The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 18 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 Manchester 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 65 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 4 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.410% 0.406% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.407% 5.814% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -48.05%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
54 86 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 5.538% 6.975% 4.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 22
Average daily rate £325 £268 £294
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.49% -8.93%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £133 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £365 £411
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 5
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £11.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +47.82%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £11.80 £9.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.80 £20.53 £14.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
Sarbanes-Oxley
North West

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) SAP HCM
3 2 (28.57%) SAP GRC
3 2 (28.57%) SAP Security
4 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (14.29%) BPR
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) HPUX
4 1 (14.29%) Solaris
4 1 (14.29%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (14.29%) Perl
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
4 1 (14.29%) IIS

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP HCM
1 2 (28.57%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Help Desk Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Help Desk Support
2 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Network Support
4 1 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) SAP GRC Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) HPUX
1 1 (14.29%) Solaris
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) SAP Security
4 1 (14.29%) BPR
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Perl
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 17799
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Sun
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
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