The first table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Rank 90 70 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.087% 0.281% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.316% 2.985% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £27,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year
-7.36% -4.04%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
76 67 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 6.632% 9.423% 7.070%
Number of salaries quoted 69 54 74
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
Sarbanes-Oxley
South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Sourcefire
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (50.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) COBIT
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Sourcefire
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec