The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 186 190 178
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 17 28 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.266% 0.356% 0.684%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.427% 3.938% 8.590%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 46
Average daily rate £475 £513 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.31% +20.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £336 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £591 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £358
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
Average hourly rate £41.25 £30.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.24% -23.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
496 711 780
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 7.776% 9.040% 7.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 367 475 545
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £650 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 31 13
Average hourly rate £135.00 £19.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+610.52% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
Sarbanes-Oxley
London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
3 5 (18.52%) ITIL
3 5 (18.52%) SQL
3 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
3 5 (18.52%) Banking
4 4 (14.81%) CIMA
4 4 (14.81%) Scrum
4 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
4 4 (14.81%) Windows
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.81%) ACCA
5 3 (11.11%) Change Management
5 3 (11.11%) Linux
5 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
5 3 (11.11%) JSP
5 3 (11.11%) Struts
5 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
5 3 (11.11%) IIS
5 3 (11.11%) SAP
5 3 (11.11%) VBScript
5 3 (11.11%) VB
5 3 (11.11%) VBA
5 3 (11.11%) .NET
5 3 (11.11%) C#
5 3 (11.11%) Java
5 3 (11.11%) Legal
5 3 (11.11%) Validation
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 3 (11.11%) ASP.NET
1 3 (11.11%) JSP
1 3 (11.11%) Struts
1 3 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (7.407%) .NET Framework
2 2 (7.407%) HTML
3 1 (3.704%) XBRL
3 1 (3.704%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.704%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (7.407%) InfoPath
2 2 (7.407%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) HFM
2 1 (3.704%) RMDS
2 1 (3.704%) 3000 Xtra
2 1 (3.704%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Firewall
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
2 1 (3.704%) 802.11
2 1 (3.704%) OSPF
2 1 (3.704%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.704%) Wireless
2 1 (3.704%) LAN
2 1 (3.704%) WLAN
2 1 (3.704%) WAN
2 1 (3.704%) RIP
2 1 (3.704%) VPN
2 1 (3.704%) LDAP
2 1 (3.704%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.407%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.704%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Hudson
1 2 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (7.407%) Ant
1 2 (7.407%) JUnit
1 2 (7.407%) Eclipse
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle APEX
General
1 15 (55.56%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Banking
3 3 (11.11%) Legal
4 2 (7.407%) Advertising
4 2 (7.407%) Retail
5 1 (3.704%) Front Office
5 1 (3.704%) Back Office
5 1 (3.704%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.704%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (14.81%) Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Developer
3 3 (11.11%) Applications Developer
4 2 (7.407%) Systems Accountant
4 2 (7.407%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Consultant
5 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Administrator
5 1 (3.704%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.704%) Business Support Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) SAS Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Risk Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (3.704%) Network Architect
5 1 (3.704%) IT Risk Manager
5 1 (3.704%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (3.704%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.407%) DataPower
1 2 (7.407%) Derivative
1 2 (7.407%) Fixed Income
2 1 (3.704%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.704%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (3.704%) Credit Derivative
2 1 (3.704%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
3 1 (3.704%) Mac OS X
3 1 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (18.52%) ITIL
1 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
2 4 (14.81%) Scrum
3 3 (11.11%) Change Management
3 3 (11.11%) Validation
3 3 (11.11%) Migration
3 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 2 (7.407%) Waterfall
4 2 (7.407%) Requirements Management
4 2 (7.407%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.407%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (7.407%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.407%) Quality Management
4 2 (7.407%) Programme Management
4 2 (7.407%) Information Security
4 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.407%) CRM
4 2 (7.407%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 3 (11.11%) VBScript
2 3 (11.11%) VB
2 3 (11.11%) VBA
2 3 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) Java
2 3 (11.11%) VB6
3 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) CIMA
1 4 (14.81%) ACCA
2 2 (7.407%) CISSP
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.704%) CISA
3 1 (3.704%) MCSE
3 1 (3.704%) GCIA
3 1 (3.704%) GCIH
3 1 (3.704%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) COBIT
1 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.704%) GxP
2 1 (3.704%) MiFID
2 1 (3.704%) Basel III
2 1 (3.704%) FATCA
2 1 (3.704%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.704%) COSO
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.704%) Snort
1 1 (3.704%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
2 3 (11.11%) SAP
3 2 (7.407%) F5
3 2 (7.407%) Oracle
3 2 (7.407%) JBoss
3 2 (7.407%) Reuters
3 2 (7.407%) Hyperion
4 1 (3.704%) SunGard
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix
4 1 (3.704%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.704%) Cognos
4 1 (3.704%) Cadis
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