The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 17 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 Buckinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 59 70 71
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +1
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 6 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.761% 0.492% 0.377%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.091% 5.319% 5.970%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £725 - £236
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
66 94 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 8.376% 9.252% 6.321%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 26 16
Average daily rate £413 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.90% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £106 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £425 £370
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 10
Average hourly rate £12.95 £14.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.12% +1.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +13 4 £725 -
Sarbanes-Oxley
South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
2 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 5 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Service Management
3 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Change Management
4 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) COBIT
5 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) CISSP
6 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
6 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (10.00%) Advertising
6 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
6 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
6 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
6 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
6 1 (10.00%) COSO

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

General
1 7 (70.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Banking
2 5 (50.00%) Retail
2 5 (50.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Change Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Head of Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Credit Risk Project Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Head of Security
5 1 (10.00%) Operational Risk Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Credit Risk
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Service Management
1 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (40.00%) Change Management
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (10.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) COSO
2 1 (10.00%) IEC 61508
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The role will involve change administration, procedural updates as required and implementation planning, KPI and weekly metric reporting, SOX and Audit compliance, management of weekly committees and coordination...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 May 2013