Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Sarbanes-Oxley skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 for the West Midlands region.

 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank134150211
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+61
Matching permanent IT job ads132625
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.363 %0.560 %0.285 %
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category6.161 %10.79 %4.808 %
Salaries quoted12924
Average salary£37,500£40,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.250 %-20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£18,000£26,000£37,050
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,670£45,000£61,950
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£47,500£47,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %-
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryAll Quality Assurance & Compliance
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
211241520
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands5.889 %5.193 %5.919 %
Salaries quoted179168446
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£58,670£50,000£46,400
UK excluding London average salary£38,250£39,523£37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %+5.390 %
Sarbanes-Oxley EnglandSarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT 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 Demand Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Trend

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Midlands Sarbanes-Oxley Salary Histogram

Sarbanes-Oxley
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
BirminghamUp+167£37,500-2.59 %
ShropshireUp+173£18,000-60.00 %
Sarbanes-Oxley EnglandSarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley.

16 (30.00 %)COBIT
25 (25.00 %)Pensions
34 (20.00 %)CISA
34 (20.00 %)CISM
34 (20.00 %)Finance
34 (20.00 %)SAP
34 (20.00 %)CISSP
43 (15.00 %)Microsoft
43 (15.00 %)ITIL
43 (15.00 %)C
43 (15.00 %)MS Office
43 (15.00 %)Manufacturing
52 (10.00 %)Migration
52 (10.00 %)SAP FI/CO
52 (10.00 %)Change Management
52 (10.00 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (10.00 %)Data Security
52 (10.00 %)Data Management
52 (10.00 %)Telecoms
52 (10.00 %)Legal
52 (10.00 %)SAP CO
52 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
52 (10.00 %)Data Migration
52 (10.00 %)Data Protection
52 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis
52 (10.00 %)SLA
52 (10.00 %)ISO17799
52 (10.00 %)Datawarehouse
52 (10.00 %)Oracle

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Sarbanes-Oxley. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (5.000 %)EDI
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (15.00 %)MS Office
22 (10.00 %)MS Excel
31 (5.000 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (10.00 %)SAP FI
12 (10.00 %)SAP FI/CO
12 (10.00 %)SAP CO
21 (5.000 %)SAP SD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (5.000 %)DTS
21 (5.000 %)ETL
21 (5.000 %)BusinessObjects
21 (5.000 %)SAP BW
21 (5.000 %)SAP BI
21 (5.000 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (25.00 %)Pensions
24 (20.00 %)Finance
33 (15.00 %)Manufacturing
42 (10.00 %)Telecoms
42 (10.00 %)Legal
51 (5.000 %)Construction
51 (5.000 %)Health
51 (5.000 %)Retail
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (25.00 %)Consultant
24 (20.00 %)Analyst
24 (20.00 %)IT Consultant
24 (20.00 %)IT Audit Consultant
32 (10.00 %)Project Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Data Manager
32 (10.00 %)SAP Support
32 (10.00 %)Compliance Manager
32 (10.00 %)Systems Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Senior Consultant
32 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
32 (10.00 %)Release Analyst
41 (5.000 %)SAP SD Consultant
41 (5.000 %)SAP Consultant
41 (5.000 %)Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Systems Administrator
41 (5.000 %)Data Architect
41 (5.000 %)Applications Support
41 (5.000 %)Business Systems Analyst
41 (5.000 %)Architect
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)AS400
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (5.000 %)AIX
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)ITIL
22 (10.00 %)Project Management
22 (10.00 %)Change Management
22 (10.00 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (10.00 %)Data Security
22 (10.00 %)Migration
22 (10.00 %)Data Management
22 (10.00 %)Systems Analysis
22 (10.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (10.00 %)Test Scripting
22 (10.00 %)Data Migration
22 (10.00 %)Data Protection
31 (5.000 %)Load Testing
31 (5.000 %)Business Continuity
31 (5.000 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.000 %)ERP
31 (5.000 %)Business Intelligence
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)C
21 (5.000 %)RPG
21 (5.000 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (20.00 %)CISSP
14 (20.00 %)CISA
14 (20.00 %)CISM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (30.00 %)COBIT
22 (10.00 %)ISO17799
22 (10.00 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (20.00 %)SAP
23 (15.00 %)Microsoft
32 (10.00 %)Oracle
41 (5.000 %)Business Objects
41 (5.000 %)Siebel
41 (5.000 %)BMC
41 (5.000 %)CODA
41 (5.000 %)Remedy