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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 49 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.559% 0.196% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.452% 2.439% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £38,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.58% -
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-11.81% +10.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
31 41 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 8.659% 8.039% 1.548%
Number of salaries quoted 26 37 5
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £20,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
COBIT
Merseyside

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (100.00%) ISSMP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CISA

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (100.00%) ISSMP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint