The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 46 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 3 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.205% - 2.994%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.00% - 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
Average salary £50,000 - £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year
-7.36% -4.04%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
15 17 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.024% 8.500% 7.186%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 12
Average salary £34,357 £35,000 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.83% +23.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,362 £25,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £30,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
Sarbanes-Oxley
Bedfordshire

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Sarbanes-Oxley Jobs Demand Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the Bedford region.

Bedford Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Applications Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ERP
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle