The first table below looks at the demand for COSO 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 COSO over the 3 months to 19 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO)
Rank 419 445 424
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -21
Permanent jobs citing COSO 15 3 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.068% 0.013% 0.059%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.661% 0.121% 0.747%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 11
Average salary £47,500 £60,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.83% +4.34%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +4.34%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2270 2489 1873
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 10.29% 10.41% 7.869%
Number of salaries quoted 1854 2120 1611
Average salary £43,750 £44,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.68% +4.70%
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 £41,153 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-2.80% +0.37%
COSO
England

COSO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East COSO Jobs Demand Trend

COSO
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing COSO across the South East region.

South East COSO Salary Trend

COSO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COSO across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East COSO Salary Histogram

COSO
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing COSO within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 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
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Job
Vacancies
Hampshire +16 10 £60,000 - 2
Buckinghamshire - 5 £40,000 -
COSO
England

COSO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing COSO 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 COSO.

1 29 (100.00%) COBIT
2 23 (79.31%) ITIL
3 20 (68.97%) PCI DSS
4 19 (65.52%) Windows
4 19 (65.52%) Change Management
5 17 (58.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (58.62%) AIX
5 17 (58.62%) Solaris
5 17 (58.62%) Cisco
5 17 (58.62%) PRINCE
6 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
6 16 (55.17%) Finance
7 7 (24.14%) Information Security
7 7 (24.14%) Security Management
8 6 (20.69%) SIEM
9 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
10 4 (13.79%) Firewall
10 4 (13.79%) ATM
10 4 (13.79%) Degree
11 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
11 3 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
11 3 (10.34%) PKI
11 3 (10.34%) SSH
11 3 (10.34%) Ethical Hacking
11 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 3 (10.34%) HTTP
11 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
11 3 (10.34%) VPN
11 3 (10.34%) SSL
11 3 (10.34%) Linux

COSO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing COSO 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 COSO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) Firewall
1 4 (13.79%) ATM
2 3 (10.34%) SSH
2 3 (10.34%) HTTP
2 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
2 3 (10.34%) SSL
3 2 (6.897%) Wireless
3 2 (6.897%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.897%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (55.17%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Law
2 1 (3.448%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 19 (65.52%) Security Specialist
2 9 (31.03%) Security Analyst
2 9 (31.03%) Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Compliance Specialist
4 6 (20.69%) IT Security Specialist
5 4 (13.79%) Compliance Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Penetration Tester
6 1 (3.448%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 17 (58.62%) AIX
2 17 (58.62%) Solaris
3 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 2 (6.897%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (79.31%) ITIL
2 19 (65.52%) Change Management
3 17 (58.62%) PRINCE
4 7 (24.14%) Information Security
4 7 (24.14%) Security Management
5 6 (20.69%) SIEM
6 3 (10.34%) Problem Management
6 3 (10.34%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Ethical Hacking
6 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
7 2 (6.897%) Validation
7 2 (6.897%) Security Testing
7 2 (6.897%) OWASP
8 1 (3.448%) Network Architecture
8 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.448%) Strategic Planning
8 1 (3.448%) Information Management
8 1 (3.448%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) CISSP
3 2 (6.897%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.448%) CEH
4 1 (3.448%) MBA
4 1 (3.448%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (100.00%) COBIT
2 20 (68.97%) PCI DSS
3 17 (58.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (6.897%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Cisco
2 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 2 (6.897%) HP
3 2 (6.897%) Tripwire
3 2 (6.897%) Blue Coat
4 1 (3.448%) ArcSight
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
Basingstoke, South East
Based in Basingstoke, the role requires a solid foundation in operational security management, incident response, change management, web application security assessments, vulnerability assessments, forensic investigation and ethical hacking /...
Hudson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allow+ Bens
Posted: 28 May 2013
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