South West Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Location Aberdeen Andover Aylesbury Basildon Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northampton Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Paddington Peterborough Poole Reading Scotland Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	119	146
Rank change on same period last year	+27
Matching contract IT job ads	23	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.030 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	12.99 %	4.678 %
Daily rates quoted	9	7
Average minimum daily rate	£264	£349
Average daily rate	£299	£359
% change on same period last year	-16.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£333	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£370
% change on same period last year	+0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	-
Average hourly rate	£22.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.19	£27.83
% change on same period last year	-31.04 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance South West
Matching contract IT job ads	177	171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.227 %	0.192 %
Daily rates quoted	49	53
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£348
Average daily rate	£356	£365
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£370
% change on same period last year	-3.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	34
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.54	£17.80
Average hourly rate	£21.66	£19.17
% change on same period last year	+13.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.79	£20.54
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.65	£22.99
% change on same period last year	-5.85 %
Sarbanes-Oxley England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the South West region.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the South West region over the past 3 months.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the South West region.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the South West region over the past 3 months.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the South West region over the past 3 months.

Rank	Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
1	Bristol	+5	8	-	-
1	Dorset	+8	8	£268	+67.18 %
2	Wiltshire	+9	5	£350	-12.50 %

Sarbanes-Oxley England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

1 21 (44.68 %) Finance 2 17 (36.17 %) SAP 3 9 (19.15 %) Telecoms 4 8 (17.02 %) Six Sigma 5 7 (14.89 %) BS7799 5 7 (14.89 %) ITIL 5 7 (14.89 %) Microsoft 6 6 (12.77 %) MS Visio 7 5 (10.64 %) Unix 7 5 (10.64 %) Penetration Testing 7 5 (10.64 %) Data Analysis 7 5 (10.64 %) Time Management 8 4 (8.511 %) Banking 8 4 (8.511 %) Business Analysis 8 4 (8.511 %) IXOS

8 4 (8.511 %) Oracle 8 4 (8.511 %) RPG 9 3 (6.383 %) SQL 9 3 (6.383 %) SQL Server 9 3 (6.383 %) MS Excel 9 3 (6.383 %) RDBMS 9 3 (6.383 %) Active Directory 9 3 (6.383 %) Risk Management 9 3 (6.383 %) MS Office 9 3 (6.383 %) Information Security 9 3 (6.383 %) Lean Six Sigma 10 2 (4.255 %) Unit Testing 10 2 (4.255 %) System Testing 10 2 (4.255 %) Network Security 10 2 (4.255 %) ISMS

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the South West region citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Sarbanes-Oxley. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (2.128 %) HTML 1 1 (2.128 %) .NET 1 1 (2.128 %) ASP 1 1 (2.128 %) ASP.NET 1 1 (2.128 %) CSS 1 1 (2.128 %) XML 1 1 (2.128 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 2 (4.255 %) SAS 2 1 (2.128 %) IIS
Applications 1 6 (12.77 %) MS Visio 2 3 (6.383 %) MS Office 2 3 (6.383 %) MS Excel 3 2 (4.255 %) MS PowerPoint 4 1 (2.128 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 2 (4.255 %) SAP R/3 2 1 (2.128 %) SAP FI 2 1 (2.128 %) SAP FI/CO 2 1 (2.128 %) SAP CO
Communications & Networking 1 2 (4.255 %) DHCP 1 2 (4.255 %) WINS 1 2 (4.255 %) DNS 1 2 (4.255 %) Intranet 1 2 (4.255 %) Network Security 2 1 (2.128 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (6.383 %) SQL Server 1 3 (6.383 %) RDBMS 2 2 (4.255 %) Reference Data
General 1 21 (44.68 %) Finance 2 9 (19.15 %) Telecoms 3 4 (8.511 %) Banking 4 2 (4.255 %) Insurance 4 2 (4.255 %) Legal 5 1 (2.128 %) Government 5 1 (2.128 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 11 (23.40 %) Analyst 2 10 (21.28 %) Business Analyst 3 9 (19.15 %) SAP Support 4 5 (10.64 %) Security Engineer 4 5 (10.64 %) Developer 5 4 (8.511 %) Administrator 5 4 (8.511 %) Consultant 5 4 (8.511 %) SAP Administrator 6 3 (6.383 %) Process Analyst 6 3 (6.383 %) Security Consultant 7 2 (4.255 %) Senior Consultant 7 2 (4.255 %) Applications Developer 7 2 (4.255 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 7 2 (4.255 %) 3rd Line Support 7 2 (4.255 %) SAP Manager 7 2 (4.255 %) Risk Manager 7 2 (4.255 %) Senior Security Consultant 7 2 (4.255 %) Financial Business Analyst 7 2 (4.255 %) RPG Developer 7 2 (4.255 %) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.255 %) AS400 2 1 (2.128 %) Asset Management 2 1 (2.128 %) EPoS 2 1 (2.128 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 5 (10.64 %) Unix 2 2 (4.255 %) Windows 2 2 (4.255 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (17.02 %) Six Sigma 2 7 (14.89 %) ITIL 3 5 (10.64 %) Penetration Testing 3 5 (10.64 %) Data Analysis 3 5 (10.64 %) Time Management 4 4 (8.511 %) Business Analysis 5 3 (6.383 %) Lean Six Sigma 5 3 (6.383 %) Information Security 5 3 (6.383 %) Risk Management 6 2 (4.255 %) Change Management 6 2 (4.255 %) Information Security Management 6 2 (4.255 %) Security Management 6 2 (4.255 %) PDM 6 2 (4.255 %) Stakeholder Management 6 2 (4.255 %) DMAIC 6 2 (4.255 %) Risk Assessment 6 2 (4.255 %) ISMS 6 2 (4.255 %) Unit Testing 6 2 (4.255 %) System Testing 7 1 (2.128 %) Logistics	Programming Languages 1 4 (8.511 %) RPG 2 3 (6.383 %) SQL 3 1 (2.128 %) VBScript 3 1 (2.128 %) VB 3 1 (2.128 %) C# 3 1 (2.128 %) C++ 3 1 (2.128 %) Java
Qualifications 1 2 (4.255 %) ISEB 2 1 (2.128 %) CISSP 2 1 (2.128 %) ITIL Certification 2 1 (2.128 %) CISA 2 1 (2.128 %) CISM 2 1 (2.128 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (14.89 %) BS7799 2 2 (4.255 %) COBIT 2 2 (4.255 %) PCI DSS 2 2 (4.255 %) SLA 3 1 (2.128 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 3 (6.383 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 17 (36.17 %) SAP 2 7 (14.89 %) Microsoft 3 4 (8.511 %) Oracle 3 4 (8.511 %) IXOS 4 1 (2.128 %) CA