The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing COBIT 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £581 £375
% change year-on-year
-35.48% +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
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
137 148 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 7.184% 6.480% 5.605%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 71 47
Average daily rate £319 £310 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.82% -17.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £178 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £446 £471
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 11
Average hourly rate £13.00 £12.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -7.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.52 £10.60 £6.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £24.20 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire COBIT Daily Rate Trend

COBIT
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire COBIT Hourly Rate Trend

COBIT
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity