Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 28 (28.57%) Fixed Income
2 20 (20.41%) PMI
3 19 (19.39%) Equities
4 8 (8.163%) SWIFT
5 7 (7.143%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.102%) E-Learning
7 4 (4.082%) CMDB
8 3 (3.061%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.041%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.041%) Freedom of Information Act
9 2 (2.041%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (1.020%) New Media
10 1 (1.020%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.24%) Windows
2 9 (9.184%) Linux
3 5 (5.102%) Windows 7
4 4 (4.082%) UNIX
5 3 (3.061%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.041%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.041%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.020%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.020%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (79.59%) ITIL
2 43 (43.88%) Risk Management
3 33 (33.67%) PRINCE2
4 32 (32.65%) Six Sigma
4 32 (32.65%) IT Governance
5 30 (30.61%) Service Management
6 25 (25.51%) Service Delivery
7 23 (23.47%) Project Management
8 21 (21.43%) Process Improvement
9 19 (19.39%) CMMI
9 19 (19.39%) ITSM
9 19 (19.39%) Information Security
10 17 (17.35%) Configuration Management
11 16 (16.33%) RUP
11 16 (16.33%) UML
11 16 (16.33%) Scrum
11 16 (16.33%) Regression Testing
11 16 (16.33%) Project Governance
11 16 (16.33%) Portfolio Management
11 16 (16.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.102%) C
2 2 (2.041%) VBScript
2 2 (2.041%) VB
3 1 (1.020%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (20.41%) PMI Certification
2 16 (16.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 14 (14.29%) CISSP
4 13 (13.27%) SC Cleared
4 13 (13.27%) Security Cleared
5 10 (10.20%) CISM
6 7 (7.143%) Degree
7 6 (6.122%) CISA
7 6 (6.122%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (6.122%) ISEB
7 6 (6.122%) MCSE
8 5 (5.102%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.041%) DV Cleared
9 2 (2.041%) CRISC
9 2 (2.041%) GIAC
9 2 (2.041%) GCIA
9 2 (2.041%) GCIH
10 1 (1.020%) APMP
10 1 (1.020%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (1.020%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 12 (12.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 10 (10.20%) QA
3 10 (10.20%) PCI DSS
4 6 (6.122%) COSO
5 5 (5.102%) Basel II
6 4 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (3.061%) SLA
8 2 (2.041%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.020%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (4.082%) Nmap
1 4 (4.082%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.041%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.020%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.020%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (16.33%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (5.102%) WebInspect
3 2 (2.041%) Tivoli
3 2 (2.041%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 2 (2.041%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (1.020%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.20%) Niku
3 8 (8.163%) IBM
4 5 (5.102%) Business Objects
4 5 (5.102%) HP
5 4 (4.082%) VMware
5 4 (4.082%) Remedy
6 3 (3.061%) Cisco
7 2 (2.041%) Qualys
7 2 (2.041%) Q1 Labs
7 2 (2.041%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.041%) Citrix
7 2 (2.041%) EMC
8 1 (1.020%) Oracle
8 1 (1.020%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.020%) CA
8 1 (1.020%) LANDesk
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