The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire - - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 11 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 8.046% 5.023% 5.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
Average daily rate £220 £250 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-2.85% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -43.62%
Sarbanes-Oxley
West Midlands

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSD
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree