The first table below looks at the demand for COSO skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COSO over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Rank 808 844 823
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -21
Permanent jobs citing COSO 22 19 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.022% 0.017% 0.031%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.220% 0.184% 0.381%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 30
Average salary £45,000 £63,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £59,250 £56,750
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £130,500 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-21.56% +10.86%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10013 10304 9443
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.929% 9.071% 8.078%
Number of salaries quoted 8169 8588 7821
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
COSO
UK

COSO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England COSO Jobs Demand Trend

COSO
Salary Trend

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

England COSO Salary Trend

COSO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COSO across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England COSO Salary Histogram

COSO
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COSO within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +15 14 £55,000 -13.72%
North West - 4 £47,500 -
London +25 3 £44,000 -45.00%
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
COSO
UK

COSO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing COSO 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 COSO.

1 38 (95.00%) COBIT
2 24 (60.00%) ITIL
3 21 (52.50%) Finance
4 20 (50.00%) PCI DSS
5 17 (42.50%) Windows
6 16 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 15 (37.50%) Change Management
8 13 (32.50%) Cisco
8 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
8 13 (32.50%) AIX
8 13 (32.50%) Solaris
9 12 (30.00%) Risk Management
9 12 (30.00%) Information Security
10 11 (27.50%) PRINCE
11 10 (25.00%) CISA
11 10 (25.00%) Management Information System
12 9 (22.50%) CISSP
13 7 (17.50%) CISM
13 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 6 (15.00%) SIEM
14 6 (15.00%) PRINCE2
14 6 (15.00%) Oracle
14 6 (15.00%) Security Management
15 5 (12.50%) Legal
15 5 (12.50%) Banking
15 5 (12.50%) IT Governance
16 4 (10.00%) Degree
16 4 (10.00%) Firewall
16 4 (10.00%) UNIX
16 4 (10.00%) Perl

COSO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing COSO 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 COSO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.500%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.500%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) ATM
1 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (10.00%) Firewall
2 3 (7.500%) Wireless
2 3 (7.500%) SSH
2 3 (7.500%) VPN
2 3 (7.500%) SSL
2 3 (7.500%) HTTP
3 2 (5.000%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.500%) SQL Server
General
1 21 (52.50%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Legal
2 5 (12.50%) Banking
3 2 (5.000%) Advertising
4 1 (2.500%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Security Specialist
2 10 (25.00%) Analyst
3 8 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 7 (17.50%) IT Security Specialist
5 5 (12.50%) Security Manager
6 3 (7.500%) IT Risk Manager
6 3 (7.500%) Risk Manager
7 2 (5.000%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (5.000%) IT Risk Analyst
8 1 (2.500%) Internal Audit Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Information Specialist
8 1 (2.500%) Senior Information Security Specialist
8 1 (2.500%) Penetration Tester
8 1 (2.500%) Auditor
8 1 (2.500%) Senior Security Specialist
8 1 (2.500%) IT Audit Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.500%) Consultant
8 1 (2.500%) Audit Manager
8 1 (2.500%) Information Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.500%) PKI
3 1 (2.500%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.500%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 17 (42.50%) Windows
2 13 (32.50%) AIX
2 13 (32.50%) Solaris
3 4 (10.00%) Linux
3 4 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) ITIL
2 15 (37.50%) Change Management
3 12 (30.00%) Risk Management
3 12 (30.00%) Information Security
4 11 (27.50%) PRINCE
5 6 (15.00%) PRINCE2
5 6 (15.00%) Security Management
5 6 (15.00%) SIEM
6 5 (12.50%) IT Governance
7 3 (7.500%) Problem Management
7 3 (7.500%) Six Sigma
7 3 (7.500%) Project Management
8 2 (5.000%) ERP
8 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (5.000%) Ethical Hacking
8 2 (5.000%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (5.000%) Penetration Testing
8 2 (5.000%) Risk Assessment
9 1 (2.500%) Data Governance
9 1 (2.500%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Perl
2 2 (5.000%) SQL
3 1 (2.500%) C++
3 1 (2.500%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) CISA
2 9 (22.50%) CISSP
3 7 (17.50%) CISM
4 4 (10.00%) Degree
5 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.500%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.000%) CIMA
7 1 (2.500%) MBA
7 1 (2.500%) GSNA
7 1 (2.500%) CGEIT
7 1 (2.500%) CRISC
7 1 (2.500%) QiCA
7 1 (2.500%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (95.00%) COBIT
2 20 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 16 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (17.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.500%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 13 (32.50%) Cisco
1 13 (32.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Oracle
3 3 (7.500%) Tripwire
4 2 (5.000%) SAP
5 1 (2.500%) ArcSight
5 1 (2.500%) HP
5 1 (2.500%) Blue Coat
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