The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley 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 Bracknell 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank - 24 -
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell - 0.680% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 12.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £350 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+37.83% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
15 8 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 6.148% 5.442% 8.284%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 6
Average daily rate £165 £318 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.03% -31.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £152 £243 £141
10% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £350 £1,000
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
Average hourly rate £14.50 - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
Sarbanes-Oxley
Berkshire

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) MS Project
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Life Science
2 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 1 (33.33%) MS Project
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Thin Client
1 1 (33.33%) Life Science
1 1 (33.33%) Fat Client
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement