The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank - 108 97
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 0 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.088% 0.108%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 1.307% 1.575%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £290
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 £21.75 £18.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year
+17.56% -50.99%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
102 153 127
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 6.082% 6.696% 6.872%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 61 55
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £166 £200 £234
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
- -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 11
Average hourly rate £20.00 £13.00 £19.58
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.84% -33.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.68 £8.60 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £58.50 £26.20 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -46.66%
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Daily Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Hourly Rate Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) C#
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) H.323
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) MCSD
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) H.323
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Development Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) MCSD
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft