Somerset COBIT Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) skills within the Somerset region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Leicester Leicestershire London Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Walsall West Midlands	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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	£431	£409
% change on same period last year	+5.28 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.00	£27.86
% change on same period last year	-24.61 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance Somerset
Matching contract IT job ads	15	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.020 %	0.007 %
Daily rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum daily rate	£425	£250
Average daily rate	£443	£275
% change on same period last year	+61.13 %
Average maximum daily rate	£461	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£376
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.33	-
Average hourly rate	£18.83	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.33	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.52	£24.90
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
COBIT South West

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 Somerset 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 Somerset region.

COBIT
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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 4 (100.00 %) ITIL 1 4 (100.00 %) IT Governance 2 3 (75.00 %) TOGAF 2 3 (75.00 %) PRINCE2

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

Job Titles 1 4 (100.00 %) Analyst

Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (100.00 %) ITIL 1 4 (100.00 %) IT Governance 2 3 (75.00 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (75.00 %) TOGAF