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The table below looks at the demand for Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkControl Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank311292
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads3234
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.015 %
As % of the category below2.955 %4.439 %
Salaries quoted2926
Average minimum salary£55,793£54,808
Average salary£58,621£59,404
% change on same period last year-1.31 %
Average maximum salary£61,448£64,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,715£56,272
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1083766
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.627 %0.330 %
Salaries quoted864586
Average minimum salary£48,534£47,758
Average salary£53,530£52,014
% change on same period last year+2.91 %
Average maximum salary£58,526£56,270
UK excluding London average salary£39,882£39,897
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
COBIT LondonCOBIT
London

COBIT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing COBIT across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

City of London COBIT Demand Trend

COBIT
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COBIT across the City of London region.

City of London COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London COBIT Salary Histogram

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

134 (61.82 %)ITIL
232 (58.18 %)Finance
317 (30.91 %)SQL Server
416 (29.09 %)Banking
515 (27.27 %)Degree
614 (25.45 %)CISSP
712 (21.82 %)MS Excel
712 (21.82 %)Project Management
712 (21.82 %)Service Delivery
810 (18.18 %)Information Security
99 (16.36 %)Service Management
99 (16.36 %)Risk Management
99 (16.36 %)SQL Server 2005
99 (16.36 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
108 (14.55 %)Windows
108 (14.55 %)Pensions
108 (14.55 %)Insurance
108 (14.55 %)Investment Banking
108 (14.55 %)CISM
108 (14.55 %)ISO27001
117 (12.73 %)Linux
126 (10.91 %)PRINCE2
126 (10.91 %)SAS
126 (10.91 %)ISO17799
126 (10.91 %)VB
126 (10.91 %)Six Sigma
126 (10.91 %)CISA
126 (10.91 %)Risk Assessment
135 (9.091 %)Active Directory
135 (9.091 %)VB.NET

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (9.091 %).NET
15 (9.091 %)ASP.NET
15 (9.091 %)ASP.NET 2.0
24 (7.273 %)ASP
32 (3.636 %)XML
41 (1.818 %)Middleware
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (10.91 %)SAS
22 (3.636 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (3.636 %)MS Exchange
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (21.82 %)MS Excel
24 (7.273 %)MS Office
33 (5.455 %)MS Project
41 (1.818 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (7.273 %)Firewall
23 (5.455 %)Network Security
23 (5.455 %)LDAP
32 (3.636 %)Kerberos
32 (3.636 %)SAN
32 (3.636 %)Internet
32 (3.636 %)VLAN
41 (1.818 %)TCP/IP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (30.91 %)SQL Server
29 (16.36 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (7.273 %)BusinessObjects XI
34 (7.273 %)Oracle Reports
34 (7.273 %)Cognos Powerplay
34 (7.273 %)Datawarehouse
34 (7.273 %)BusinessObjects
34 (7.273 %)SAP BW
34 (7.273 %)SQL Server 2000
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (58.18 %)Finance
216 (29.09 %)Banking
38 (14.55 %)Investment Banking
38 (14.55 %)Insurance
38 (14.55 %)Pensions
43 (5.455 %)Health
52 (3.636 %)Legal
52 (3.636 %)Retail
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (21.82 %)Analyst
26 (10.91 %)Consultant
26 (10.91 %)Technical Support
35 (9.091 %)Service Manager
35 (9.091 %)Team Leader
35 (9.091 %)Support Team Leader
35 (9.091 %)Information Security Officer
35 (9.091 %)Security Officer
44 (7.273 %)Software Team Leader
44 (7.273 %)Support Manager
44 (7.273 %).NET Team Leader
44 (7.273 %)Technical Support Manager
44 (7.273 %)Technical Manager
44 (7.273 %)Principal Consultant
53 (5.455 %)Services Delivery Manager
53 (5.455 %)Management Consultant
53 (5.455 %)Risk Analyst
53 (5.455 %)Delivery Manager
53 (5.455 %)IT Manager
53 (5.455 %)Information Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (5.455 %)Derivative
13 (5.455 %)Interest Rate Derivative
13 (5.455 %)Equity Derivative
13 (5.455 %)Fixed Income
13 (5.455 %)Credit Derivative
13 (5.455 %)Credit Risk
13 (5.455 %)Market Risk
22 (3.636 %)Data Protection Act
22 (3.636 %)Management Information System
31 (1.818 %)PKI
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (14.55 %)Windows
27 (12.73 %)Linux
35 (9.091 %)UNIX
44 (7.273 %)HPUX
53 (5.455 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (1.818 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (61.82 %)ITIL
212 (21.82 %)Project Management
212 (21.82 %)Service Delivery
310 (18.18 %)Information Security
49 (16.36 %)Risk Management
49 (16.36 %)Service Management
56 (10.91 %)Six Sigma
56 (10.91 %)PRINCE2
56 (10.91 %)Risk Assessment
64 (7.273 %)Business Intelligence
64 (7.273 %)Penetration Testing
64 (7.273 %)Logistics
73 (5.455 %)Business Analysis
73 (5.455 %)IT Governance
73 (5.455 %)Test Management
73 (5.455 %)Workflow
73 (5.455 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (5.455 %)CMMI
82 (3.636 %)Identity Management
82 (3.636 %)Data Protection
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (10.91 %)VB
25 (9.091 %)VB.NET
25 (9.091 %)C#
25 (9.091 %)SQL
25 (9.091 %)Transact-SQL
32 (3.636 %)Java
41 (1.818 %)C
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (27.27 %)Degree
214 (25.45 %)CISSP
38 (14.55 %)CISM
46 (10.91 %)CISA
53 (5.455 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
53 (5.455 %)ITIL Certification
53 (5.455 %)PMP
53 (5.455 %)PMI Certification
62 (3.636 %)CEH
71 (1.818 %)GIAC
71 (1.818 %)Cisco Certification
71 (1.818 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (1.818 %)MCSE
71 (1.818 %)CCNA
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (16.36 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
28 (14.55 %)ISO27001
36 (10.91 %)ISO17799
43 (5.455 %)SLA
43 (5.455 %)COSO
52 (3.636 %)BS7799
52 (3.636 %)PCI DSS
61 (1.818 %)PCI QSA
61 (1.818 %)MiFID
61 (1.818 %)Basel II
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (9.091 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (7.273 %)Oracle
14 (7.273 %)Sybase
14 (7.273 %)Business Objects
14 (7.273 %)SAP
14 (7.273 %)Cognos
14 (7.273 %)Siebel
14 (7.273 %)Citrix
22 (3.636 %)CheckPoint