The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank503424395
Rank change year-on-year
Down-79Down-29
Matching permanent IT job ads420546424
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.348 %0.445 %0.444 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category3.876 %5.519 %6.028 %
Number of salaries quoted322490350
Average salary£52,500£55,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,500£36,500£36,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£85,000£74,000
UK excluding London average salary£47,500£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00 %+5.26 %
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
1083698937034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.986 %8.068 %7.367 %
Number of salaries quoted890781565641
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£29,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43 %+2.50 %

Sarbanes-Oxley
Demand Trend

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

Sarbanes-Oxley Demand Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK.

Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Histogram

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-79385£55,000-
LondonDown-65178£60,000-6.25 %
South EastDown-65143£52,500-8.69 %
BerkshireDown-1876£55,000-21.42 %
City of LondonDown-2941£55,000-2.22 %
SurreyDown-1728£60,000+33.33 %
East of EnglandDown-1326£40,000+6.66 %
HertfordshireUp+523£34,000-6.84 %
West SussexDown-1118£56,500-5.83 %
South WestUp+317£25,500-46.03 %
WatfordUp+1314£22,500-
SloughDown-1614£73,750+34.09 %
ReadingDown-113£47,500-15.55 %
WiltshireNew entry-13£25,500-
HampshireDown-2812£41,250-8.33 %
CardiffNew entry-12£41,250-
SwindonNew entry-12£25,500-
South WalesNew entry-12£41,250-
WalesNew entry-12£41,250-
North WestDown-1411£42,500-15.00 %
CrawleyDown-210£57,000-5.00 %
West MidlandsDown-1410£29,000-35.55 %
CroydonDown-28£60,000+45.45 %
LeatherheadNew entry-8£60,000-
ReigateNew entry-8£60,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+67£42,500+6.25 %
ManchesterDown-27£42,500-15.00 %
ScotlandDown-147£36,000-18.18 %
StaffordshireNo change05£27,500-45.00 %
StainesNew entry-5£95,000-

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1319 (41.70 %)Finance
2164 (21.44 %)Project Management
3163 (21.31 %)PCI DSS
4147 (19.22 %)ITIL
4147 (19.22 %)Information Security
5144 (18.82 %)Oracle
6136 (17.78 %)Windows
6136 (17.78 %)Degree
7113 (14.77 %)Risk Management
8110 (14.38 %)ISO/IEC 27001
9108 (14.12 %)Banking
10107 (13.99 %)SAP
11100 (13.07 %)CISSP
1299 (12.94 %)Firewall
1398 (12.81 %)Microsoft
1495 (12.42 %)UNIX
1594 (12.29 %)Management Information System
1686 (11.24 %)Retail
1782 (10.72 %)Security Management
1881 (10.59 %)CISA
1974 (9.673 %)Active Directory
2071 (9.281 %)SQL
2071 (9.281 %)Change Management
2071 (9.281 %)COBIT
2169 (9.020 %)Linux
2268 (8.889 %)Cisco
2268 (8.889 %)CISM
2367 (8.758 %)Data Protection
2466 (8.627 %)MS Excel
2466 (8.627 %)PRINCE2

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
123 (3.007 %).NET
215 (1.961 %)Regular Expression
312 (1.569 %)SailPoint
312 (1.569 %)XSLT
48 (1.046 %)ODBC
48 (1.046 %)WebSphere
57 (0.915 %)SAP XI
57 (0.915 %)J2EE
66 (0.784 %)EDI
74 (0.523 %)Middleware
74 (0.523 %)JMX
74 (0.523 %)ASP
74 (0.523 %)SAP Basis
83 (0.392 %)JSP
83 (0.392 %)HTML
83 (0.392 %)XML
83 (0.392 %)FpML
92 (0.261 %)Web Services
92 (0.261 %)ASP.NET
101 (0.131 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (3.007 %)SharePoint
218 (2.353 %)IIS
316 (2.092 %)MS Exchange
410 (1.307 %)SharePoint 2010
59 (1.176 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
68 (1.046 %)SAS
68 (1.046 %)NetWeaver
77 (0.915 %)Exchange Server 2010
86 (0.784 %)Exchange Server 2007
86 (0.784 %)WebLogic
86 (0.784 %)Apache
95 (0.654 %)Tomcat
104 (0.523 %)Exchange Server 2003
104 (0.523 %)BizTalk Server
113 (0.392 %)Oracle Workflow
113 (0.392 %)ESB
122 (0.261 %)GlassFish
122 (0.261 %)Lotus Domino
122 (0.261 %)SharePoint Server
131 (0.131 %)TIBCO EMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
166 (8.627 %)MS Excel
234 (4.444 %)MS Visio
333 (4.314 %)MS Office
432 (4.183 %)MS PowerPoint
516 (2.092 %)MS Project
65 (0.654 %)Spreadsheet
73 (0.392 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (4.706 %)SAP GRC
218 (2.353 %)Oracle ERP
317 (2.222 %)HFM
414 (1.830 %)PeopleSoft Financials
511 (1.438 %)Oracle CRM
610 (1.307 %)SAP FI
610 (1.307 %)Oracle General Ledger
79 (1.176 %)SAP SD
79 (1.176 %)SAP FI/CO
79 (1.176 %)SAP CO
79 (1.176 %)Oracle EBS
87 (0.915 %)SAP CRM
96 (0.784 %)SAP GTS
96 (0.784 %)SAP EHS
105 (0.654 %)Oracle EBS R12
105 (0.654 %)Oracle Applications
105 (0.654 %)SAP HR
105 (0.654 %)Oracle Financials
114 (0.523 %)CA Clarity
114 (0.523 %)SAP ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
199 (12.94 %)Firewall
250 (6.536 %)VPN
341 (5.359 %)Network Security
440 (5.229 %)TCP/IP
533 (4.314 %)SAN
632 (4.183 %)LAN
632 (4.183 %)WAN
730 (3.922 %)Internet
824 (3.137 %)SSL
923 (3.007 %)DNS
1022 (2.876 %)IPsec
1120 (2.614 %)Cisco PIX
1218 (2.353 %)Cisco ASA
1316 (2.092 %)NAS
1316 (2.092 %)Intrusion Detection
1316 (2.092 %)Cisco IOS
1316 (2.092 %)OSPF
1316 (2.092 %)BGP
1316 (2.092 %)EIGRP
1316 (2.092 %)IGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
164 (8.366 %)SQL Server
221 (2.745 %)Oracle 8/8i
315 (1.961 %)Data Warehouse
315 (1.961 %)MySQL
412 (1.569 %)SAP BW
511 (1.438 %)ETL
511 (1.438 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
610 (1.307 %)SQL Server 2005
610 (1.307 %)BusinessObjects XI
610 (1.307 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
610 (1.307 %)SQL Server 2000
78 (1.046 %)Oracle 9i
78 (1.046 %)Oracle 10g
87 (0.915 %)SQL Server Integration Services
87 (0.915 %)Oracle 11g
87 (0.915 %)Crystal Reports
87 (0.915 %)Oracle Discoverer
96 (0.784 %)TOAD
96 (0.784 %)Informix
105 (0.654 %)DB2
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (0.654 %)Rational Rose
23 (0.392 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.261 %)StarTeam
41 (0.131 %)QADirector
41 (0.131 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.131 %)TestDirector
41 (0.131 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (0.131 %)MSI
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1319 (41.70 %)Finance
2108 (14.12 %)Banking
386 (11.24 %)Retail
462 (8.105 %)Telecoms
537 (4.837 %)Legal
625 (3.268 %)Investment Banking
723 (3.007 %)Manufacturing
723 (3.007 %)Marketing
820 (2.614 %)French Language
919 (2.484 %)Pharmaceutical
1015 (1.961 %)Back Office
1015 (1.961 %)Advertising
1112 (1.569 %)Retail Banking
1211 (1.438 %)Front Office
137 (0.915 %)Financial Institution
146 (0.784 %)Aerospace
146 (0.784 %)General Ledger
146 (0.784 %)Billing
155 (0.654 %)Publishing
163 (0.392 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1191 (24.97 %)Analyst
2101 (13.20 %)Consultant
351 (6.667 %)Project Manager
445 (5.882 %)Programme Manager
445 (5.882 %)Security Consultant
543 (5.621 %)Security Analyst
640 (5.229 %)SAP Consultant
739 (5.098 %)Support Analyst
837 (4.837 %)Architect
936 (4.706 %)Business Analyst
1029 (3.791 %)Risk Manager
1128 (3.660 %)SAP Security Consultant
1222 (2.876 %)SAP Authorisation Consultant
1320 (2.614 %)SAP GRC Consultant
1320 (2.614 %)Security Architect
1320 (2.614 %)Administrator
1320 (2.614 %)Senior Analyst
1419 (2.484 %)Applications Support
1419 (2.484 %)Security Manager
1517 (2.222 %)Risk Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
194 (12.29 %)Management Information System
243 (5.621 %)Computer Science
338 (4.967 %)Data Protection Act
419 (2.484 %)Hedge funds
518 (2.353 %)iSeries
615 (1.961 %)Clustering
615 (1.961 %)Smartcard
714 (1.830 %)Credit Risk
811 (1.438 %)Fixed Income
99 (1.176 %)Equities
108 (1.046 %)Blackberry
108 (1.046 %)Mainframe
108 (1.046 %)PMI
108 (1.046 %)E-Learning
117 (0.915 %)AS400
117 (0.915 %)STB
117 (0.915 %)FMCG
126 (0.784 %)NHS
126 (0.784 %)CESG
126 (0.784 %)CESG CLAS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1136 (17.78 %)Windows
295 (12.42 %)UNIX
369 (9.020 %)Linux
439 (5.098 %)Solaris
530 (3.922 %)Windows Server 2003
621 (2.745 %)Windows Server 2008
719 (2.484 %)Windows XP
813 (1.699 %)Windows 7
910 (1.307 %)Windows Vista
109 (1.176 %)Windows 2000 Server
109 (1.176 %)AIX
117 (0.915 %)HPUX
117 (0.915 %)Windows 2000
124 (0.523 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.261 %)CentOS
132 (0.261 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
141 (0.131 %)Windows Mobile
141 (0.131 %)Windows NT
141 (0.131 %)OS/400
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1164 (21.44 %)Project Management
2147 (19.22 %)ITIL
2147 (19.22 %)Information Security
3113 (14.77 %)Risk Management
482 (10.72 %)Security Management
571 (9.281 %)Change Management
667 (8.758 %)Data Protection
766 (8.627 %)PRINCE2
864 (8.366 %)Incident Management
962 (8.105 %)CRM
1059 (7.712 %)ERP
1158 (7.582 %)Business Analysis
1255 (7.190 %)Business Intelligence
1352 (6.797 %)Service Management
1449 (6.405 %)SIEM
1544 (5.752 %)Business Continuity
1643 (5.621 %)Service Delivery
1741 (5.359 %)Disaster Recovery
1741 (5.359 %)Security Architecture
1837 (4.837 %)Identity Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
171 (9.281 %)SQL
225 (3.268 %)Java
324 (3.137 %)PL/SQL
413 (1.699 %)Shell Script
413 (1.699 %)Bash shell
511 (1.438 %)Perl
610 (1.307 %)C
610 (1.307 %)ABAP
76 (0.784 %)AWK
76 (0.784 %)Korn
76 (0.784 %)C-shell
85 (0.654 %)C#
94 (0.523 %)RPG
94 (0.523 %)PowerShell
103 (0.392 %)VBA
103 (0.392 %)VBScript
103 (0.392 %)Tcl
103 (0.392 %)RPG IV
112 (0.261 %)VB
112 (0.261 %)T-SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1136 (17.78 %)Degree
2100 (13.07 %)CISSP
381 (10.59 %)CISA
468 (8.889 %)CISM
529 (3.791 %)PRINCE2 Certification
628 (3.660 %)Security Cleared
721 (2.745 %)Cisco Certification
820 (2.614 %)CCSP
919 (2.484 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1017 (2.222 %)SC Cleared
1116 (2.092 %)CCSE
1116 (2.092 %)JNCIA
1116 (2.092 %)CIMA
1116 (2.092 %)ACCA
1116 (2.092 %)CCNA
1215 (1.961 %)Microsoft Certification
1313 (1.699 %)MCSE
149 (1.176 %)ISEB
149 (1.176 %)ITIL Certification
158 (1.046 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1163 (21.31 %)PCI DSS
2110 (14.38 %)ISO/IEC 27001
371 (9.281 %)COBIT
455 (7.190 %)QA
532 (4.183 %)SLA
625 (3.268 %)ISO/IEC 17799
719 (2.484 %)Solvency II
818 (2.353 %)HIPAA
917 (2.222 %)Basel II
1016 (2.092 %)Data Quality
1112 (1.569 %)COSO
1112 (1.569 %)ISO 9001
1210 (1.307 %)GxP
136 (0.784 %)JSP 440
145 (0.654 %)BS7799
145 (0.654 %)GAAP
145 (0.654 %)TickIT
154 (0.523 %)BS25999
163 (0.392 %)MiFID
171 (0.131 %)Basel III
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
174 (9.673 %)Active Directory
215 (1.961 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (1.569 %)Novell eDirectory
410 (1.307 %)XenApp
59 (1.176 %)XenServer
67 (0.915 %)Oracle RMAN
67 (0.915 %)Veritas File System
76 (0.784 %)XenDesktop
83 (0.392 %)VMware Workstation
83 (0.392 %)Xen
83 (0.392 %)MailMarshal
83 (0.392 %)WebMarshal
92 (0.261 %)NDS
92 (0.261 %)ISA Server
92 (0.261 %)vSphere
101 (0.131 %)VMware ESXi
101 (0.131 %)Veritas Cluster Server
101 (0.131 %)VMware ESX
101 (0.131 %)Hyper-V
101 (0.131 %)NFS
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (2.484 %)Nessus
217 (2.222 %)Tivoli
312 (1.569 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
312 (1.569 %)CA SiteMinder
312 (1.569 %)Novell Identity Manager
48 (1.046 %)BladeLogic
48 (1.046 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
57 (0.915 %)Data Guard
57 (0.915 %)NetBackup
66 (0.784 %)Backup Exec
74 (0.523 %)ARCserve
82 (0.261 %)OpenView Configuration Management
82 (0.261 %)vCenter
82 (0.261 %)Splunk
91 (0.131 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
91 (0.131 %)HP Quality Center
91 (0.131 %)McAfee ePO
91 (0.131 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.131 %)SCCM
91 (0.131 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1144 (18.82 %)Oracle
2107 (13.99 %)SAP
398 (12.81 %)Microsoft
468 (8.889 %)Cisco
554 (7.059 %)Juniper
648 (6.275 %)Sun
734 (4.444 %)LogLogic
829 (3.791 %)Siebel
927 (3.529 %)Remedy
1026 (3.399 %)CheckPoint
1123 (3.007 %)VMware
1220 (2.614 %)HP
1220 (2.614 %)Citrix
1319 (2.484 %)Hyperion
1417 (2.222 %)Nokia
1417 (2.222 %)Novell
1417 (2.222 %)JD Edwards
1417 (2.222 %)McAfee
1516 (2.092 %)BMC
1615 (1.961 %)PeopleSoft