The first table below looks at the demand for COBIT skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited COBIT over the 3 months to 20 June 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 355 394 383
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -11
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 77 51 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.345% 0.217% 0.192%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.336% 2.078% 2.420%
Number of salaries quoted 58 44 41
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,300 £38,000 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £95,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2308 2454 1901
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 10.34% 10.46% 7.946%
Number of salaries quoted 1889 2089 1642
Average salary £43,500 £43,690 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.43% +2.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +2.46%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +2 32 £47,500 +10.46% 6
Surrey +24 20 £50,500 -43.88% 2
Hampshire +9 11 £60,000 +39.53% 2
West Sussex - 7 £71,750 - 1
Buckinghamshire +2 5 £40,000 -40.74%
Middlesex -6 2 £55,000 -26.66%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 88 (68.22%) Finance
2 72 (55.81%) ITIL
3 55 (42.64%) Information Security
4 46 (35.66%) PCI DSS
5 39 (30.23%) Change Management
6 33 (25.58%) Risk Management
6 33 (25.58%) PRINCE
7 32 (24.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 30 (23.26%) CISA
9 29 (22.48%) Oracle
9 29 (22.48%) COSO
10 28 (21.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 27 (20.93%) Windows
12 25 (19.38%) Management Information System
13 24 (18.60%) Security Management
14 22 (17.05%) Microsoft
15 20 (15.50%) Solaris
15 20 (15.50%) Project Management
16 19 (14.73%) AIX
16 19 (14.73%) UNIX
17 18 (13.95%) Cisco
18 17 (13.18%) CISSP
18 17 (13.18%) Banking
19 15 (11.63%) Java
19 15 (11.63%) CISM
20 14 (10.85%) Degree
20 14 (10.85%) Penetration Testing
21 13 (10.08%) Data Protection
21 13 (10.08%) Information Security Management
21 13 (10.08%) SQL

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 8 (6.202%) XML
1 8 (6.202%) WebSphere
2 7 (5.426%) .NET
3 3 (2.326%) Middleware
4 1 (0.775%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.876%) OnBase
2 3 (2.326%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.550%) IIS
3 2 (1.550%) CMS
4 1 (0.775%) SAS
4 1 (0.775%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.775%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.775%) Apache
4 1 (0.775%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (5.426%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.775%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.302%) Firewall
2 9 (6.977%) Network Security
3 8 (6.202%) LAN
4 5 (3.876%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.101%) VPN
5 4 (3.101%) ATM
5 4 (3.101%) HTTP
5 4 (3.101%) WLAN
5 4 (3.101%) WAN
6 3 (2.326%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.326%) SSH
6 3 (2.326%) Wireless
6 3 (2.326%) SSL
7 2 (1.550%) SAN
8 1 (0.775%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.775%) VoIP
8 1 (0.775%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.752%) Data Mining
2 8 (6.202%) SQLPlus
2 8 (6.202%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (6.202%) Oracle 9i
2 8 (6.202%) TOAD
2 8 (6.202%) Oracle 10g
2 8 (6.202%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.550%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.775%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.775%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.775%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (5.426%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.550%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.775%) Eclipse
General
1 88 (68.22%) Finance
2 17 (13.18%) Banking
3 12 (9.302%) Retail
4 5 (3.876%) Legal
4 5 (3.876%) Automotive
5 4 (3.101%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.101%) Advertising
6 3 (2.326%) Marketing
7 2 (1.550%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.775%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.775%) Law
8 1 (0.775%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 33 (25.58%) Analyst
2 23 (17.83%) Security Specialist
3 15 (11.63%) Risk Analyst
4 14 (10.85%) Security Analyst
5 13 (10.08%) Consultant
5 13 (10.08%) Architect
6 12 (9.302%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (8.527%) Risk Consultant
8 10 (7.752%) Head of Security
8 10 (7.752%) Head of IT
8 10 (7.752%) Senior Risk Analyst
9 9 (6.977%) Team Leader
10 8 (6.202%) IT Risk Analyst
10 8 (6.202%) Compliance Specialist
11 6 (4.651%) Support Team Leader
11 6 (4.651%) IT Security Specialist
12 5 (3.876%) Enterprise Architect
12 5 (3.876%) Penetration Tester
12 5 (3.876%) Compliance Analyst
12 5 (3.876%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 25 (19.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.527%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (4.651%) Computer Science
4 4 (3.101%) CESG
4 4 (3.101%) CESG CLAS
5 3 (2.326%) PKI
5 3 (2.326%) Statistics
6 2 (1.550%) AS400
6 2 (1.550%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.550%) SaaS
6 2 (1.550%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.550%) CMDB
7 1 (0.775%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.775%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (0.775%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.775%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.775%) SCADA
7 1 (0.775%) FMCG
7 1 (0.775%) IVR
7 1 (0.775%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.93%) Windows
2 20 (15.50%) Solaris
3 19 (14.73%) AIX
3 19 (14.73%) UNIX
4 9 (6.977%) Linux
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.775%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.775%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (55.81%) ITIL
2 55 (42.64%) Information Security
3 39 (30.23%) Change Management
4 33 (25.58%) Risk Management
4 33 (25.58%) PRINCE
5 24 (18.60%) Security Management
6 20 (15.50%) Project Management
7 14 (10.85%) Penetration Testing
8 13 (10.08%) Data Protection
8 13 (10.08%) Information Security Management
9 12 (9.302%) Stakeholder Management
10 11 (8.527%) Information Management
10 11 (8.527%) Enterprise Architecture
11 10 (7.752%) PRINCE2
11 10 (7.752%) Data Analysis
12 9 (6.977%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 9 (6.977%) TOGAF
12 9 (6.977%) Risk Assessment
12 9 (6.977%) Service Delivery
13 8 (6.202%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.63%) Java
2 13 (10.08%) SQL
3 10 (7.752%) Shell Script
4 9 (6.977%) PL/SQL
5 7 (5.426%) C++
6 2 (1.550%) Perl
7 1 (0.775%) Uniface
7 1 (0.775%) C
Qualifications
1 30 (23.26%) CISA
2 17 (13.18%) CISSP
3 15 (11.63%) CISM
4 14 (10.85%) Degree
5 7 (5.426%) Security Cleared
6 5 (3.876%) MBA
7 4 (3.101%) CIMA
8 2 (1.550%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.775%) CEH
9 1 (0.775%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.775%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.775%) PMP
9 1 (0.775%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.775%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (35.66%) PCI DSS
2 32 (24.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 29 (22.48%) COSO
4 28 (21.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (4.651%) QA
6 2 (1.550%) ISO/IEC 17799
7 1 (0.775%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.550%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.775%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.550%) WebInspect
2 1 (0.775%) CA Endevor
2 1 (0.775%) SCOM
Vendors
1 29 (22.48%) Oracle
2 22 (17.05%) Microsoft
3 18 (13.95%) Cisco
4 11 (8.527%) SAP
5 8 (6.202%) Sage
6 4 (3.101%) HP
7 2 (1.550%) IBM
7 2 (1.550%) Dell
7 2 (1.550%) Sun
7 2 (1.550%) VMware
7 2 (1.550%) Symantec
7 2 (1.550%) Tripwire
7 2 (1.550%) Altiris
7 2 (1.550%) Blue Coat
7 2 (1.550%) Brocade
7 2 (1.550%) FrontRange
8 1 (0.775%) Syclo
8 1 (0.775%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.775%) MobileIron
8 1 (0.775%) Perforce
Crawley, West Sussex
You will have extensive process experience and knowledge of IT Governance & Security including PCI - DSS compliance , COBIT , ITiL , as well as ISO 27001 and BS25559 . Responsibilities include: As...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £74000 - £75000 per annum + Bens and Bonus
Posted: 18 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
It requires the successful person to have prior knowledge of EU Data Law and demonstrable expertise designing and implementing a Security Compliance Monitoring Framework covering ITIL, Prince, Patch...
Fenwick Ryan Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £5500 Car + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 12 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Bachelor's Degree in Information Security or Information Technology preferred... Recognized security professional certification such as CISM, CISA, CISSP or ISO 27001 Lead Auditor is highly desirable. Knowledge...
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Staines, South East
We seek an experienced Head Of IT Service Management to own & manage operational service operational supplier relationship with Infrastructure & Operations Managed Service Providers whilst also maintaining & building on...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £80000.00 - £95000.00 per annum + Excellent
Posted: 23 May 2013
Staines, South East
The business is in a huge growth stage and the role will come with a great deal of autonomy and freedom.Role: Head of Infrastructure and Technology ArchitectureSalary: £...
FMC Select Ltd
Salary: £100000 - £110000 per annum + 30% bonus + car + pension
Posted: 5 June 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus, Flex Bens
Posted: 3 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Hudson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allow+ Bens
Posted: 28 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Hudson
Salary: £80000 - £120000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
Salary: Excellent Salary & Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £120000 - £130000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Verizon
Posted: 24 May 2013
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