The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 23 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 South East 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 212 234 248
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +14
Contract jobs citing COBIT 11 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.141% 0.079% 0.104%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.165% 0.928% 1.445%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
Average daily rate £415 £517 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.72% +37.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £443 £343
10% offered a daily rate of more than £738 £775 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £588 £375
% change year-on-year
-32.76% +56.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.00
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
508 862 761
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 6.527% 8.477% 7.211%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 332 303
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £202 £213 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £525 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 62 64
Average hourly rate £14.50 £16.86 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.99% -15.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.40 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £32.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing COBIT across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East COBIT Daily Rate Histogram

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East COBIT Hourly 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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Buckinghamshire +9 5 £420 -
Berkshire - 4 £400 -
Middlesex +8 1 £375 -40.71%
M4 Corridor - 1 £750 -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 11 (47.83%) Project Management
2 11 (47.83%) Finance
3 9 (39.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 9 (39.13%) Service Management
4 8 (34.78%) Information Security
5 6 (26.09%) IT Governance
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
6 5 (21.74%) COSO
7 4 (17.39%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (17.39%) Demand Management
7 4 (17.39%) Logistics
7 4 (17.39%) SAP XI
7 4 (17.39%) CMMI
7 4 (17.39%) Security Management
7 4 (17.39%) Change Management
7 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (17.39%) SAP
7 4 (17.39%) PRINCE
7 4 (17.39%) SAP BW
7 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
7 4 (17.39%) ERP
8 3 (13.04%) CRM
8 3 (13.04%) Oracle
8 3 (13.04%) OLAP
8 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (13.04%) CISSP
8 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 4 (17.39%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) RIP
1 1 (4.348%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SAP BW
2 3 (13.04%) OLAP
2 3 (13.04%) Spotfire
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle OLAP
3 2 (8.696%) Data Mart
General
1 11 (47.83%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (4.348%) Legal
3 1 (4.348%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (21.74%) Project Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Applications Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Head of Information Security
2 3 (13.04%) Head of Security
2 3 (13.04%) CRM Manager
2 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 2 (8.696%) SAP Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Security Manager
3 2 (8.696%) SAP Project Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Consultant
3 2 (8.696%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Information Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Head of IT
4 1 (4.348%) Security Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Compliance Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.348%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) ITIL
2 11 (47.83%) Project Management
3 9 (39.13%) Service Management
4 8 (34.78%) Information Security
5 6 (26.09%) IT Governance
5 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
6 4 (17.39%) Portfolio Management
6 4 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (17.39%) Demand Management
6 4 (17.39%) Logistics
6 4 (17.39%) CMMI
6 4 (17.39%) Security Management
6 4 (17.39%) Change Management
6 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (17.39%) PRINCE
6 4 (17.39%) PRINCE2
6 4 (17.39%) ERP
7 3 (13.04%) CRM
7 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (13.04%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
2 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (39.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (21.74%) COSO
3 1 (4.348%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (4.348%) GAMP
3 1 (4.348%) GxP
3 1 (4.348%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.348%) IEC 61508
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) SAP
2 3 (13.04%) Oracle