SAS 70 Contracts

Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70: Service Organizations (SAS 70)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAS 70 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAS 70 over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - - 864
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SAS 70 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.001%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SAS 70 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,142 7,767 11,600
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.28% 13.35% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,904 5,331 7,939
10th Percentile £288 £281 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £740 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £484 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +0.94% +6.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 235 311
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.29 £12.05
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.38 £17.13
Median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.84% +12.90% +47.62%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.19 £32.94 £22.50
% change year-on-year -44.78% +46.41% +7.02%

SAS 70
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAS 70 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAS 70 in the UK

SAS 70
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAS 70.

Daily rate trend for SAS 70 in the UK

SAS 70
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAS 70.

Hourly rate trend for SAS 70 in the UK