Sarbanes-Oxley Jobs

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 769 701 984
Rank change year-on-year -68 +283 -182
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 136 246 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% 1.42% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 86 137 178
10th Percentile £29,750 £45,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £61,180 £64,590
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% -5.28% +1.72%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,750 £79,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £97,500 £93,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £60,590 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.35% +21.18% -4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,751 17,364 29,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 18.32% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 8,453 13,464
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,100 £93,650 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -15 128 £55,000 -10.10% 56
UK excluding London -66 105 £52,500 -13.35% 28
South East -4 48 £50,000 -13.04% 14
Work from Home -6 31 £60,000 -5.88% 33
Midlands +2 27 £65,000 +30.00% 2
North of England +8 26 £50,000 -18.27% 5
Yorkshire +47 23 £32,500 -46.88% 1
London +37 23 £62,500 -3.85% 30
West Midlands +1 23 £65,000 +30.00% 1
East Midlands -13 4 £30,001 -35.13% 1
North West -21 3 £76,500 +39.09% 4
East of England -10 2 - - 3
South West -30 1 £95,000 +11.76% 1
Scotland -82 1 - - 3

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (9.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 26 (19.12%) Azure
2 19 (13.97%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.24%) AWS
4 11 (8.09%) Entra ID
5 10 (7.35%) WhatsApp
6 9 (6.62%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.68%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.47%) GCP
8 2 (1.47%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.47%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.74%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.88%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.88%) Wireless
3 7 (5.15%) Firewall
4 5 (3.68%) LAN
5 4 (2.94%) DHCP
5 4 (2.94%) DNS
5 4 (2.94%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.94%) VLAN
5 4 (2.94%) VPN
6 3 (2.21%) WAN
7 2 (1.47%) NAS
7 2 (1.47%) SAN
7 2 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.47%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.68%) Power BI
2 2 (1.47%) Spotfire
General
1 54 (39.71%) Finance
2 44 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 40 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (19.12%) Legal
5 15 (11.03%) Pharmaceutical
6 14 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (8.82%) Law
7 12 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.88%) Retail
9 7 (5.15%) Manufacturing
10 5 (3.68%) Advertising
11 3 (2.21%) Automotive
11 3 (2.21%) Banking
12 2 (1.47%) Games
12 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.47%) Marketing
12 2 (1.47%) Music Industry
13 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (38.97%) Analyst
2 22 (16.18%) Senior
3 14 (10.29%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.29%) IT Manager
3 14 (10.29%) ITSM Analyst
4 12 (8.82%) IT Risk Manager
4 12 (8.82%) Risk Manager
4 12 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (7.35%) Consultant
5 10 (7.35%) Lead
6 9 (6.62%) IT Support
7 8 (5.88%) IT Assistant
7 8 (5.88%) Network Engineer
7 8 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
7 8 (5.88%) Project Leader
7 8 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Information Security Consultant
8 7 (5.15%) Security Consultant
9 6 (4.41%) Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) EDI
1 6 (4.41%) IDoc
2 3 (2.21%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.29%) Biopharmaceutical
2 10 (7.35%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.35%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.88%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.41%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.74%) Life Science
7 1 (0.74%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.35%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.62%) ITIL
2 35 (25.74%) Information Security
3 34 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (24.26%) Risk Management
5 26 (19.12%) Service Management
6 23 (16.91%) Analytics
6 23 (16.91%) Process Improvement
7 20 (14.71%) Change Management
7 20 (14.71%) IT Audit
8 19 (13.97%) Data Analytics
8 19 (13.97%) Project Management
9 18 (13.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (12.50%) ITSM
11 16 (11.76%) Computer Science
11 16 (11.76%) Internal Audit
12 15 (11.03%) Project Delivery
13 14 (10.29%) Configuration Management
13 14 (10.29%) Neuroscience
14 13 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
15 12 (8.82%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.15%) SQL
2 2 (1.47%) C#
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (24.26%) Degree
2 12 (8.82%) AWS Certification
3 10 (7.35%) CISSP
4 9 (6.62%) CISA
4 9 (6.62%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.88%) CCNA
5 8 (5.88%) CCNP
5 8 (5.88%) CCSA
5 8 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.15%) CISM
7 3 (2.21%) CRISC
7 3 (2.21%) FFIEC
7 3 (2.21%) SANS
8 2 (1.47%) ACCA
8 2 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (27.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (19.12%) NIST
3 22 (16.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (13.97%) GDPR
5 18 (13.24%) PCI DSS
6 15 (11.03%) ITGC
7 13 (9.56%) QA
8 11 (8.09%) COBIT
9 10 (7.35%) GRC
10 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (5.15%) GxP
11 7 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (4.41%) HIPAA
13 5 (3.68%) GLBA
14 4 (2.94%) FISMA
14 4 (2.94%) SOC 2
14 4 (2.94%) SOX 404
15 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (2.21%) Solvency II
16 2 (1.47%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 13 (9.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Backup Exec
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.21%) CASB
2 3 (2.21%) SCCM
3 2 (1.47%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) SAP
3 14 (10.29%) Snow
4 8 (5.88%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.88%) Cisco
5 6 (4.41%) Adobe
5 6 (4.41%) Meraki
5 6 (4.41%) OpenText
6 5 (3.68%) Veritas
7 4 (2.94%) Avaya
7 4 (2.94%) Citrix
8 2 (1.47%) Google
8 2 (1.47%) NetApp
8 2 (1.47%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.47%) Veeam
8 2 (1.47%) VMware
9 1 (0.74%) CA