The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the 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 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 285 309 236
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -73
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 92 101 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.425% 0.375% 0.655%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.721% 4.805% 8.621%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 62 143
Average daily rate £425 £488 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £364 £317
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £358
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +4.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 8
Average hourly rate £41.25 £23.25 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+77.41% +29.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.85 £11.25 £15.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.65 £40.28 £24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1608 2102 2401
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.431% 7.805% 7.595%
Number of daily rates quoted 1111 1303 1578
Average daily rate £450 £463 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £643 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 64 53
Average hourly rate £32.75 £17.87 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.31% -3.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.93 £11.70 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.60 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

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 London region.

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 London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 London region.

London Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +7 16 £475 -7.31%
Uxbridge +12 7 £380 -10.58%
Canary Wharf - 7 £176 -
Croydon - 3 £325 -
Docklands, London +4 2 - -
Brentford -9 1 - -
Bromley - 1 £250 -
Hounslow - 1 £450 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 60 (48.78%) Finance
2 44 (35.77%) ITIL
3 30 (24.39%) Risk Management
4 23 (18.70%) PCI DSS
5 21 (17.07%) Service Delivery
6 20 (16.26%) SQL
6 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
6 20 (16.26%) CISSP
7 19 (15.45%) SAP
8 18 (14.63%) MS Excel
8 18 (14.63%) Security Management
9 17 (13.82%) Banking
10 16 (13.01%) Windows
10 16 (13.01%) VBA
11 15 (12.20%) Active Directory
12 14 (11.38%) VBScript
12 14 (11.38%) VB
12 14 (11.38%) Project Management
12 14 (11.38%) COBIT
13 13 (10.57%) MS PowerPoint
13 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (10.57%) Change Management
13 13 (10.57%) VPN
14 12 (9.756%) LAN
14 12 (9.756%) Management Information System
14 12 (9.756%) Information Security
15 11 (8.943%) Business Objects
16 10 (8.130%) Waterfall
16 10 (8.130%) SQL Server
17 9 (7.317%) .NET

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 9 (7.317%) .NET
2 7 (5.691%) ASP.NET
2 7 (5.691%) JSP
2 7 (5.691%) Struts
3 5 (4.065%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.439%) HTML
5 1 (0.813%) ASP
5 1 (0.813%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 7 (5.691%) IIS
2 4 (3.252%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (2.439%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.439%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.813%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (14.63%) MS Excel
2 13 (10.57%) MS PowerPoint
3 9 (7.317%) MS Office
4 3 (2.439%) MS Project
5 2 (1.626%) InfoPath
5 2 (1.626%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.813%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (4.878%) 3000 Xtra
1 6 (4.878%) RMDS
2 4 (3.252%) SAP GRC
3 3 (2.439%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 3 (2.439%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.626%) HFM
5 1 (0.813%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.813%) Summit
5 1 (0.813%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.813%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) VPN
2 12 (9.756%) LAN
3 7 (5.691%) LDAP
4 6 (4.878%) WAN
5 4 (3.252%) Firewall
6 2 (1.626%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.626%) Network Security
6 2 (1.626%) EIGRP
6 2 (1.626%) OSPF
6 2 (1.626%) 802.11
6 2 (1.626%) Wireless
6 2 (1.626%) RIP
7 1 (0.813%) WLAN
7 1 (0.813%) HTTP
7 1 (0.813%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.813%) Intranet
7 1 (0.813%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.130%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.252%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (3.252%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.439%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.626%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.813%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.813%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.813%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (3.252%) Subversion
1 4 (3.252%) ClearQuest
2 3 (2.439%) Ant
2 3 (2.439%) JUnit
2 3 (2.439%) Eclipse
2 3 (2.439%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (2.439%) Hudson
3 1 (0.813%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.813%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle APEX
General
1 60 (48.78%) Finance
2 17 (13.82%) Banking
3 9 (7.317%) Legal
4 8 (6.504%) Retail
5 4 (3.252%) Retail Banking
5 4 (3.252%) Investment Banking
5 4 (3.252%) Advertising
6 2 (1.626%) Front Office
7 1 (0.813%) Back Office
7 1 (0.813%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.813%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 42 (34.15%) Analyst
2 16 (13.01%) Architect
2 16 (13.01%) Business Analyst
3 12 (9.756%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (8.943%) Security Architect
4 11 (8.943%) Security Solutions Architect
5 9 (7.317%) Project Manager
6 8 (6.504%) Consultant
7 7 (5.691%) Support Analyst
8 6 (4.878%) Security Analyst
8 6 (4.878%) Security Consultant
8 6 (4.878%) Administrator
9 5 (4.065%) Risk Analyst
9 5 (4.065%) Security Administrator
9 5 (4.065%) IT Administrator
9 5 (4.065%) IT Security Administrator
10 4 (3.252%) Compliance Manager
10 4 (3.252%) Service Desk Analyst
10 4 (3.252%) Business Support Analyst
10 4 (3.252%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.756%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.691%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.065%) Client/Server
3 5 (4.065%) Fixed Income
3 5 (4.065%) SecurID
4 3 (2.439%) DataPower
5 2 (1.626%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.626%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.626%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.626%) Derivative
6 1 (0.813%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.813%) Credit Derivative
6 1 (0.813%) Replication
6 1 (0.813%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (0.813%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.813%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.01%) Windows
2 7 (5.691%) Linux
3 6 (4.878%) Windows 7
3 6 (4.878%) Windows XP
4 3 (2.439%) UNIX
5 2 (1.626%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.626%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.813%) Solaris
6 1 (0.813%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.77%) ITIL
2 30 (24.39%) Risk Management
3 21 (17.07%) Service Delivery
4 18 (14.63%) Security Management
5 14 (11.38%) Project Management
6 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (10.57%) Change Management
7 12 (9.756%) Information Security
8 10 (8.130%) Waterfall
9 9 (7.317%) Incident Management
9 9 (7.317%) Security Architecture
10 8 (6.504%) PRINCE2
11 7 (5.691%) Service Management
11 7 (5.691%) Data Analysis
11 7 (5.691%) SAP Security
12 6 (4.878%) SIEM
12 6 (4.878%) Problem Management
12 6 (4.878%) Business Analysis
13 5 (4.065%) Quality Management
13 5 (4.065%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (16.26%) SQL
2 16 (13.01%) VBA
3 14 (11.38%) VBScript
3 14 (11.38%) VB
4 9 (7.317%) C#
4 9 (7.317%) VB6
5 7 (5.691%) Java
6 6 (4.878%) Perl
7 2 (1.626%) C
8 1 (0.813%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (16.26%) CISSP
2 7 (5.691%) Degree
3 6 (4.878%) CISA
4 5 (4.065%) Security+ Certification
5 3 (2.439%) MCSE
5 3 (2.439%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.439%) CIMA
5 3 (2.439%) ACCA
6 2 (1.626%) GIAC
6 2 (1.626%) GCIA
6 2 (1.626%) GCIH
6 2 (1.626%) ISEB
6 2 (1.626%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.813%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.813%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (18.70%) PCI DSS
2 14 (11.38%) COBIT
3 7 (5.691%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.691%) HIPAA
4 6 (4.878%) Basel II
5 4 (3.252%) SLA
6 3 (2.439%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (2.439%) Basel III
7 2 (1.626%) COSO
7 2 (1.626%) QA
7 2 (1.626%) GxP
8 1 (0.813%) ISO/IEC 17799
8 1 (0.813%) GAAP
8 1 (0.813%) MiFID
8 1 (0.813%) FATCA
System Software
1 15 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.626%) Nmap
3 1 (0.813%) Snort
3 1 (0.813%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.813%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 1 (0.813%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 5 (4.065%) McAfee ePO
1 5 (4.065%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.813%) Splunk
Vendors
1 20 (16.26%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.45%) SAP
3 11 (8.943%) Business Objects
4 7 (5.691%) Oracle
4 7 (5.691%) Reuters
5 6 (4.878%) Cadis
5 6 (4.878%) Yahoo!
6 5 (4.065%) SunGard
6 5 (4.065%) McAfee
7 4 (3.252%) Citrix
8 3 (2.439%) JBoss
8 3 (2.439%) F5
9 2 (1.626%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.626%) Hyperion
9 2 (1.626%) SmartStream
9 2 (1.626%) Sun
10 1 (0.813%) Cognos
10 1 (0.813%) Sybase
10 1 (0.813%) Murex
10 1 (0.813%) HP
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