Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 26 March 2019

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 March 2019 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 Mar 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 615 657 625
Rank change year-on-year +42 -32 -9
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 262 224 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.22% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.55% 1.75% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 114 129
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -
10th Percentile £270 £254 £305
90th Percentile £638 £596 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £456 £450 £408
% change year-on-year +1.39% +10.43% -2.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 7
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £44.00 £39.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year +33.52% +12.82% -25.71%
10th Percentile £28.65 £29.58 £12.58
90th Percentile £63.75 £63.88 £52.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £43.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +45.35% +10.26% -25.71%

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 10,261 12,803 10,777
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 10.62% 12.64% 11.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,416 8,257 7,049
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
10th Percentile £250 £258 £230
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 361 365
UK median hourly rate £21.76 £22.50 £20.97
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -3.29% +7.30% -13.45%
10th Percentile £10.93 £12.19 £11.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £57.50 £54.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.25 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -19.02% +25.00% -20.00%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Contractor daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 26 March 2019.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 26 March 2019.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 14 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 March 2019. 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 +47 248 £500 +11.11% 17
UK excluding London +18 137 £456 +1.39% 14
London +62 120 £531 +13.64% 3
South East +11 62 £469 +0.54% 5
Midlands +1 23 £450 -6.74% 3
West Midlands -4 23 £450 +38.46% 2
North of England -8 22 £375 +36.36% 5
Yorkshire -2 17 £375 +30.43% 2
East of England +30 16 £563 - 1
Scotland +8 6 £510 -
North West -4 5 £450 +2.86% 3
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
Wales -5 2 £233 -
South West -38 2 £513 +4.33%

For the 6 months to 26 March 2019, 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.

1 101 (38.55%) Finance
2 57 (21.76%) Information Security
3 51 (19.47%) CISA
4 49 (18.70%) GDPR
5 48 (18.32%) Risk Management
5 48 (18.32%) ITIL
6 47 (17.94%) CISSP
7 42 (16.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 42 (16.03%) PCI DSS
8 41 (15.65%) Windows
9 39 (14.89%) CISM
10 36 (13.74%) Management Information System
10 36 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
11 35 (13.36%) Degree
12 34 (12.98%) SAP
13 33 (12.60%) IT Audit
14 31 (11.83%) Change Management
14 31 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (11.45%) HIPAA
15 30 (11.45%) Microsoft Azure
16 27 (10.31%) Data Protection
16 27 (10.31%) Oracle
16 27 (10.31%) Java
16 27 (10.31%) Linux
17 26 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
18 24 (9.16%) Microsoft
18 24 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
19 22 (8.40%) Business Continuity
19 22 (8.40%) Internal Audit
20 21 (8.02%) Project Management

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 11 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.05%) IIS
3 3 (1.15%) MS Exchange
3 3 (1.15%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.76%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.38%) dynaSight
5 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.38%) SAS
5 1 (0.38%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
Applications
1 19 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (6.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (4.96%) MS Visio
4 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.38%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 13 (4.96%) SAP GRC
2 4 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.38%) Northgate Housing
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.38%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.38%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.38%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 30 (11.45%) Microsoft Azure
2 18 (6.87%) Amazon AWS
3 10 (3.82%) Google Cloud Platform
4 6 (2.29%) SaaS
5 5 (1.91%) IaaS
5 5 (1.91%) PaaS
6 4 (1.53%) Office 365
7 2 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Active Directory
8 1 (0.38%) IBM Blueworks
8 1 (0.38%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.63%) Firewall
1 20 (7.63%) LAN
2 14 (5.34%) Network Security
3 10 (3.82%) DNS
3 10 (3.82%) SSL
3 10 (3.82%) WAN
4 8 (3.05%) FTP
4 8 (3.05%) HTTP
4 8 (3.05%) NFC
5 7 (2.67%) DHCP
6 5 (1.91%) Ethernet
6 5 (1.91%) SSH
7 3 (1.15%) BGP
7 3 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.15%) EIGRP
7 3 (1.15%) IPsec
7 3 (1.15%) MPLS
7 3 (1.15%) OSPF
7 3 (1.15%) Wireless
7 3 (1.15%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.91%) Big Data
1 5 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.53%) RDBMS
2 4 (1.53%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.15%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.15%) Hadoop
3 3 (1.15%) SAP BW
4 2 (0.76%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.76%) MySQL
4 2 (0.76%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) Essbase
5 1 (0.38%) MS Access
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.05%) JIRA
1 8 (3.05%) SonarQube
1 8 (3.05%) Visual Studio
2 3 (1.15%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.76%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.76%) HP UFT
3 2 (0.76%) SilkTest
General
1 101 (38.55%) Finance
2 16 (6.11%) Telecoms
3 11 (4.20%) Banking
3 11 (4.20%) French Language
4 10 (3.82%) German Language
4 10 (3.82%) Legal
5 8 (3.05%) Back Office
6 6 (2.29%) Billing
6 6 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (1.91%) Financial Institution
7 5 (1.91%) Law
7 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.53%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.15%) Retail
10 2 (0.76%) Front Office
10 2 (0.76%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.38%) Advertising
11 1 (0.38%) Games
11 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (16.41%) Analyst
2 37 (14.12%) Consultant
3 30 (11.45%) Architect
4 26 (9.92%) Security Consultant
5 22 (8.40%) Security Architect
6 14 (5.34%) Information Security Consultant
7 13 (4.96%) Cloud Architect
8 12 (4.58%) Security Analyst
9 11 (4.20%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.82%) SAP Consultant
10 10 (3.82%) SAP Security Consultant
10 10 (3.82%) Tester
11 9 (3.44%) Risk Analyst
12 8 (3.05%) Administrator
12 8 (3.05%) Payments Architect
12 8 (3.05%) Team Leader
13 7 (2.67%) Configuration Manager
13 7 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.67%) SOX Tester
13 7 (2.67%) Support Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.58%) Web Services
2 10 (3.82%) SailPoint
3 3 (1.15%) OAuth
3 3 (1.15%) OpenID
3 3 (1.15%) SAML
4 2 (0.76%) Middleware
4 2 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.38%) LDAP
5 1 (0.38%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
1 36 (13.74%) Management Information System
2 18 (6.87%) Data Centre
2 18 (6.87%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.58%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.44%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.67%) Client/Server
6 7 (2.67%) CMDB
6 7 (2.67%) FMCG
7 4 (1.53%) Derivative
7 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.53%) Robotics
8 3 (1.15%) AS400
8 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.15%) Life Science
8 3 (1.15%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.76%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.76%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 41 (15.65%) Windows
2 27 (10.31%) Linux
3 18 (6.87%) Unix
4 16 (6.11%) Solaris
5 9 (3.44%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.05%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.53%) AIX
7 4 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.15%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.76%) OS/400
9 2 (0.76%) SUSE
10 1 (0.38%) Android
10 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (21.76%) Information Security
2 48 (18.32%) ITIL
2 48 (18.32%) Risk Management
3 33 (12.60%) IT Audit
4 31 (11.83%) Change Management
4 31 (11.83%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (10.31%) Data Protection
6 26 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (8.40%) Business Continuity
8 22 (8.40%) Internal Audit
9 21 (8.02%) Project Management
10 20 (7.63%) Computer Science
10 20 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (7.63%) Identity Access Management
10 20 (7.63%) Security Architecture
11 18 (6.87%) TOGAF
12 17 (6.49%) Agile Software Development
13 15 (5.73%) DevOps
13 15 (5.73%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.31%) Java
2 15 (5.73%) SQL
3 13 (4.96%) C
4 12 (4.58%) C++
5 11 (4.20%) C#
5 11 (4.20%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.82%) Perl
7 8 (3.05%) Ruby
8 7 (2.67%) Python
9 6 (2.29%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.29%) VB
10 1 (0.38%) PHP
10 1 (0.38%) Scala
10 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 51 (19.47%) CISA
2 47 (17.94%) CISSP
3 39 (14.89%) CISM
4 35 (13.36%) Degree
5 16 (6.11%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (4.58%) CRISC
7 9 (3.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 9 (3.44%) CREST Certified
7 9 (3.44%) Security Cleared
8 8 (3.05%) CCSP
8 8 (3.05%) CLAS
8 8 (3.05%) IISP
8 8 (3.05%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (2.29%) SANS
10 6 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.91%) CEH
12 4 (1.53%) CCNP
12 4 (1.53%) GIAC
12 4 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (18.70%) GDPR
2 42 (16.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (16.03%) PCI DSS
3 30 (11.45%) HIPAA
4 15 (5.73%) COBIT
5 14 (5.34%) ISO 9001
6 13 (4.96%) QA
7 10 (3.82%) SLA
8 9 (3.44%) ISAE 3402
8 9 (3.44%) ISO 31000
8 9 (3.44%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 8 (3.05%) ISO 22301
10 6 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (1.53%) Basel II
12 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
12 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (1.15%) PMO
13 2 (0.76%) IFRS
13 2 (0.76%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (7.63%) Active Directory
2 8 (3.05%) ISA Server
3 7 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.91%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.53%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (1.53%) XenApp
5 4 (1.53%) XenDesktop
6 3 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.44%) Nessus
2 8 (3.05%) Trend Micro Deep Security
3 2 (0.76%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.76%) Opscode Chef
3 2 (0.76%) Puppet
3 2 (0.76%) SCCM
3 2 (0.76%) vRealize
4 1 (0.38%) CASB
4 1 (0.38%) Netcool
4 1 (0.38%) Nmap
4 1 (0.38%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.38%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 34 (12.98%) SAP
2 27 (10.31%) Oracle
3 24 (9.16%) Microsoft
4 20 (7.63%) Cisco
5 12 (4.58%) Imperva
6 11 (4.20%) HP
6 11 (4.20%) JD Edwards
6 11 (4.20%) VMware
7 10 (3.82%) Google
7 10 (3.82%) IBM
7 10 (3.82%) Splunk
8 9 (3.44%) ArcSight
8 9 (3.44%) CyberArk
8 9 (3.44%) Okta
8 9 (3.44%) Tripwire
9 8 (3.05%) Barracuda Networks
9 8 (3.05%) Centrify
9 8 (3.05%) McAfee
9 8 (3.05%) Qualys
9 8 (3.05%) Trend Micro