The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 21 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 Uxbridge 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 13 22 17
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 7 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 6.731% 0.775% 4.587%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 7.143% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
Average daily rate £380 £425 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% -2.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £425 £367
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £425 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £395 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.33% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+37.83% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Uxbridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
14 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Uxbridge 13.46% 10.85% 9.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 5
Average daily rate £408 £545 £435
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% +25.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £489 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £794 £462
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
-1.42% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £21.36 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.35 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+7.03% -45.50%
Sarbanes-Oxley
London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
2 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
3 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (57.14%) SAP
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
4 3 (42.86%) Legal
4 3 (42.86%) ITSM
4 3 (42.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
4 3 (42.86%) COBIT
4 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 2 (28.57%) Release Management
5 2 (28.57%) ISMS
5 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) C
5 2 (28.57%) Process Management
5 2 (28.57%) Windows
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (14.29%) SAP MDM
6 1 (14.29%) Finance

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MDM
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Compliance Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
2 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Change Management
3 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
4 2 (28.57%) Release Management
4 2 (28.57%) ISMS
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) Process Management
4 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 1 (14.29%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) COBIT
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP