The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, 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 22 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 Docklands, 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 29 31 57
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +26
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 2 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.163% 0.463% 0.510%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.18% 4.167% 7.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £184 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -55.12%
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 £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
11 24 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 6.395% 11.11% 6.973%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 16 24
Average daily rate £500 £438 £540
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -18.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £350 £453
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £575 £620
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £47.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Docklands, 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
1 2 (100.00%) RMDS
1 2 (100.00%) 3000 Xtra
1 2 (100.00%) Cadis

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) RMDS
1 2 (100.00%) 3000 Xtra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) VBA
1 2 (100.00%) VB6
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Reuters
1 2 (100.00%) Cadis