The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 21 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 243 236 220
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -16
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 11 9 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.153% 0.127% 0.177%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.095% 1.601% 2.691%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 9
Average salary £46,250 £45,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.77% -30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £42,500 £30,400
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £51,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-11.81% +10.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
525 562 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.279% 7.931% 6.589%
Number of salaries quoted 436 469 396
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £59,250
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Manchester -11 6 £62,500 +47.05%
Merseyside +22 3 £38,000 -10.58%
Cheshire +9 2 £48,750 -11.36%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 14 (53.85%) Risk Management
1 14 (53.85%) Information Security
2 13 (50.00%) Finance
3 11 (42.31%) CISM
3 11 (42.31%) CISSP
4 10 (38.46%) ITIL
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
4 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (38.46%) COSO
5 8 (30.77%) CISA
5 8 (30.77%) Banking
6 6 (23.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (23.08%) PCI DSS
7 5 (19.23%) Cisco
7 5 (19.23%) Information Security Management
7 5 (19.23%) Security Management
7 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
7 5 (19.23%) Legal
7 5 (19.23%) Retail
7 5 (19.23%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (19.23%) IT Governance
8 4 (15.38%) ISSAP
8 4 (15.38%) UNIX
8 4 (15.38%) Windows
8 4 (15.38%) Linux
9 3 (11.54%) OO
9 3 (11.54%) RUP
9 3 (11.54%) DSDM
9 3 (11.54%) EMC
9 3 (11.54%) Citrix

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 1 (3.846%) COM
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) HTTP
General
1 13 (50.00%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Banking
3 5 (19.23%) Legal
3 5 (19.23%) Retail
4 3 (11.54%) Advertising
4 3 (11.54%) Retail Banking
4 3 (11.54%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (19.23%) Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Consultant
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Consultant
1 5 (19.23%) Information Security Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Information Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Security Analyst
1 5 (19.23%) Security Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Architect
2 3 (11.54%) Risk Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (11.54%) IT Risk Manager
2 3 (11.54%) Chief Security Officer
2 3 (11.54%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 3 (11.54%) Information Security Officer
2 3 (11.54%) Chief Information Officer
2 3 (11.54%) Security Officer
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Architect
3 1 (3.846%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (3.846%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) UNIX
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Risk Management
1 14 (53.85%) Information Security
2 10 (38.46%) ITIL
3 5 (19.23%) Information Security Management
3 5 (19.23%) Security Management
3 5 (19.23%) IT Governance
4 3 (11.54%) OO
4 3 (11.54%) RUP
4 3 (11.54%) DSDM
4 3 (11.54%) PRINCE2
4 3 (11.54%) Scrum
4 3 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.692%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.846%) Data Protection
6 1 (3.846%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C#
1 3 (11.54%) C++
1 3 (11.54%) Java
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) CISM
1 11 (42.31%) CISSP
2 8 (30.77%) CISA
3 4 (15.38%) ISSAP
4 2 (7.692%) Degree
4 2 (7.692%) ISSMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (38.46%) COSO
2 6 (23.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (23.08%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 5 (19.23%) Cisco
3 3 (11.54%) EMC
3 3 (11.54%) Citrix
3 3 (11.54%) VMware
4 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
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