The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 20 June 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 East Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 84 74 80
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +6
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.153% 0.228% 0.204%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.439% 2.970% 3.261%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £331 £519
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -36.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £398 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
+6.00% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -45.94%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
82 101 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 6.288% 7.669% 6.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 52 54
Average daily rate £338 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £200 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £490 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
Average hourly rate £35.50 £20.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.50% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.29 £12.00 £8.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.95 £40.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.65% -44.26%
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) Lotus
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) IBM Notes
3 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
3 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
3 1 (16.67%) SLA
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) CISA
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (16.67%) ISMS
3 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IBM Notes
1 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Network Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) Lean Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) ISMS
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) CISA
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Lotus
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
View Sarbanes-Oxley jobs Nationwide