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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Edinburgh region.

 Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6449-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-15New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads670
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh0.802 %1.097 %-
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category20.69 %26.92 %-
Salaries quoted170
Average salary£40,000£47,500-
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78 %-
UK excluding London average salary£42,750£50,000£60,000
% change year-on-year
-14.50 %-16.66 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
292669
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh3.877 %4.075 %4.223 %
Salaries quoted152451
Average salary£22,034£47,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-53.61 %+18.75 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,031£26,500£20,650
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,750£55,000£48,750
UK excluding London average salary£38,250£39,523£37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %+5.390 %
COBIT ScotlandCOBIT
Scotland

COBIT
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

17 (77.78 %)ITIL
17 (77.78 %)ERP
17 (77.78 %)Service Delivery
17 (77.78 %)IT Governance
26 (66.67 %)Information Security
26 (66.67 %)CISA
26 (66.67 %)CISM
26 (66.67 %)CISSP
32 (22.22 %)Asset Management
41 (11.11 %)Configuration Management

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (77.78 %)Consultant
26 (66.67 %)Security Consultant
26 (66.67 %)Information Security Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Services Delivery Manager
31 (11.11 %)Service Manager
31 (11.11 %)Team Leader
31 (11.11 %)Delivery Manager
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (77.78 %)ITIL
17 (77.78 %)ERP
17 (77.78 %)Service Delivery
17 (77.78 %)IT Governance
26 (66.67 %)Information Security
32 (22.22 %)Asset Management
41 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (66.67 %)CISSP
16 (66.67 %)CISA
16 (66.67 %)CISM