The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 - 75 -
Contract jobs citing COBIT 0 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.619% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 8.511% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £190 -
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
53 94 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 5.681% 7.276% 4.798%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 21 20
Average daily rate £338 £195 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+73.07% -36.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £177 £246
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £388 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 6
Average hourly rate £17.75 £17.00 £12.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% +37.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £11.60 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.00 £18.50 £16.30
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy