The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley 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 Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 106 107 90
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -17
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 15 31 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.641% 0.978% 1.393%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.615% 10.88% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 19
Average daily rate £475 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £450 £458
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £381
% change year-on-year
+5.33% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £25.50 £20.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -48.05%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
156 285 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 6.664% 8.991% 7.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 99 85
Average daily rate £450 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £161 £134 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 17
Average hourly rate £25.50 £16.50 £29.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.54% -43.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.10 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £39.60 £45.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%
Sarbanes-Oxley
South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Berkshire Sarbanes-Oxley Jobs Demand Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the Berkshire 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Slough -13 6 £450 -
Reading +11 5 £505 +55.38% 3
Newbury - - - -
Sarbanes-Oxley
South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sarbanes-Oxley 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley.

1 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 11 (39.29%) Finance
3 8 (28.57%) CISA
3 8 (28.57%) Information Security
3 8 (28.57%) CISSP
4 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (25.00%) ISO 9001
4 7 (25.00%) CISM
4 7 (25.00%) Data Protection
5 6 (21.43%) Network Security
5 6 (21.43%) GIAC
5 6 (21.43%) ITIL
6 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
7 4 (14.29%) Banking
7 4 (14.29%) Retail
7 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 4 (14.29%) MS Project
7 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 4 (14.29%) Siebel
7 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
7 4 (14.29%) Change Control
7 4 (14.29%) Degree
7 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
7 4 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
7 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
7 4 (14.29%) Matrix Management
8 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (10.71%) Cognos

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Project
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 4 (14.29%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Network Security
2 2 (7.143%) Firewall
3 1 (3.571%) ADSL2+
3 1 (3.571%) ADSL
3 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.571%) Internet
3 1 (3.571%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.571%) Data Warehouse
General
1 11 (39.29%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.29%) Banking
3 4 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.571%) Legal
4 1 (3.571%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Analyst
2 7 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) DBA
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Security Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Quality Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Service Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Business Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Data Quality Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Business Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Junior Project Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Change Manager
6 1 (3.571%) Risk Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Change Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.143%) EPoS
3 1 (3.571%) Life Science
3 1 (3.571%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.571%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.571%) FMCG
3 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) Information Security
3 7 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 6 (21.43%) ITIL
5 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2
5 4 (14.29%) Change Control
5 4 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Matrix Management
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.143%) Security Testing
8 1 (3.571%) Problem Management
8 1 (3.571%) Resource Management
8 1 (3.571%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (3.571%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (3.571%) Database Security
8 1 (3.571%) Mobile Device Management
8 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) CISA
1 8 (28.57%) CISSP
2 7 (25.00%) CISM
3 6 (21.43%) GIAC
4 4 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (3.571%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (3.571%) MCSE
5 1 (3.571%) CCNP
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.571%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
3 2 (7.143%) Data Quality
3 2 (7.143%) COBIT
4 1 (3.571%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.571%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Siebel
3 3 (10.71%) Cognos
3 3 (10.71%) JD Edwards
3 3 (10.71%) SAP
4 2 (7.143%) CheckPoint
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