The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 Chester 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 21 22
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.704% 0.855% 0.621%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 12.50% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £275 - -
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 4.930% 6.838% 4.969%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £295 £275 £356
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.27% -22.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £200 £322
10% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £382 £371
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £14.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheshire

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 1 (100.00%) SAP R/3
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP R/3
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP