The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 365 367 297
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -70
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 151 197 315
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.363% 0.369% 0.561%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.103% 4.924% 7.842%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 108 190
Average daily rate £425 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £217 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £591 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £358
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 13
Average hourly rate £26.00 £18.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.54% +2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £12.70 £17.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.55 £46.80 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
2959 4001 4017
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 7.117% 7.501% 7.149%
Number of daily rates quoted 1801 2107 2228
Average daily rate £413 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £624
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 215 229
Average hourly rate £20.00 £17.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -41.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.05 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.75 £37.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.75 £16.35 £30.50
% change year-on-year
+8.56% -46.39%
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

England Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Histogram

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +33 93 £425 -15.00%
South East -6 29 £420 -6.66%
North West +14 14 £283 +82.25%
Yorkshire +5 5 £415 +19.85%
East Midlands -3 3 - -
North East +14 2 £300 -
South West +14 2 £506 +57.58%
Midlands - 1 £575 -
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 100 (41.15%) Finance
2 86 (35.39%) ITIL
3 53 (21.81%) SAP
4 44 (18.11%) Risk Management
5 34 (13.99%) Service Delivery
5 34 (13.99%) Project Management
5 34 (13.99%) Microsoft
6 33 (13.58%) Banking
7 30 (12.35%) PCI DSS
8 26 (10.70%) Security Management
8 26 (10.70%) SQL
8 26 (10.70%) MS Excel
8 26 (10.70%) COBIT
9 24 (9.877%) Information Security
9 24 (9.877%) CISSP
10 23 (9.465%) Windows
10 23 (9.465%) Management Information System
11 22 (9.053%) Service Management
12 21 (8.642%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (7.819%) Retail
14 18 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
14 18 (7.407%) VBA
14 18 (7.407%) MS Office
14 18 (7.407%) Active Directory
15 17 (6.996%) PRINCE2
15 17 (6.996%) Change Management
16 16 (6.584%) SAP Security
17 15 (6.173%) Business Objects
18 14 (5.761%) Oracle
18 14 (5.761%) VBScript

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 12 (4.938%) .NET
2 9 (3.704%) JSP
2 9 (3.704%) Struts
3 8 (3.292%) HTML
4 7 (2.881%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.058%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.058%) CSS
6 4 (1.646%) EDI
7 2 (0.823%) Hibernate
7 2 (0.823%) EJB
7 2 (0.823%) J2EE
7 2 (0.823%) Web Services
7 2 (0.823%) XML
7 2 (0.823%) JAXB
7 2 (0.823%) Struts2
7 2 (0.823%) Java EE
7 2 (0.823%) jQuery
7 2 (0.823%) Ajax
7 2 (0.823%) Spring
8 1 (0.412%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (3.292%) SharePoint
1 8 (3.292%) IIS
2 4 (1.646%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.235%) NetWeaver
3 3 (1.235%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.823%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.412%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.412%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.412%) SAS
5 1 (0.412%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.412%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 26 (10.70%) MS Excel
2 18 (7.407%) MS PowerPoint
2 18 (7.407%) MS Office
3 8 (3.292%) MS Project
4 3 (1.235%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.823%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.412%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (4.938%) SAP GRC
2 6 (2.469%) SAP R/3
2 6 (2.469%) 3000 Xtra
2 6 (2.469%) RMDS
2 6 (2.469%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 5 (2.058%) MFGPRO
4 3 (1.235%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.823%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.823%) HFM
6 1 (0.412%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (0.412%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.412%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.412%) Summit
6 1 (0.412%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.412%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.412%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.412%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.761%) VPN
2 12 (4.938%) LAN
3 7 (2.881%) LDAP
3 7 (2.881%) Firewall
4 6 (2.469%) WAN
5 2 (0.823%) Wireless
5 2 (0.823%) ATM
5 2 (0.823%) 802.11
5 2 (0.823%) OSPF
5 2 (0.823%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.823%) RIP
5 2 (0.823%) Network Security
5 2 (0.823%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.412%) HTTP
6 1 (0.412%) WLAN
6 1 (0.412%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.412%) Intranet
6 1 (0.412%) Internet
6 1 (0.412%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.350%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.058%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.646%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (1.235%) RDBMS
4 3 (1.235%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.235%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.823%) MySQL
5 2 (0.823%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (0.823%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.412%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.412%) Spotfire
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.412%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.412%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.412%) OLAP
6 1 (0.412%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.646%) ClearQuest
1 4 (1.646%) Subversion
2 3 (1.235%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (1.235%) Hudson
2 3 (1.235%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.235%) Ant
2 3 (1.235%) JUnit
3 1 (0.412%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.412%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.412%) LoadRunner
General
1 100 (41.15%) Finance
2 33 (13.58%) Banking
3 19 (7.819%) Retail
4 13 (5.350%) Telecoms
5 10 (4.115%) Legal
6 9 (3.704%) Retail Banking
7 7 (2.881%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.058%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.058%) Advertising
9 4 (1.646%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.823%) Front Office
10 2 (0.823%) Automotive
10 2 (0.823%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.412%) Billing
11 1 (0.412%) Marketing
11 1 (0.412%) German Language
11 1 (0.412%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.412%) Back Office
11 1 (0.412%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 86 (35.39%) Analyst
2 29 (11.93%) Project Manager
3 25 (10.29%) Consultant
4 21 (8.642%) Business Analyst
5 20 (8.230%) Architect
6 15 (6.173%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.761%) Security Analyst
8 13 (5.350%) Administrator
9 11 (4.527%) Security Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.527%) Security Consultant
9 11 (4.527%) Security Architect
10 9 (3.704%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (3.704%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.292%) Risk Analyst
12 6 (2.469%) DBA
12 6 (2.469%) Developer
12 6 (2.469%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.469%) Change Analyst
12 6 (2.469%) SAP Manager
12 6 (2.469%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.465%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.881%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (2.469%) Fixed Income
4 5 (2.058%) SecurID
4 5 (2.058%) Credit Risk
4 5 (2.058%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.058%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.235%) Reference Data
5 3 (1.235%) DataPower
5 3 (1.235%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.823%) EPoS
6 2 (0.823%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.823%) FMCG
6 2 (0.823%) CMDB
6 2 (0.823%) Derivative
7 1 (0.412%) Credit Derivative
7 1 (0.412%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.412%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.412%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.412%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.465%) Windows
2 10 (4.115%) Linux
3 7 (2.881%) Windows XP
4 6 (2.469%) Windows 7
5 5 (2.058%) UNIX
6 4 (1.646%) Solaris
7 2 (0.823%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.823%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.412%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.412%) VMS
8 1 (0.412%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.39%) ITIL
2 44 (18.11%) Risk Management
3 34 (13.99%) Service Delivery
3 34 (13.99%) Project Management
4 26 (10.70%) Security Management
5 24 (9.877%) Information Security
6 22 (9.053%) Service Management
7 21 (8.642%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (6.996%) PRINCE2
8 17 (6.996%) Change Management
9 16 (6.584%) SAP Security
10 14 (5.761%) Data Analysis
11 12 (4.938%) Problem Management
12 11 (4.527%) Data Protection
12 11 (4.527%) Six Sigma
12 11 (4.527%) ITSM
13 10 (4.115%) Data Modelling
13 10 (4.115%) Waterfall
13 10 (4.115%) Incident Management
14 9 (3.704%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.70%) SQL
2 18 (7.407%) VBA
3 14 (5.761%) VBScript
3 14 (5.761%) VB
4 12 (4.938%) C#
5 10 (4.115%) Java
6 9 (3.704%) VB6
7 7 (2.881%) Perl
8 4 (1.646%) C
9 2 (0.823%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.412%) ABAP
10 1 (0.412%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (9.877%) CISSP
2 13 (5.350%) Degree
3 9 (3.704%) CISA
4 7 (2.881%) MCSE
4 7 (2.881%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.469%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.058%) Security+ Certification
7 4 (1.646%) ACCA
7 4 (1.646%) CIMA
7 4 (1.646%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 4 (1.646%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (1.235%) QiCA
9 2 (0.823%) CISM
9 2 (0.823%) GIAC
9 2 (0.823%) ISEB
9 2 (0.823%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.823%) Security Cleared
9 2 (0.823%) GCIA
9 2 (0.823%) GCIH
10 1 (0.412%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.35%) PCI DSS
2 26 (10.70%) COBIT
3 13 (5.350%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.704%) SLA
5 8 (3.292%) COSO
6 7 (2.881%) HIPAA
6 7 (2.881%) Basel II
7 4 (1.646%) GxP
7 4 (1.646%) Basel III
8 3 (1.235%) QA
8 3 (1.235%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (1.235%) GAAP
9 2 (0.823%) ISO/IEC 17799
9 2 (0.823%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.412%) MiFID
10 1 (0.412%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.412%) FATCA
10 1 (0.412%) GAMP
System Software
1 18 (7.407%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.235%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 2 (0.823%) Nmap
4 1 (0.412%) Snort
4 1 (0.412%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.412%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 1 (0.412%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 5 (2.058%) HP Quality Center
1 5 (2.058%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (1.235%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.412%) Splunk
Vendors
1 53 (21.81%) SAP
2 34 (13.99%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.173%) Business Objects
4 14 (5.761%) Oracle
5 8 (3.292%) Cognos
6 7 (2.881%) Reuters
6 7 (2.881%) JD Edwards
7 6 (2.469%) SunGard
7 6 (2.469%) Cadis
7 6 (2.469%) Yahoo!
8 5 (2.058%) Citrix
8 5 (2.058%) McAfee
8 5 (2.058%) QAD
9 4 (1.646%) Siebel
10 3 (1.235%) F5
10 3 (1.235%) Sun
10 3 (1.235%) JBoss
11 2 (0.823%) Lotus
11 2 (0.823%) Symantec
11 2 (0.823%) CheckPoint
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