The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 26 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing COBIT 3 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.765% - 1.156%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.64% - 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £458 - £381
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
22 4 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 12.94% 2.353% 7.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
Average daily rate £458 £425 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.76% +8.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £12.42 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.46%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
COBIT
South West

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset COBIT Daily 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Taunton - 3 £458 -
COBIT
South West

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSL
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MCSD
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) TickIT
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 Development
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) XSL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
1 3 (100.00%) WF
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Development Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
1 3 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
1 3 (100.00%) VB
1 3 (100.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCSD
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9000
1 3 (100.00%) TickIT
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft