The first table below looks at the demand for COSO 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 COSO over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Rank 381 417 430
Rank change year-on-year
+36 +13
Contract jobs citing COSO 6 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.027% 0.004% 0.010%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.365% 0.047% 0.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £490 £575 £529
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.78% +8.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £575 £472
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £575 £586
UK excluding London average daily rate £420 - £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1645 2135 2337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.479% 7.809% 7.627%
Number of daily rates quoted 1137 1328 1528
Average daily rate £450 £463 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £650 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 64 52
Average hourly rate £33.75 £17.87 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+88.91% -5.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.97 £11.70 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.60 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
COSO
England

COSO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London COSO Jobs Demand Trend

COSO
Daily Rate Trend

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

London COSO Daily Rate Trend

COSO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London COSO Hourly Rate Trend

COSO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing COSO within the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
City of London +10 1 £490 -14.78%
COSO
England

COSO
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing COSO 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 COSO.

1 6 (85.71%) Finance
1 6 (85.71%) COBIT
2 5 (71.43%) PCI DSS
2 5 (71.43%) OWASP
2 5 (71.43%) IBM
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) WebInspect
2 5 (71.43%) AppScan
2 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) SAP GRC
5 1 (14.29%) SAP Security
5 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) SAP

COSO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing COSO 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 COSO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP GRC
Development Applications
1 5 (71.43%) AppScan
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Security Specialist
2 4 (57.14%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) OWASP
1 5 (71.43%) PRINCE
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Management
2 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
2 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Security
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) COBIT
2 5 (71.43%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) IBM
1 5 (71.43%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
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