The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 106 125 124
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -1
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 16 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.664% 0.296% 0.263%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.85% 4.433% 6.154%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 5
Average daily rate £325 £155 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+109.67% -46.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £155 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £155 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £375
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
Average hourly rate £17.75 £17.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.41% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -48.05%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
135 203 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 5.602% 6.667% 4.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 75 64
Average daily rate £325 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £163 £102
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 18
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.50 £13.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.21% +24.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £12.80 £10.44
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £24.58 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+10.64% -44.26%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
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Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 13 (54.17%) ITIL
3 11 (45.83%) SAP
4 8 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
5 7 (29.17%) Problem Management
6 5 (20.83%) Service Management
7 4 (16.67%) CISA
7 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 4 (16.67%) Windows
7 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
7 4 (16.67%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 4 (16.67%) SAP R/3
7 4 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
7 4 (16.67%) Banking
7 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (12.50%) SAP GRC
8 3 (12.50%) SAP Security
8 3 (12.50%) COBIT
8 3 (12.50%) CMDB
8 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
8 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (12.50%) QiCA
9 2 (8.333%) Business Continuity
9 2 (8.333%) Project Management
9 2 (8.333%) GAAP
9 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
9 2 (8.333%) Citrix
9 2 (8.333%) Windows XP

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (4.167%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 7 (29.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.167%) WebLogic
2 1 (4.167%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Office
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) SAP R/3
2 3 (12.50%) SAP GRC
3 2 (8.333%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 4 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Retail
3 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (54.17%) Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Risk Analyst
2 4 (16.67%) Compliance Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Risk Manager
3 3 (12.50%) Tivoli Specialist
3 3 (12.50%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
3 3 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) Senior Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.333%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (8.333%) Financial Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) SAP Security Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) SAP Data Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) 1st Line Support Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) SAP GRC Consultant
5 1 (4.167%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.333%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.167%) UNIX
3 1 (4.167%) Tru64
3 1 (4.167%) AIX
3 1 (4.167%) HPUX
3 1 (4.167%) Solaris
3 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 7 (29.17%) Problem Management
4 5 (20.83%) Service Management
5 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 4 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
5 4 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (12.50%) SAP Security
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
7 2 (8.333%) Project Management
7 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (8.333%) Business Continuity
7 2 (8.333%) IT Governance
8 1 (4.167%) Risk Assessment
8 1 (4.167%) Data Analysis
8 1 (4.167%) BPR
8 1 (4.167%) Identity Management
8 1 (4.167%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) Perl
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) CISA
2 3 (12.50%) QiCA
3 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.167%) CISM
4 1 (4.167%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) COBIT
2 2 (8.333%) GAAP
2 2 (8.333%) BS25999
2 2 (8.333%) COSO
3 1 (4.167%) Basel III
3 1 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 1 (4.167%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) SAP
2 2 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.333%) Citrix
3 1 (4.167%) Ariba
3 1 (4.167%) JD Edwards
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) Sun
3 1 (4.167%) Cognos
3 1 (4.167%) IBM
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