Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 15 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 London region.

 Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank412404522
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+118
Matching permanent IT job ads6754151
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.177 %0.168 %0.181 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category2.987 %2.878 %3.119 %
Salaries quoted5138112
Average salary£51,000£60,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,700£32,500£47,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£74,000£63,250£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,750£51,250£57,500
% change year-on-year
-16.58 %-10.86 %
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
224318764841
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London5.919 %5.854 %5.792 %
Salaries quoted180714934000
Average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,000£30,000£29,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£38,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.290 %+2.660 %
COBIT EnglandCOBIT
England

COBIT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

COBIT
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the London region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

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 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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 LondonDown-5218£47,500-20.83 %
Canary WharfNew entry-12£72,500-
COBIT EnglandCOBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, 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.

171 (64.55 %)ITIL
242 (38.18 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
332 (29.09 %)Finance
428 (25.45 %)Risk Management
523 (20.91 %)CMMI
523 (20.91 %)ISO27001
621 (19.09 %)Project Management
720 (18.18 %)CISA
818 (16.36 %)PRINCE2
818 (16.36 %)Information Security
916 (14.55 %)Security Management
916 (14.55 %)QA
1015 (13.64 %)V-Model
1015 (13.64 %)Practice Management
1015 (13.64 %)Scrum
1015 (13.64 %)ISO9000
1114 (12.73 %)PMI
1114 (12.73 %)PMI Certification
1114 (12.73 %)IT Governance
1211 (10.00 %)CISSP
1211 (10.00 %)Basel II
1211 (10.00 %)Service Management
1211 (10.00 %)Insurance
1310 (9.091 %)ITSM
1310 (9.091 %)Investment Management
149 (8.182 %)Business Analysis
149 (8.182 %)PRINCE
149 (8.182 %)PMP
149 (8.182 %)CISM
158 (7.273 %)SLA

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (5.455 %).NET
25 (4.545 %)ASP
25 (4.545 %)ASP.NET
31 (0.909 %)XML
31 (0.909 %)J2EE
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (1.818 %)SharePoint
21 (0.909 %)MS Exchange
21 (0.909 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (0.909 %)Exchange Server 2007
21 (0.909 %)IIS
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.909 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.818 %)SAP R/3
21 (0.909 %)Remedy ITSM
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (5.455 %)TCP/IP
16 (5.455 %)Firewall
25 (4.545 %)Network Security
25 (4.545 %)VPN
31 (0.909 %)DNS
31 (0.909 %)DHCP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.727 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
13 (2.727 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13 (2.727 %)SQL Server Integration Services
13 (2.727 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13 (2.727 %)SQL Server
21 (0.909 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (0.909 %)BusinessObjects
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.909 %)JProbe
11 (0.909 %)Optimizeit
11 (0.909 %)Introscope
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (29.09 %)Finance
211 (10.00 %)Insurance
37 (6.364 %)Auditing
37 (6.364 %)Banking
42 (1.818 %)Investment Banking
42 (1.818 %)Financial Institution
42 (1.818 %)Telecoms
51 (0.909 %)Education
51 (0.909 %)Games
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (12.73 %)Quality Manager
213 (11.82 %)QA Manager
312 (10.91 %)Analyst
411 (10.00 %)Consultant
510 (9.091 %)Auditor
510 (9.091 %)IT Governance Manager
69 (8.182 %)IT Auditor
78 (7.273 %)Security Analyst
87 (6.364 %)Information Manager
87 (6.364 %)Process Manager
95 (4.545 %)Project Director
95 (4.545 %)Project Manager
104 (3.636 %)IT Consultant
104 (3.636 %)Senior IT Auditor
104 (3.636 %)IT Audit Consultant
104 (3.636 %)Architect
104 (3.636 %)Senior Auditor
104 (3.636 %)Internal Auditor
104 (3.636 %)Senior Internal Auditor
113 (2.727 %)ICT Manager
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (12.73 %)PMI
22 (1.818 %)Data Protection Act
31 (0.909 %)PKI
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (7.273 %)Windows
26 (5.455 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (4.545 %)Windows 2000
35 (4.545 %)Windows XP
41 (0.909 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (0.909 %)UNIX
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
171 (64.55 %)ITIL
228 (25.45 %)Risk Management
323 (20.91 %)CMMI
421 (19.09 %)Project Management
518 (16.36 %)PRINCE2
518 (16.36 %)Information Security
616 (14.55 %)Security Management
715 (13.64 %)Practice Management
715 (13.64 %)Scrum
715 (13.64 %)V-Model
814 (12.73 %)IT Governance
911 (10.00 %)Service Management
1010 (9.091 %)ITSM
1010 (9.091 %)Investment Management
119 (8.182 %)Business Analysis
119 (8.182 %)PRINCE
128 (7.273 %)Information Security Management
137 (6.364 %)Service Delivery
137 (6.364 %)Asset Management
146 (5.455 %)Change Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (5.455 %)SQL
25 (4.545 %)Java
31 (0.909 %)C
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (18.18 %)CISA
214 (12.73 %)PMI Certification
311 (10.00 %)CISSP
49 (8.182 %)PMP
49 (8.182 %)CISM
53 (2.727 %)Degree
61 (0.909 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.909 %)Security Cleared
61 (0.909 %)CGEIT
61 (0.909 %)SSCP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (38.18 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
223 (20.91 %)ISO27001
316 (14.55 %)QA
415 (13.64 %)ISO9000
511 (10.00 %)Basel II
68 (7.273 %)SLA
76 (5.455 %)ISO17799
85 (4.545 %)COSO
92 (1.818 %)BS25999
92 (1.818 %)PCI DSS
101 (0.909 %)EFQM
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (0.909 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.909 %)ServiceCenter
11 (0.909 %)CA Wily
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (5.455 %)VMware
25 (4.545 %)IBM
25 (4.545 %)SAP
25 (4.545 %)Intel
33 (2.727 %)Oracle
42 (1.818 %)HP
51 (0.909 %)Microsoft
51 (0.909 %)Compuware
51 (0.909 %)Sybase
51 (0.909 %)Business Objects
51 (0.909 %)Cisco
51 (0.909 %)CA
51 (0.909 %)Borland
51 (0.909 %)Symantec
51 (0.909 %)Remedy
51 (0.909 %)OPNET