The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 471 495 504
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +9
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 131 154 126
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.298% 0.283% 0.221%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.034% 3.138% 2.642%
Number of salaries quoted 79 99 99
Average salary £65,000 £57,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.04% -17.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £100,300 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-15.65% +15.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
4318 4908 4769
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 9.813% 9.011% 8.351%
Number of salaries quoted 3509 4032 3915
Average salary £52,500 £52,000 £53,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.96% -1.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London COBIT Salary Histogram

COBIT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COBIT within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +16 36 £72,500 +52.63%
Brentford - 20 - -
Surbiton +6 2 £66,250 +103.06%
Canary Wharf - 2 - -
Hounslow -4 1 £51,000 -2.85%
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £42,500 -
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 193 (70.18%) ITIL
2 155 (56.36%) Finance
3 100 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 98 (35.64%) Project Management
5 88 (32.00%) Information Security
6 80 (29.09%) CISSP
7 70 (25.45%) Risk Management
7 70 (25.45%) CISA
8 60 (21.82%) CISM
9 59 (21.45%) Service Delivery
9 59 (21.45%) Banking
9 59 (21.45%) Degree
10 47 (17.09%) PCI DSS
11 46 (16.73%) Enterprise Architecture
11 46 (16.73%) Change Management
12 43 (15.64%) Firewall
12 43 (15.64%) Management Information System
13 42 (15.27%) Windows
14 41 (14.91%) Linux
15 40 (14.55%) IT Governance
16 38 (13.82%) PRINCE2
16 38 (13.82%) Security Management
17 35 (12.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 31 (11.27%) Microsoft
19 30 (10.91%) Cisco
19 30 (10.91%) MS Excel
19 30 (10.91%) Service Management
20 29 (10.55%) Data Protection
21 27 (9.818%) Intrusion Detection
21 27 (9.818%) Penetration Testing

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 16 (5.818%) Web Services
2 9 (3.273%) .NET
3 5 (1.818%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.455%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.091%) Java EE
6 2 (0.727%) Middleware
7 1 (0.364%) WCF
7 1 (0.364%) WPF
7 1 (0.364%) Silverlight
7 1 (0.364%) Ajax
7 1 (0.364%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
7 1 (0.364%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 25 (9.091%) SharePoint
2 18 (6.545%) IIS
3 6 (2.182%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.455%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (1.091%) Apache
5 3 (1.091%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (10.91%) MS Excel
2 20 (7.273%) MS Visio
3 12 (4.364%) MS Office
4 6 (2.182%) MS Project
5 1 (0.364%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (2.545%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.455%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.091%) SAP GRC
3 3 (1.091%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.364%) assyst
4 1 (0.364%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.364%) Retail-J
4 1 (0.364%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (15.64%) Firewall
2 27 (9.818%) Intrusion Detection
3 26 (9.455%) Internet
4 22 (8.000%) Wi-Fi
4 22 (8.000%) Wireless
5 21 (7.636%) VoIP
6 16 (5.818%) Cisco IOS
6 16 (5.818%) Broadband
7 13 (4.727%) Network Security
8 8 (2.909%) LAN
9 7 (2.545%) WAN
9 7 (2.545%) VPN
10 6 (2.182%) Intranet
10 6 (2.182%) SAN
11 5 (1.818%) Junos
11 5 (1.818%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (1.818%) SSL
11 5 (1.818%) HTTP
11 5 (1.818%) NetScreen
12 4 (1.455%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.273%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.818%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (1.455%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (0.727%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.364%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (1.455%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.364%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.364%) MSI
General
1 155 (56.36%) Finance
2 59 (21.45%) Banking
3 26 (9.455%) Retail
4 19 (6.909%) Legal
4 19 (6.909%) Investment Banking
5 9 (3.273%) Retail Banking
5 9 (3.273%) Law
6 8 (2.909%) Telecoms
7 7 (2.545%) International Banking
8 6 (2.182%) Marketing
9 5 (1.818%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.455%) Local Government
11 3 (1.091%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.727%) Advertising
12 2 (0.727%) French Language
12 2 (0.727%) Italian Language
13 1 (0.364%) Publishing
13 1 (0.364%) Front Office
13 1 (0.364%) Games
13 1 (0.364%) Billing
Job Titles
1 34 (12.36%) Analyst
2 30 (10.91%) Architect
3 28 (10.18%) Security Engineer
4 21 (7.636%) Security Support Engineer
4 21 (7.636%) Consultant
4 21 (7.636%) Support Engineer
5 19 (6.909%) Project Manager
6 18 (6.545%) Risk Analyst
6 18 (6.545%) Systems Support
7 16 (5.818%) Risk Manager
7 16 (5.818%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (5.455%) Security Manager
9 14 (5.091%) IT Risk Analyst
10 12 (4.364%) Senior Risk Analyst
11 10 (3.636%) Security Analyst
11 10 (3.636%) Service Manager
11 10 (3.636%) Security Consultant
12 9 (3.273%) Head of Infrastructure
12 9 (3.273%) Head of Service Delivery
12 9 (3.273%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 43 (15.64%) Management Information System
2 22 (8.000%) Client/Server
3 20 (7.273%) PKI
4 16 (5.818%) Mainframe
4 16 (5.818%) Cryptography
5 13 (4.727%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.636%) PMI
7 7 (2.545%) Hedge funds
7 7 (2.545%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.818%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.818%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.818%) NHS
8 5 (1.818%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.455%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.455%) Informatics
9 4 (1.455%) Mathematics
10 2 (0.727%) Clustering
10 2 (0.727%) SaaS
11 1 (0.364%) Mobile Banking
11 1 (0.364%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.27%) Windows
2 41 (14.91%) Linux
3 26 (9.455%) UNIX
4 17 (6.182%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (5.818%) HPUX
6 12 (4.364%) Windows 7
7 8 (2.909%) Windows Server 2008
8 7 (2.545%) Solaris
9 5 (1.818%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.818%) AIX
10 4 (1.455%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.364%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (70.18%) ITIL
2 98 (35.64%) Project Management
3 88 (32.00%) Information Security
4 70 (25.45%) Risk Management
5 59 (21.45%) Service Delivery
6 46 (16.73%) Enterprise Architecture
6 46 (16.73%) Change Management
7 40 (14.55%) IT Governance
8 38 (13.82%) PRINCE2
8 38 (13.82%) Security Management
9 30 (10.91%) Service Management
10 29 (10.55%) Data Protection
11 27 (9.818%) Penetration Testing
12 26 (9.455%) Information Security Management
13 24 (8.727%) Security Architecture
13 24 (8.727%) SIEM
13 24 (8.727%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 22 (8.000%) Technical Architecture
15 21 (7.636%) Security Testing
16 20 (7.273%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 19 (6.909%) SQL
2 10 (3.636%) Java
3 9 (3.273%) C
4 6 (2.182%) C#
5 5 (1.818%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.091%) PL/SQL
6 3 (1.091%) Uniface
7 2 (0.727%) C++
7 2 (0.727%) Perl
8 1 (0.364%) VBScript
8 1 (0.364%) VB
8 1 (0.364%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (29.09%) CISSP
2 70 (25.45%) CISA
3 60 (21.82%) CISM
4 59 (21.45%) Degree
5 23 (8.364%) MBA
6 19 (6.909%) CIMA
7 13 (4.727%) Security Cleared
8 11 (4.000%) PMI Certification
9 10 (3.636%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (3.273%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.273%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.909%) QiCA
12 7 (2.545%) CRISC
13 4 (1.455%) CEH
13 4 (1.455%) ISSAP
13 4 (1.455%) ACCA
13 4 (1.455%) MCSE
13 4 (1.455%) MCSA
13 4 (1.455%) PCI QSA
13 4 (1.455%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (17.09%) PCI DSS
3 35 (12.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 21 (7.636%) BS25999
5 10 (3.636%) SLA
6 6 (2.182%) QA
7 4 (1.455%) Val IT
8 3 (1.091%) ISO/IEC 17799
8 3 (1.091%) Basel II
9 2 (0.727%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.727%) COSO
9 2 (0.727%) Solvency II
9 2 (0.727%) MiFID
10 1 (0.364%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 9 (3.273%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.455%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.091%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.727%) vSphere
5 1 (0.364%) VMware ESX
5 1 (0.364%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 24 (8.727%) CORE IMPACT
2 21 (7.636%) McAfee ePO
3 19 (6.909%) Nessus
4 3 (1.091%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.091%) Tivoli
4 3 (1.091%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 3 (1.091%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (1.091%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.364%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.364%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 31 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 30 (10.91%) Cisco
3 26 (9.455%) Juniper
4 25 (9.091%) Qualys
5 22 (8.000%) Oracle
6 21 (7.636%) LogLogic
6 21 (7.636%) McAfee
7 18 (6.545%) CA
8 17 (6.182%) Red Hat
9 16 (5.818%) IBM
10 9 (3.273%) SAP
11 8 (2.909%) Citrix
11 8 (2.909%) CheckPoint
12 7 (2.545%) VMware
13 6 (2.182%) HP
14 5 (1.818%) F5
14 5 (1.818%) EMC
15 4 (1.455%) Tripwire
15 4 (1.455%) NetIQ
15 4 (1.455%) Lotus
City, London
Primarily your role will involve assisting with security governance, risk management and the implementation of ISO 27001... Experience required: - Direct experience of ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Cobit. -...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
A good understanding of the existing IT orientation and infrastructure *Reasonable knowledge of ITIL best practices *Good understanding of PCI DSS, Cobit and ISO27001 standards *Good understanding of...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
ISO27001, ISO17799, and COBIT, Experience of working within/with operational risk functions... Strong analytical and project management skills... CISA, CISSP, CISM. Experience of COBIT, ISO27001, ISF/IRAM and...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: Up to £75,000 per annum + car allowance + excellent bonus + pension +
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Detailed knowledge of Project Management methodologies and tools... COBIT , Applications and Project Portfolio Management (APPM), Project/ Programme Lifecycle)... Work closely with all areas of Technology (Finance, Service Delivery,...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
The responsibilities of the Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager include designing and implementing governance processes, conducting compliance reviews, ensuring processes and compliance on IT projects are adhered to,...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Whilst focusing on the development of coherent technical designs, our architects are also aware of the project management disciplines needed to deliver solutions... You may also have a...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
As a Governance Gating & Compliance Support your skills and qualifications will ideally include: Strong communication skills - both written and oral Strong interpersonal skills Developing control frameworks Control and...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
Experience of Project / Resource Management. Strong stakeholder engagement skills. Experience of Project Management methodologies and tools... COBIT , Applications and Project Portfolio Management (APPM), Project/ Programme Lifecycle) As a...
Royal Mail Group
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
London
Accordingly the Division is looking to enhance its IT risk management capabilities; in this regard the new Senior IT Risk Manager will play a leading role to establish...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £00.00 - £1 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
Key skills: Security Architect - TOGAF / IT Strategy / Change Management / Governance / Prince / COBIT - Permanent, £100k+ (base) - Berkshire /London A leading, international financial firm is seeking an experienced Security Architect...
ComputAppoint
Salary: £100000 - £101000 per annum + benefits (including car allowance)
Posted: 16 May 2013