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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT)
Rank 180 178 164
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -14
Permanent jobs citing COBIT 24 8 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.487% 0.177% 0.196%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.734% 2.640% 2.254%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 7
Average salary £55,500 £44,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.71% +5.95%
UK excluding London average salary £48,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-11.81% +10.00%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
507 303 355
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.28% 6.712% 8.680%
Number of salaries quoted 400 254 292
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,400 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands COBIT Salary Trend

COBIT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing COBIT across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Coventry - 11 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +8 3 £70,000 +105.88%
Staffordshire -2 3 £42,500 -22.72%
Birmingham -19 1 £45,000 -47.05%
COBIT
England

COBIT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West 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.

1 23 (67.65%) Information Security
2 20 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (44.12%) Management Information System
4 13 (38.24%) Process Management
4 13 (38.24%) Information Security Management
4 13 (38.24%) Security Management
4 13 (38.24%) ITIL
4 13 (38.24%) Security Testing
5 12 (35.29%) Data Protection
5 12 (35.29%) CISA
5 12 (35.29%) Risk Management
6 11 (32.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 9 (26.47%) Legal
8 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
9 7 (20.59%) Finance
9 7 (20.59%) Degree
9 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
10 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
10 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma
10 6 (17.65%) CISSP
10 6 (17.65%) Change Management
10 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
11 5 (14.71%) Retail
11 5 (14.71%) Windows
11 5 (14.71%) CISM
11 5 (14.71%) PCI DSS
12 4 (11.76%) UNIX

COBIT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.941%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Office
1 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) DHCP
1 3 (8.824%) DNS
2 1 (2.941%) Firewall
2 1 (2.941%) Wireless
General
1 9 (26.47%) Legal
2 7 (20.59%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Security Manager
2 8 (23.53%) Team Leader
3 7 (20.59%) Information Manager
3 7 (20.59%) Information Security Manager
3 7 (20.59%) Audit Manager
3 7 (20.59%) IT Audit Manager
4 6 (17.65%) Compliance Manager
4 6 (17.65%) IT Assistant
4 6 (17.65%) Quality Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Security Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Service Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Information Analyst
6 2 (5.882%) Business Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Support Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Management Information System
2 7 (20.59%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.941%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.941%) AS400
3 1 (2.941%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) UNIX
3 1 (2.941%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) Information Security
2 13 (38.24%) Security Testing
2 13 (38.24%) ITIL
2 13 (38.24%) Process Management
2 13 (38.24%) Information Security Management
2 13 (38.24%) Security Management
3 12 (35.29%) Risk Management
3 12 (35.29%) Data Protection
4 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
5 6 (17.65%) Change Management
5 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma
5 6 (17.65%) TOGAF
5 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (11.76%) Project Management
7 3 (8.824%) Time Management
8 2 (5.882%) Identity Management
8 2 (5.882%) Supplier Management
8 2 (5.882%) Business Continuity
8 2 (5.882%) Service Management
8 2 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) C
2 1 (2.941%) Java
2 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) CISA
2 7 (20.59%) Degree
3 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
3 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 6 (17.65%) CISSP
3 6 (17.65%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 5 (14.71%) CISM
5 3 (8.824%) CEH
6 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (58.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (32.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (14.71%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.941%) COSO
4 1 (2.941%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) CA SiteMinder
1 2 (5.882%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.882%) Cisco
2 2 (5.882%) CA
2 2 (5.882%) ArcSight
3 1 (2.941%) Remedy
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle
3 1 (2.941%) BMC
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Working closely with your team and internal IT colleagues, you'll develop and maintain an effective and co-ordinated set of pro-active and reactive information security processes...
Sainsburys
Salary: attractive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
you will be responsible for all Information Security and Compliance, including all legislative, regulatory and audit project requirements, looking into Information Security breaches and raising awareness of Information...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
Coventry
The candidate must also a minimum of 3-5 years of solid information security management... Principle accountabilities: Working with the Architects, support the creation of the IT Division'...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry
Leads a team of technical resources engaged in delivering IT Security Services ie diagnosing and fixing faults, preventative maintenance to reduce the incidence of faults, and developing techniques...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013