The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 17 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 Milton Keynes 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 48 61 56
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -5
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 4 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.780% 0.275% 0.335%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.43% 3.571% 4.444%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £725 - £115
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £13.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
35 56 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 6.823% 7.703% 7.538%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 12
Average daily rate £450 £350 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +55.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £207 £115
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £380 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 9
Average hourly rate - £14.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +1.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
Sarbanes-Oxley
Buckinghamshire

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 4 (57.14%) Retail Banking
3 3 (42.86%) Credit Risk
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Change Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) COSO
5 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
5 1 (14.29%) COBIT
5 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Advertising
5 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) CISSP
5 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 4 (57.14%) Retail Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Project Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Change Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Credit Risk Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Security
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Credit Risk
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Service Management
1 3 (42.86%) Service Delivery
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) COBIT
1 1 (14.29%) COSO
1 1 (14.29%) IEC 61508
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Posted: 14 May 2013