West Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox) skills within the West Midlands 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	106	112
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	14	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.007 %
As % of the category below	9.790 %	3.371 %
Daily rates quoted	5	3
Average minimum daily rate	£270	£283
Average daily rate	£295	£333
% change on same period last year	-11.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£320	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£373	£370
% change on same period last year	+0.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.19	£27.83
% change on same period last year	-31.04 %
Quality Assurance & Compliance West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	143	178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.183 %	0.200 %
Daily rates quoted	34	38
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£340
Average daily rate	£384	£363
% change on same period last year	+5.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£410	£387
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£370
% change on same period last year	-3.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	60
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.69	£26.10
Average hourly rate	£18.27	£27.88
% change on same period last year	-34.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.86	£29.67
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 West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

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 West Midlands 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	Birmingham	+10	7	£325	-
2	Dudley	-	3	£238	-
3	Solihull	+1	1	-	-
3	Herefordshire	-	1	-	-

Sarbanes-Oxley England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 11 (52.38 %) Finance 2 5 (23.81 %) SQL 2 5 (23.81 %) Oracle 2 5 (23.81 %) Service Delivery 3 4 (19.05 %) Financial Institution 3 4 (19.05 %) Data Security 3 4 (19.05 %) Information Security 3 4 (19.05 %) PCI DSS 3 4 (19.05 %) SAP 3 4 (19.05 %) SLA 3 4 (19.05 %) CISSP 3 4 (19.05 %) Project Management 4 3 (14.29 %) PL/SQL 4 3 (14.29 %) CRM 4 3 (14.29 %) ITIL

4 3 (14.29 %) Windows 4 3 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 4 3 (14.29 %) Pensions 4 3 (14.29 %) Amdocs 4 3 (14.29 %) Change Management 5 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 5 2 (9.524 %) Migration 5 2 (9.524 %) Auditing 5 2 (9.524 %) COBIT 5 2 (9.524 %) AIX 5 2 (9.524 %) HPUX 5 2 (9.524 %) Unix 5 2 (9.524 %) WebLogic 5 2 (9.524 %) Tuxedo 5 2 (9.524 %) SQLPlus

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms 1 2 (9.524 %) WebLogic 1 2 (9.524 %) Tuxedo 2 1 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 1 (4.762 %) Exchange Server 2007	Business Applications 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP R/3 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP FI 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP FI/CO 1 1 (4.762 %) SAP CO
Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.762 %) LAN 1 1 (4.762 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (9.524 %) SQLPlus
General 1 11 (52.38 %) Finance 2 4 (19.05 %) Financial Institution 3 3 (14.29 %) Pensions 4 2 (9.524 %) Auditing 4 2 (9.524 %) Automotive 5 1 (4.762 %) Legal 5 1 (4.762 %) Back Office	Job Titles 1 10 (47.62 %) Analyst 2 8 (38.10 %) Consultant 3 4 (19.05 %) Support Analyst 3 4 (19.05 %) Security Consultant 3 4 (19.05 %) IT Support Analyst 3 4 (19.05 %) Business Analyst 4 3 (14.29 %) Applications Consultant 5 2 (9.524 %) Senior Consultant 5 2 (9.524 %) Architect 5 2 (9.524 %) Project Manager 5 2 (9.524 %) Senior Business Analyst 5 2 (9.524 %) Senior Analyst 5 2 (9.524 %) Applications Architect 6 1 (4.762 %) SAP Manager 6 1 (4.762 %) SAP Security Specialist 6 1 (4.762 %) Integration Analyst 6 1 (4.762 %) Lead Business Analyst 6 1 (4.762 %) Security Specialist 6 1 (4.762 %) Security Analyst 6 1 (4.762 %) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Operating Systems 1 3 (14.29 %) Windows 2 2 (9.524 %) AIX 2 2 (9.524 %) HPUX 2 2 (9.524 %) Unix 3 1 (4.762 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (23.81 %) Service Delivery 2 4 (19.05 %) Data Security 2 4 (19.05 %) Project Management 2 4 (19.05 %) Information Security 3 3 (14.29 %) Business Analysis 3 3 (14.29 %) ITIL 3 3 (14.29 %) CRM 3 3 (14.29 %) Change Management 4 2 (9.524 %) Migration 5 1 (4.762 %) Service Management 5 1 (4.762 %) SAP Implementation 5 1 (4.762 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 5 (23.81 %) SQL 2 3 (14.29 %) PL/SQL	Qualifications 1 4 (19.05 %) CISSP 2 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (4.762 %) ACCA 2 1 (4.762 %) CIMA 2 1 (4.762 %) Degree 2 1 (4.762 %) MCSE 2 1 (4.762 %) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (19.05 %) SLA 1 4 (19.05 %) PCI DSS 2 2 (9.524 %) COBIT 3 1 (4.762 %) ISO17799	System Software 1 1 (4.762 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 5 (23.81 %) Oracle 2 4 (19.05 %) SAP 3 3 (14.29 %) Amdocs