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 Midlands 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 Midlands region.

 Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank39-83
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads304
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands0.691 %-0.255 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category18.75 %-5.405 %
Salaries quoted304
Average salary£65,000-£77,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,750£50,000£60,000
% change year-on-year
-14.50 %-16.66 %
Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
162674
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands3.687 %5.856 %4.710 %
Salaries quoted111859
Average salary£57,500£40,000£60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+43.75 %-33.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£34,250£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£80,000£61,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,250£39,523£37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %+5.390 %
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England

COBIT
Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13 (100.00 %)Linux
13 (100.00 %)UNIX
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
13 (100.00 %)Information Security
22 (66.67 %)Identity Management
22 (66.67 %)Tripwire
22 (66.67 %)Intrusion Detection
22 (66.67 %)PKI
22 (66.67 %)ISO27001
22 (66.67 %)AIX
22 (66.67 %)NetIQ
31 (33.33 %)NetScreen
31 (33.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (33.33 %)Solaris
31 (33.33 %)Windows
31 (33.33 %)Java
31 (33.33 %).NET
31 (33.33 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (33.33 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)VPN
31 (33.33 %)Cisco
31 (33.33 %)CISSP
31 (33.33 %)Juniper
31 (33.33 %)Intranet
31 (33.33 %)Internet
31 (33.33 %)Extranet
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (33.33 %).NET
Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebLogic
Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)Firewall
22 (66.67 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (33.33 %)BIG-IP
31 (33.33 %)Cisco PIX
31 (33.33 %)Network Security
31 (33.33 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)VPN
31 (33.33 %)Intranet
31 (33.33 %)Internet
31 (33.33 %)Extranet
31 (33.33 %)NetScreen
Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Architect
12 (66.67 %)Security Architect
12 (66.67 %)Security Engineer
21 (33.33 %)IT Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Consultant
21 (33.33 %)Security Consultant
21 (33.33 %)IT Security Consultant
Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (66.67 %)PKI
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)UNIX
13 (100.00 %)Linux
22 (66.67 %)AIX
31 (33.33 %)Solaris
31 (33.33 %)Windows
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Information Security
22 (66.67 %)Identity Management
31 (33.33 %)Data Security
31 (33.33 %)SOA
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)Java
Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (33.33 %)CISSP
11 (33.33 %)CISA
11 (33.33 %)CISM
Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)ISO27001
21 (33.33 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (66.67 %)NetIQ
12 (66.67 %)Tripwire
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Juniper