Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 26 October 2020

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 26 October 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK
6 months to
26 Oct 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 451 604 677
Rank change year-on-year +153 +73 -9
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 79 198 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.30% 2.24% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 116 133
Median daily rate £500 £475 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -15.00%
10th Percentile £303 £325 £263
90th Percentile £634 £650 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £400
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £31.13 £26.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year - +19.71% -48.00%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £26.00

Sarbanes-Oxley is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,429 8,827 11,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.66% 10.47% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,016 5,503 7,156
Median daily rate £468 £450 £450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +3.89% - +2.86%
10th Percentile £263 £235 £250
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 401 408
Median hourly rate £26.00 £21.05 £21.88
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +23.54% -3.82% +9.40%
10th Percentile £10.75 £11.15 £11.21
90th Percentile £54.81 £56.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.36 £21.76
% change year-on-year +2.89% +2.73% +9.83%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sarbanes-Oxley as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 26 October 2020.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK over the 6 months to 26 October 2020. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
England +167 74 £500 +5.26% 11
UK excluding London +155 36 £475 - 13
London +175 35 £515 +23.72%
South East +137 14 £329 -28.00% 4
East of England +85 14 £475 -17.39% 2
Work from Home - 14 £500 - 2
North of England +107 6 £120 -79.22% 3
North West +75 3 £120 -79.31%
Yorkshire +71 3 - - 3
Midlands +87 2 - - 1
East Midlands +42 2 - - 1
Northern Ireland +8 1 - -

For the 6 months to 26 October 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley.

1 25 (31.65%) Microsoft
1 25 (31.65%) PCI DSS
2 24 (30.38%) Finance
3 23 (29.11%) GDPR
4 22 (27.85%) CISA
4 22 (27.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 21 (26.58%) Information Security
6 20 (25.32%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (20.25%) Degree
7 16 (20.25%) Security Architecture
8 13 (16.46%) CISSP
8 13 (16.46%) Management Information System
8 13 (16.46%) ITIL
8 13 (16.46%) Azure
8 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (15.19%) DevOps
9 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (15.19%) ITGC
9 12 (15.19%) Oracle
9 12 (15.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (13.92%) Data Security
10 11 (13.92%) SAP
10 11 (13.92%) ServiceNow
11 10 (12.66%) Patch Management
11 10 (12.66%) Windows
11 10 (12.66%) Service Management
11 10 (12.66%) CISM
11 10 (12.66%) Risk Management
11 10 (12.66%) COBIT
11 10 (12.66%) TOGAF

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.80%) IIS
2 2 (2.53%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) Apache
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (11.39%) Microsoft Office
1 9 (11.39%) MS Visio
2 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.33%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.27%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.27%) SAP PM
2 1 (1.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.46%) Azure
2 8 (10.13%) AWS
3 7 (8.86%) SaaS
4 6 (7.59%) Serverless
5 4 (5.06%) GitHub
6 3 (3.80%) Azure Active Directory
7 2 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.53%) IaaS
7 2 (2.53%) PaaS
8 1 (1.27%) GCP
8 1 (1.27%) Office 365
8 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (2.53%) DNS
2 2 (2.53%) Firewall
2 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.53%) VoIP
3 1 (1.27%) Broadband
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.27%) HTTP
3 1 (1.27%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.27%) Network Security
3 1 (1.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) MySQL
1 4 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.80%) Oracle Database
2 3 (3.80%) RDBMS
2 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.53%) Apache Hive
3 2 (2.53%) Big Data
3 2 (2.53%) Data Lake
3 2 (2.53%) Hadoop
3 2 (2.53%) HBase
3 2 (2.53%) Impala
3 2 (2.53%) Spark SQL
4 1 (1.27%) DataStage
4 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.27%) Power BI
4 1 (1.27%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) SonarQube
2 3 (3.80%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.27%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.27%) GitLab
3 1 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.27%) Rational Rose
3 1 (1.27%) Serena SBM
3 1 (1.27%) Subversion
3 1 (1.27%) TeamCity
General
1 24 (30.38%) Finance
2 7 (8.86%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.59%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (6.33%) Retail
5 4 (5.06%) Banking
5 4 (5.06%) Law
5 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.53%) Marketing
7 1 (1.27%) Arabic Language
7 1 (1.27%) Back Office
7 1 (1.27%) Games
7 1 (1.27%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Architect
2 14 (17.72%) Consultant
2 14 (17.72%) Security Architect
3 13 (16.46%) Analyst
4 9 (11.39%) IT Consultant
5 5 (6.33%) Security Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) SOX Consultant
7 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (3.80%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Developer
7 3 (3.80%) IT Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.80%) Support Analyst
7 3 (3.80%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (2.53%) Audit Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Service Analyst
8 2 (2.53%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) LDAP
1 4 (5.06%) Web Services
2 3 (3.80%) RESTful
2 3 (3.80%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.80%) XML
3 2 (2.53%) JDBC
3 2 (2.53%) JSP
3 2 (2.53%) Servlets
4 1 (1.27%) JSON
4 1 (1.27%) SOAP
4 1 (1.27%) WSDL
4 1 (1.27%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (16.46%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.06%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (5.06%) Mobile Payment
2 4 (5.06%) Smartcard
3 3 (3.80%) Clustering
3 3 (3.80%) Digital Signage
3 3 (3.80%) Replication
4 2 (2.53%) Credit Risk
4 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.53%) Taxonomies
4 2 (2.53%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.27%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.27%) CMDB
5 1 (1.27%) EPoS
5 1 (1.27%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.27%) User Experience
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.66%) Windows
2 6 (7.59%) Linux
3 5 (6.33%) Unix
4 3 (3.80%) AIX
4 3 (3.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.80%) Mac OS X
4 3 (3.80%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.27%) CentOS
5 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (26.58%) Information Security
2 20 (25.32%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (20.25%) Security Architecture
4 13 (16.46%) ITIL
5 12 (15.19%) DevOps
5 12 (15.19%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (15.19%) Vulnerability Management
6 11 (13.92%) Data Security
7 10 (12.66%) Patch Management
7 10 (12.66%) Risk Management
7 10 (12.66%) Service Management
7 10 (12.66%) TOGAF
8 9 (11.39%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (11.39%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (11.39%) Project Management
9 8 (10.13%) PRINCE2
9 8 (10.13%) Systems Engineering
10 7 (8.86%) Mentoring
10 7 (8.86%) Protective Monitoring
11 6 (7.59%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.13%) SQL
2 6 (7.59%) Java
2 6 (7.59%) Python
3 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) BeanShell
4 2 (2.53%) C
4 2 (2.53%) Scala
5 1 (1.27%) C++
5 1 (1.27%) Go
5 1 (1.27%) Perl
5 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) CISA
2 16 (20.25%) Degree
3 13 (16.46%) CISSP
4 10 (12.66%) CISM
5 9 (11.39%) Security Cleared
6 8 (10.13%) SC Cleared
7 6 (7.59%) GIAC
8 5 (6.33%) CLAS
9 3 (3.80%) IISP
10 2 (2.53%) CREST Certified
10 2 (2.53%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
10 2 (2.53%) PMP
10 2 (2.53%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (1.27%) ACCA
11 1 (1.27%) APMP
11 1 (1.27%) CIMA
11 1 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (31.65%) PCI DSS
2 23 (29.11%) GDPR
3 22 (27.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (15.19%) ITGC
5 10 (12.66%) COBIT
6 8 (10.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (7.59%) GxP
7 6 (7.59%) NIST
8 5 (6.33%) HIPAA
8 5 (6.33%) ISO 9001
9 4 (5.06%) ISAE 3402
9 4 (5.06%) ISO 22301
9 4 (5.06%) ISO 31000
9 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
10 3 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (2.53%) GAMP
11 2 (2.53%) SLA
12 1 (1.27%) QA
12 1 (1.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (11.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 2 (2.53%) HDFS
4 1 (1.27%) Docker
4 1 (1.27%) Firmware
4 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) IBM Guardium
1 4 (5.06%) Nessus
1 4 (5.06%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 3 (3.80%) SCCM
2 3 (3.80%) WSUS
3 2 (2.53%) AirWatch
3 2 (2.53%) Hadoop YARN
4 1 (1.27%) Ansible
4 1 (1.27%) Control-M
4 1 (1.27%) Icinga
4 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.27%) Netcool
4 1 (1.27%) QRadar
4 1 (1.27%) Terraform
4 1 (1.27%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 25 (31.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (15.19%) Oracle
3 11 (13.92%) SAP
3 11 (13.92%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.59%) IBM
4 6 (7.59%) Sun
5 5 (6.33%) Cisco
5 5 (6.33%) Qualys
5 5 (6.33%) Splunk
6 4 (5.06%) ArcSight
6 4 (5.06%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (5.06%) Centrify
6 4 (5.06%) Imperva
6 4 (5.06%) McAfee
6 4 (5.06%) Trend Micro
6 4 (5.06%) Tripwire
6 4 (5.06%) Workday
7 3 (3.80%) Sybase
7 3 (3.80%) Tanium
7 3 (3.80%) VMware