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.
| Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox) |
| 3 months to
21 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 382 | 290 | 318 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -92 |  +28 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 204 | 340 | 238 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 0.349 % | 0.565 % | 0.431 % |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.756 % | 8.023 % | 7.225 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 109 | 204 | 107 |
| Average daily rate | £450 | £425 | £388 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £212 | £263 | £256 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £550 | £510 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £375 | £350 | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| Average hourly rate | £18.50 | £18.00 | £23.10 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £12.45 | £17.65 | £15.40 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.20 | £39.35 | £44.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £18.50 | £37.75 | £21.55 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4289 | 4238 | 3294 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 7.337 % | 7.045 % | 5.968 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2244 | 2313 | 1487 |
| Average daily rate | £413 | £450 | £400 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £225 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £375 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 227 | 224 | 220 |
| Average hourly rate | £16.72 | £27.50 | £15.75 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £36.00 | £40.00 | £36.63 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £16.35 | £30.00 | £15.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
