The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 19 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 360 358 301
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -57
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 185 224 345
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.384% 0.386% 0.554%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.493% 5.209% 7.904%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 106 204
Average daily rate £400 £450 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £302 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £593 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £381
% change year-on-year
+5.33% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 13
Average hourly rate £25.50 £24.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.08% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £13.05 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.20 £46.40 £39.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -48.05%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
3368 4300 4365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 7.000% 7.409% 7.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1993 2207 2450
Average daily rate £400 £410 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% -7.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £388
% change year-on-year
- -9.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 226 275
Average hourly rate £19.00 £17.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -32.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.63 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.72 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.15% -44.26%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Histogram

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 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
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -11 168 £420 -6.66% 32
London +36 95 £450 -10.00% 11
South East +11 43 £450 - 13
City of London +2 21 £455 -12.28% 4
North West +23 15 £325 +109.67%
Berkshire +1 15 £475 +5.55% 5
Buckinghamshire -1 14 £420 +23.52% 1
Milton Keynes +14 11 £415 - 1
Cheshire +8 9 £325 -
Yorkshire +10 8 £425 +22.74% 2
West Yorkshire +8 8 £425 +22.74% 1
Uxbridge - 7 £380 -
Slough -13 6 £450 -
Scotland -26 6 £250 -37.50% 1
Reading +11 5 £505 +55.38% 3
Croydon +9 3 £325 -16.12%
Edinburgh -11 3 - - 1
East of England +10 2 £375 +32.74% 2
East Midlands -2 2 - - 1
Surrey +15 1 £400 -20.00% 1
Oxfordshire +2 1 - - 1
Essex -6 1 £410 +90.69%
Hampshire -9 1 £425 - 4
Hertfordshire - 1 £340 - 1
Kent - - - -
North Yorkshire - - - - 1
Gloucestershire - - - - 1
Cambridgeshire - - - -
Southend-on-Sea - - - -
Staines - - - -

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 119 (41.32%) Finance
2 92 (31.94%) ITIL
3 55 (19.10%) Risk Management
4 51 (17.71%) SAP
5 42 (14.58%) Banking
6 40 (13.89%) Windows
6 40 (13.89%) Microsoft
6 40 (13.89%) CISSP
6 40 (13.89%) Information Security
7 39 (13.54%) Project Management
8 37 (12.85%) Security Management
8 37 (12.85%) COBIT
9 34 (11.81%) Management Information System
9 34 (11.81%) Service Delivery
10 30 (10.42%) PCI DSS
11 28 (9.722%) Service Management
12 27 (9.375%) SQL
13 25 (8.681%) Oracle
14 24 (8.333%) Change Management
14 24 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
14 24 (8.333%) MS Excel
14 24 (8.333%) Degree
15 22 (7.639%) Retail
15 22 (7.639%) Data Protection
15 22 (7.639%) VBA
15 22 (7.639%) Active Directory
16 21 (7.292%) CISA
17 20 (6.944%) CISM
18 19 (6.597%) SQL Server
18 19 (6.597%) MS Office

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 14 (4.861%) .NET
2 9 (3.125%) ASP.NET
2 9 (3.125%) JSP
2 9 (3.125%) Struts
3 8 (2.778%) HTML
4 5 (1.736%) CSS
4 5 (1.736%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.694%) jQuery
5 2 (0.694%) Struts2
5 2 (0.694%) Spring
5 2 (0.694%) Ajax
5 2 (0.694%) Java EE
5 2 (0.694%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.694%) JAXB
5 2 (0.694%) J2EE
5 2 (0.694%) EJB
5 2 (0.694%) Web Services
5 2 (0.694%) XML
5 2 (0.694%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.347%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 14 (4.861%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.819%) IIS
3 5 (1.736%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (1.389%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.694%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.347%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.347%) Apache
6 1 (0.347%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.347%) SAS
6 1 (0.347%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.347%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 24 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 19 (6.597%) MS Office
3 17 (5.903%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (2.431%) MS Project
5 4 (1.389%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.694%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.347%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.125%) SAP GRC
2 8 (2.778%) SAP R/3
3 7 (2.431%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 6 (2.083%) 3000 Xtra
4 6 (2.083%) RMDS
5 4 (1.389%) SAP MDM
6 3 (1.042%) HFM
7 2 (0.694%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.694%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.347%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.347%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.347%) Oracle Manufacturing
8 1 (0.347%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.347%) MFGPRO
8 1 (0.347%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.347%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.347%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.347%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.347%) SAP FI-AP
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.861%) LAN
1 14 (4.861%) VPN
2 10 (3.472%) Network Security
3 8 (2.778%) LDAP
3 8 (2.778%) Firewall
4 7 (2.431%) WAN
5 3 (1.042%) Wireless
5 3 (1.042%) ATM
6 2 (0.694%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.694%) RIP
6 2 (0.694%) WLAN
6 2 (0.694%) Internet
6 2 (0.694%) OSPF
6 2 (0.694%) EIGRP
6 2 (0.694%) 802.11
7 1 (0.347%) H.323
7 1 (0.347%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.347%) SAN
7 1 (0.347%) Intranet
7 1 (0.347%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.597%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.083%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (2.083%) MySQL
3 5 (1.736%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (1.736%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.389%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (1.042%) DB2
5 3 (1.042%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.042%) QlikView
6 2 (0.694%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (0.694%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.694%) Sybase ASE
6 2 (0.694%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.694%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.694%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.347%) Essbase
7 1 (0.347%) Sybase IQ
7 1 (0.347%) MS Access
7 1 (0.347%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (1.389%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (1.389%) Subversion
1 4 (1.389%) ClearQuest
2 3 (1.042%) MSI
2 3 (1.042%) Ant
2 3 (1.042%) JUnit
2 3 (1.042%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.042%) Hudson
3 1 (0.347%) ClearCase
3 1 (0.347%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.347%) PROIV
3 1 (0.347%) Oracle APEX
General
1 119 (41.32%) Finance
2 42 (14.58%) Banking
3 22 (7.639%) Retail
4 14 (4.861%) Telecoms
5 9 (3.125%) Legal
5 9 (3.125%) Retail Banking
6 7 (2.431%) Advertising
7 6 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.736%) Investment Banking
9 4 (1.389%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.042%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.694%) Front Office
11 2 (0.694%) Automotive
12 1 (0.347%) Publishing
12 1 (0.347%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.347%) Back Office
12 1 (0.347%) International Banking
12 1 (0.347%) Marketing
12 1 (0.347%) German Language
12 1 (0.347%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 115 (39.93%) Analyst
2 29 (10.07%) Security Analyst
3 25 (8.681%) Consultant
3 25 (8.681%) Project Manager
4 22 (7.639%) Architect
5 18 (6.250%) Business Analyst
6 17 (5.903%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (5.208%) Risk Analyst
8 14 (4.861%) Administrator
9 13 (4.514%) Security Consultant
9 13 (4.514%) Security Architect
9 13 (4.514%) Security Solutions Architect
10 12 (4.167%) Compliance Analyst
11 11 (3.819%) DBA
12 10 (3.472%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.472%) Developer
13 8 (2.778%) Compliance Manager
13 8 (2.778%) Security Manager
13 8 (2.778%) SAP Consultant
14 7 (2.431%) Security Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.81%) Management Information System
2 7 (2.431%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (2.431%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (2.431%) Computer Science
3 6 (2.083%) SecurID
3 6 (2.083%) Client/Server
3 6 (2.083%) Fixed Income
3 6 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.389%) Credit Risk
4 4 (1.389%) CMDB
4 4 (1.389%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.042%) DataPower
5 3 (1.042%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.694%) FMCG
6 2 (0.694%) Derivative
6 2 (0.694%) EPoS
6 2 (0.694%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.347%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.347%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.347%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.89%) Windows
2 17 (5.903%) Linux
3 13 (4.514%) UNIX
4 11 (3.819%) Windows 7
5 9 (3.125%) Windows XP
6 8 (2.778%) Solaris
7 5 (1.736%) HPUX
8 4 (1.389%) AIX
9 3 (1.042%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.042%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.694%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.694%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.347%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (31.94%) ITIL
2 55 (19.10%) Risk Management
3 40 (13.89%) Information Security
4 39 (13.54%) Project Management
5 37 (12.85%) Security Management
6 34 (11.81%) Service Delivery
7 28 (9.722%) Service Management
8 24 (8.333%) Change Management
8 24 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
9 22 (7.639%) Data Protection
10 18 (6.250%) Data Analysis
10 18 (6.250%) Problem Management
11 14 (4.861%) SAP Security
12 13 (4.514%) Data Modelling
12 13 (4.514%) PRINCE2
12 13 (4.514%) ISMS
13 12 (4.167%) Security Architecture
13 12 (4.167%) Waterfall
13 12 (4.167%) Information Security Management
14 11 (3.819%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.375%) SQL
2 22 (7.639%) VBA
3 18 (6.250%) VBScript
4 17 (5.903%) VB
5 13 (4.514%) C#
6 11 (3.819%) Java
7 10 (3.472%) VB6
8 8 (2.778%) Perl
9 4 (1.389%) C
10 3 (1.042%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.042%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.347%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.347%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.347%) ABAP
11 1 (0.347%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.347%) C++
11 1 (0.347%) COBOL
11 1 (0.347%) REXX
11 1 (0.347%) JCL
11 1 (0.347%) Scala
Qualifications
1 40 (13.89%) CISSP
2 24 (8.333%) Degree
3 21 (7.292%) CISA
4 20 (6.944%) CISM
5 10 (3.472%) GIAC
6 7 (2.431%) Security+ Certification
6 7 (2.431%) MCSE
6 7 (2.431%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.083%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.736%) ACCA
8 5 (1.736%) CIMA
9 4 (1.389%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 4 (1.389%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.042%) QiCA
10 3 (1.042%) CCNP
10 3 (1.042%) GCIH
10 3 (1.042%) CRISC
10 3 (1.042%) Security Cleared
11 2 (0.694%) GCIA
11 2 (0.694%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.85%) COBIT
2 30 (10.42%) PCI DSS
3 19 (6.597%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (4.167%) COSO
4 12 (4.167%) SLA
5 10 (3.472%) Basel II
6 8 (2.778%) ISO 9001
7 6 (2.083%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (1.389%) Basel III
8 4 (1.389%) GxP
9 3 (1.042%) GAAP
9 3 (1.042%) QA
10 2 (0.694%) BS25999
10 2 (0.694%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.694%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.694%) ISO/IEC 17799
11 1 (0.347%) GAMP
11 1 (0.347%) MiFID
11 1 (0.347%) IEC 61508
11 1 (0.347%) FATCA
System Software
1 22 (7.639%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.389%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 2 (0.694%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.694%) Nmap
4 1 (0.347%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.347%) RACF
4 1 (0.347%) Snort
4 1 (0.347%) ClearTrust
4 1 (0.347%) Veritas Volume Manager
4 1 (0.347%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 6 (2.083%) McAfee ePO
2 5 (1.736%) Tivoli
3 4 (1.389%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.694%) SCCM
5 1 (0.347%) Foglight
5 1 (0.347%) OpenView
5 1 (0.347%) OVSD
5 1 (0.347%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (17.71%) SAP
2 40 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 25 (8.681%) Oracle
4 13 (4.514%) Business Objects
5 8 (2.778%) Cognos
6 7 (2.431%) Reuters
6 7 (2.431%) Citrix
6 7 (2.431%) JD Edwards
7 6 (2.083%) Cadis
7 6 (2.083%) Yahoo!
7 6 (2.083%) McAfee
8 5 (1.736%) SunGard
8 5 (1.736%) Sun
9 4 (1.389%) Siebel
9 4 (1.389%) JBoss
10 3 (1.042%) Hyperion
10 3 (1.042%) NetApp
10 3 (1.042%) Cisco
10 3 (1.042%) F5
11 2 (0.694%) LANDesk
London
This is an urgent requirement for an information security specialist project manager to lead the implementation of technical security solutions... Knowledge of appropriate information security standards (ISO27001, PCI-...
Acumin
Rate: From £400 to £500 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Information Risk Management/Information Security Regulatory knowledge to auditable standard- Operational Risk/Sarbanes Oxley Cross industry experience in similar function SAP Delivery Driven Professional Stakeholder Engagement Team Managment...
Montash
Rate: £500 - £550 per day + Negotiable / Depending on Experience
Posted: 17 June 2013
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Assist with overall consistency and project management of various network and information security projects and programs... Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Management, Finance, Accounting or...
Volt
Rate: £450.00 - £500.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Reading, South East
An exciting opportunity for a Security Analyst has arisen with a large complex end user undergoing significant change- Due to increased business demand, an experienced Security Analyst is...
GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP500 to GBP520 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Your experience could be complimented by some of the following certifications: CISA, CIA, CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or CPA and being familiar with data protection laws in the EU...
Understanding Recruitment
Rate: £480 - £520 per day
Posted: 16 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
Canary Wharf, London
GSA Techsource
Rate: Please quote your best daily rate
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Experis IT
Rate: £430 - £480 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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