England Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Location Aberdeen Andover Aylesbury Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Leicestershire Lincolnshire London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Reading Scotland Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	305	276
Rank change on same period last year	-29
Matching contract IT job ads	300	402
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.385 %	0.452 %
As % of the category below	10.02 %	10.37 %
Daily rates quoted	130	149
Average minimum daily rate	£414	£391
Average daily rate	£438	£412
% change on same period last year	+6.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£462	£432
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£372
% change on same period last year	+0.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	19	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.68	£29.00
Average hourly rate	£22.82	£29.95
% change on same period last year	-23.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.95	£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.80	£26.57
% change on same period last year	-29.23 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance England
Matching contract IT job ads	2993	3878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.840 %	4.357 %
Daily rates quoted	1077	1347
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£392
Average daily rate	£399	£418
% change on same period last year	-4.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£427	£445
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£372
% change on same period last year	-4.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	340	357
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.98	£22.63
Average hourly rate	£22.71	£24.09
% change on same period last year	-5.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.45	£25.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.60	£22.88
% change on same period last year	-5.60 %
Sarbanes-Oxley UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the England region.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the England region over the past 3 months.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the England region.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the England region over the past 3 months.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the England region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	London	-10	146	£489	+9.59 %
2	South East	-7	74	£393	+8.65 %
3	South West	+33	24	£299	-16.72 %
4	East Midlands	0	15	£408	-
5	West Midlands	-5	14	£295	-9.23 %
6	East of England	-11	10	£424	+1.70 %
7	North West	-17	9	£340	-12.25 %
8	Yorkshire	-13	5	-	-
9	Midlands	-11	1	-	-

Sarbanes-Oxley UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the England region citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

1 241 (45.99 %) Finance 2 89 (16.98 %) ITIL 3 86 (16.41 %) Banking 4 84 (16.03 %) Project Management 5 82 (15.65 %) SAP 6 65 (12.40 %) PRINCE2 7 52 (9.924 %) Telecoms 8 48 (9.160 %) SQL 9 47 (8.969 %) Basel II 10 40 (7.634 %) Investment Banking 11 33 (6.298 %) Unix 12 32 (6.107 %) Change Management 13 30 (5.725 %) Oracle 13 30 (5.725 %) Microsoft 14 29 (5.534 %) Windows

15 26 (4.962 %) SQL Server 16 25 (4.771 %) PMP 16 25 (4.771 %) PMI Certification 16 25 (4.771 %) Front Office 17 24 (4.580 %) MS Excel 17 24 (4.580 %) COBIT 18 23 (4.389 %) Retail 19 22 (4.198 %) MiFID 19 22 (4.198 %) CAPM 19 22 (4.198 %) Derivative 19 22 (4.198 %) Firewall 20 21 (4.008 %) Risk Management 20 21 (4.008 %) Validation 20 21 (4.008 %) Business Intelligence 20 21 (4.008 %) Degree

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the England region citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sarbanes-Oxley. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (1.718 %) WebSphere 2 8 (1.527 %) J2EE 2 8 (1.527 %) XML 2 8 (1.527 %) JRules 3 6 (1.145 %) Struts 3 6 (1.145 %) SAP XI 4 5 (0.954 %) Middleware 5 4 (0.763 %) XSLT 5 4 (0.763 %) SOAP 5 4 (0.763 %) WebServices 6 3 (0.573 %) .NET 7 2 (0.382 %) EDI 7 2 (0.382 %) EDIFACT 8 1 (0.191 %) AJAX 8 1 (0.191 %) ODBC 8 1 (0.191 %) HTML 8 1 (0.191 %) ASP 8 1 (0.191 %) ASP.NET 8 1 (0.191 %) COM 8 1 (0.191 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 12 (2.290 %) CMS 2 5 (0.954 %) IIS 3 2 (0.382 %) WebLogic 3 2 (0.382 %) Oracle Workflow 3 2 (0.382 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 2 (0.382 %) Tuxedo 4 1 (0.191 %) MS Exchange 4 1 (0.191 %) SAS 4 1 (0.191 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 1 (0.191 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 1 (0.191 %) Lotus Domino 4 1 (0.191 %) MTS
Applications 1 24 (4.580 %) MS Excel 2 19 (3.626 %) MS Visio 3 16 (3.053 %) MS Office 4 11 (2.099 %) MS PowerPoint 5 8 (1.527 %) MS Project 6 3 (0.573 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 14 (2.672 %) Cartesis Magnitude 2 10 (1.908 %) Global One 3 6 (1.145 %) SAP CO 3 6 (1.145 %) SAP FI 3 6 (1.145 %) SAP FI/CO 4 5 (0.954 %) SAP WM 5 4 (0.763 %) SAP R/3 6 3 (0.573 %) MFGPRO 7 2 (0.382 %) Movex 7 2 (0.382 %) SAP HR 7 2 (0.382 %) SAP SD 7 2 (0.382 %) Summit 8 1 (0.191 %) Temenos Globus 8 1 (0.191 %) HFM 8 1 (0.191 %) SAP Oil and Gas 8 1 (0.191 %) AWD 8 1 (0.191 %) Temenos T24 8 1 (0.191 %) Fidessa
Communications & Networking 1 22 (4.198 %) Firewall 2 12 (2.290 %) Network Security 3 6 (1.145 %) HTTP 3 6 (1.145 %) VPN 3 6 (1.145 %) DNS 3 6 (1.145 %) Intranet 4 5 (0.954 %) TCP/IP 5 4 (0.763 %) FTP 5 4 (0.763 %) DHCP 5 4 (0.763 %) WINS 5 4 (0.763 %) NetScreen 5 4 (0.763 %) Intrusion Detection 5 4 (0.763 %) Wireless 6 3 (0.573 %) SAN 6 3 (0.573 %) WAN 7 2 (0.382 %) LAN 7 2 (0.382 %) 3G 8 1 (0.191 %) BOOTP 8 1 (0.191 %) TELNET 8 1 (0.191 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (4.962 %) SQL Server 2 19 (3.626 %) BusinessObjects 3 12 (2.290 %) BusinessObjects XI 4 10 (1.908 %) MS Access 5 6 (1.145 %) Datawarehouse 6 5 (0.954 %) Crystal Reports 6 5 (0.954 %) SQL Server 2005 7 4 (0.763 %) RDBMS 7 4 (0.763 %) DTS 8 3 (0.573 %) DB2 8 3 (0.573 %) SQL Server 2000 9 2 (0.382 %) SQLPlus 9 2 (0.382 %) ETL 9 2 (0.382 %) Reference Data 10 1 (0.191 %) Oracle Reports 10 1 (0.191 %) Hyperion Essbase 10 1 (0.191 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 1 (0.191 %) Oracle 10g 10 1 (0.191 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 7 (1.336 %) ClearCase 2 4 (0.763 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 1 (0.191 %) WinRunner 3 1 (0.191 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.191 %) QuickTest Pro 3 1 (0.191 %) PowerBuilder	General 1 241 (45.99 %) Finance 2 86 (16.41 %) Banking 3 52 (9.924 %) Telecoms 4 40 (7.634 %) Investment Banking 5 25 (4.771 %) Front Office 6 23 (4.389 %) Retail 7 20 (3.817 %) Legal 7 20 (3.817 %) Insurance 8 19 (3.626 %) Back Office 9 15 (2.863 %) Billing 10 14 (2.672 %) Auditing 11 13 (2.481 %) Retail Banking 12 10 (1.908 %) Pensions 13 9 (1.718 %) Government 13 9 (1.718 %) Financial Institution 14 8 (1.527 %) Manufacturing 15 7 (1.336 %) Pharmaceutical 16 5 (0.954 %) Marketing 17 2 (0.382 %) Corporate Banking 17 2 (0.382 %) Electronics
Job Titles 1 142 (27.10 %) Analyst 2 74 (14.12 %) Consultant 3 65 (12.40 %) Project Manager 4 62 (11.83 %) Business Analyst 5 42 (8.015 %) Developer 6 21 (4.008 %) Support Analyst 7 18 (3.435 %) Administrator 8 16 (3.053 %) Coordinator 9 14 (2.672 %) Process Analyst 9 14 (2.672 %) Security Consultant 9 14 (2.672 %) SAP Consultant 10 13 (2.481 %) Auditor 11 11 (2.099 %) SAP Support 12 9 (1.718 %) Senior Analyst 13 8 (1.527 %) Service Manager 13 8 (1.527 %) Architect 13 8 (1.527 %) Systems Analyst 13 8 (1.527 %) Project Analyst 13 8 (1.527 %) Support Manager 14 7 (1.336 %) Analyst Developer	Miscellaneous 1 22 (4.198 %) Derivative 2 10 (1.908 %) PMI 2 10 (1.908 %) Market Risk 3 8 (1.527 %) N-Tier 4 7 (1.336 %) Asset Management 5 6 (1.145 %) Computer Science 6 5 (0.954 %) French Language 6 5 (0.954 %) Credit Derivative 6 5 (0.954 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 5 (0.954 %) Management Information System 7 4 (0.763 %) AS400 8 3 (0.573 %) Client/Server 8 3 (0.573 %) Credit Risk 9 2 (0.382 %) Equities 9 2 (0.382 %) German Language 9 2 (0.382 %) Equity Derivative 10 1 (0.191 %) Statistics 10 1 (0.191 %) Mathematics 10 1 (0.191 %) Economics 10 1 (0.191 %) Fixed Income
Operating Systems 1 33 (6.298 %) Unix 2 29 (5.534 %) Windows 3 6 (1.145 %) AIX 4 4 (0.763 %) HPUX 4 4 (0.763 %) Linux 5 3 (0.573 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.382 %) Windows Server 2003 7 1 (0.191 %) Debian 7 1 (0.191 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 89 (16.98 %) ITIL 2 84 (16.03 %) Project Management 3 65 (12.40 %) PRINCE2 4 32 (6.107 %) Change Management 5 21 (4.008 %) Risk Management 5 21 (4.008 %) Business Intelligence 5 21 (4.008 %) Validation 6 19 (3.626 %) Information Security 6 19 (3.626 %) Business Analysis 6 19 (3.626 %) Six Sigma 7 18 (3.435 %) PRINCE 8 17 (3.244 %) Service Delivery 9 15 (2.863 %) Test Scripting 10 14 (2.672 %) Disaster Recovery 11 13 (2.481 %) Service Management 12 12 (2.290 %) OO 12 12 (2.290 %) Unit Testing 12 12 (2.290 %) Stakeholder Management 13 11 (2.099 %) Risk Assessment 13 11 (2.099 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 48 (9.160 %) SQL 2 15 (2.863 %) VB 3 10 (1.908 %) VBA 3 10 (1.908 %) Java 4 9 (1.718 %) Shell Script 5 8 (1.527 %) Perl 6 7 (1.336 %) C++ 7 6 (1.145 %) RPG 7 6 (1.145 %) C# 8 5 (0.954 %) Transact-SQL 9 4 (0.763 %) PL/SQL 10 2 (0.382 %) VBScript 11 1 (0.191 %) VB6 11 1 (0.191 %) Korn 11 1 (0.191 %) C 11 1 (0.191 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 25 (4.771 %) PMP 1 25 (4.771 %) PMI Certification 2 22 (4.198 %) CAPM 3 21 (4.008 %) Degree 4 12 (2.290 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 5 11 (2.099 %) CISSP 6 10 (1.908 %) CIMA 6 10 (1.908 %) CISA 7 9 (1.718 %) ACCA 8 7 (1.336 %) Microsoft Certification 8 7 (1.336 %) CISM 8 7 (1.336 %) ITIL Certification 9 6 (1.145 %) ISEB 10 5 (0.954 %) Cisco Certification 10 5 (0.954 %) CCNA 11 4 (0.763 %) CCNP 11 4 (0.763 %) Citrix Certification 12 3 (0.573 %) MCSE 12 3 (0.573 %) PRINCE2 Certification 12 3 (0.573 %) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 47 (8.969 %) Basel II 2 24 (4.580 %) COBIT 3 22 (4.198 %) MiFID 4 21 (4.008 %) QA 5 14 (2.672 %) GAAP 6 11 (2.099 %) SLA 7 9 (1.718 %) PCI DSS 8 7 (1.336 %) BS7799 9 6 (1.145 %) ISO17799 10 2 (0.382 %) GAMP 10 2 (0.382 %) GxP 11 1 (0.191 %) ISO27001 11 1 (0.191 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 15 (2.863 %) Active Directory 2 3 (0.573 %) Backup Exec 3 1 (0.191 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (0.191 %) NFS
Systems Management 1 6 (1.145 %) CONTROL-M 2 3 (0.573 %) Tivoli 2 3 (0.573 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.191 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (0.191 %) OpenView Configuration Management 3 1 (0.191 %) ARCserve 3 1 (0.191 %) Oracle Statspack	Vendors 1 82 (15.65 %) SAP 2 30 (5.725 %) Oracle 2 30 (5.725 %) Microsoft 3 19 (3.626 %) Business Objects 4 14 (2.672 %) Cartesis 5 9 (1.718 %) Sybase 5 9 (1.718 %) Cisco 5 9 (1.718 %) Murex 6 8 (1.527 %) ILOG 6 8 (1.527 %) CheckPoint 7 6 (1.145 %) Calypso 7 6 (1.145 %) IBM 7 6 (1.145 %) Cognos 8 5 (0.954 %) Reuters 8 5 (0.954 %) Remedy 9 4 (0.763 %) IXOS 9 4 (0.763 %) Qualys 10 3 (0.573 %) Amdocs 10 3 (0.573 %) Vignette 10 3 (0.573 %) HP