The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 116 125 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.111% 0.102% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.258% 0.966% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £48,750 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.36% -
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-11.81% +10.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
159 207 152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.819% 10.57% 9.291%
Number of salaries quoted 120 171 142
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,500 £29,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
COBIT
North West

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire COBIT Jobs Demand Trend

COBIT
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBIT across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited COBIT.

1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) IT Governance
2 4 (80.00%) COSO
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CISM

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited COBIT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Information Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) COSO
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheshire, North West
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