North West COBIT Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London Edinburgh England Hampshire Leeds London Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury North West Scotland Somerset South East South West Staines Surrey Taunton UK Uxbridge West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	141
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	1.471 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£383	£389
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£14.00
Average hourly rate	-	£14.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.75	£22.00
% change on same period last year	+53.40 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance North West
Matching contract IT job ads	162	136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.260 %	0.146 %
Daily rates quoted	37	33
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£370
Average daily rate	£347	£386
% change on same period last year	-10.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£401
UK excluding London average daily rate	£370	£358
% change on same period last year	+3.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	32	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.79	£23.09
Average hourly rate	£25.84	£23.47
% change on same period last year	+10.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.90	£23.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.11	£23.27
% change on same period last year	+7.86 %
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 North West 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 North West region.

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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