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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 763 691 961
Rank change year-on-year -72 +270 -173
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 132 265 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.97% 1.43% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 84 152 182
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% +1.97% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £78,438
90th Percentile £77,500 £94,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,810 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.19% +15.62% -6.54%

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 13,561 18,525 27,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.44% 18.81% 17.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,147 8,607 13,266
10th Percentile £26,750 £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 £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -2 124 £55,000 -10.10% 48
UK excluding London -31 102 £52,500 -9.19% 30
South East +15 45 £50,000 -14.71% 16
Work from Home -2 30 £62,500 -3.85% 18
Midlands +3 27 £65,000 +30.00% 5
North of England +11 26 £50,000 -18.27% 6
Yorkshire +66 23 £32,500 -46.88% 3
West Midlands +18 23 £65,000 +30.00% 3
London +40 22 £62,500 -1.19% 24
East Midlands -4 4 £30,001 -35.13% 2
North West -9 3 £76,500 +39.09% 3
East of England +4 2 - - 1
South West -17 1 £95,000 +11.76%
Scotland -77 1 - - 2

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 (3.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) Apache
3 1 (0.76%) IIS
3 1 (0.76%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (9.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.94%) Azure
2 19 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.64%) AWS
4 10 (7.58%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.82%) OneDrive
5 9 (6.82%) WhatsApp
6 5 (3.79%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.52%) GCP
7 2 (1.52%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.58%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (6.06%) SD-WAN
2 8 (6.06%) Wireless
3 7 (5.30%) Firewall
4 5 (3.79%) LAN
5 4 (3.03%) DHCP
5 4 (3.03%) DNS
5 4 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (3.03%) VLAN
5 4 (3.03%) VPN
6 3 (2.27%) WAN
7 2 (1.52%) NAS
7 2 (1.52%) SAN
7 2 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.52%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.76%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.79%) Power BI
2 2 (1.52%) Spotfire
General
1 51 (38.64%) Finance
2 43 (32.58%) Social Skills
3 40 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (18.94%) Legal
5 14 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (10.61%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (9.09%) Law
6 12 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (6.06%) Retail
8 7 (5.30%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.03%) Advertising
10 3 (2.27%) Automotive
10 3 (2.27%) Banking
11 2 (1.52%) Games
11 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Marketing
11 2 (1.52%) Music Industry
12 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.76%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (39.39%) Analyst
2 21 (15.91%) Senior
3 14 (10.61%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.61%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.85%) IT Manager
5 12 (9.09%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (9.09%) Risk Manager
5 12 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.58%) Consultant
6 10 (7.58%) Lead
7 9 (6.82%) IT Support
8 8 (6.06%) IT Assistant
8 8 (6.06%) Network Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (6.06%) Project Leader
8 8 (6.06%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.30%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.30%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.55%) ERP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.55%) EDI
1 6 (4.55%) IDoc
2 3 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.85%) Biopharmaceutical
2 10 (7.58%) Data Protection Act
2 10 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.58%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.06%) Driving Licence
4 6 (4.55%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.03%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.52%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.76%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.76%) Life Science
8 1 (0.76%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.76%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.76%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Windows
2 9 (6.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.06%) ITIL
2 34 (25.76%) Information Security
3 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (23.48%) Risk Management
5 25 (18.94%) Service Management
6 23 (17.42%) Analytics
6 23 (17.42%) Process Improvement
7 20 (15.15%) IT Audit
8 19 (14.39%) Change Management
8 19 (14.39%) Data Analytics
8 19 (14.39%) Project Management
9 17 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (12.88%) ITSM
10 16 (12.12%) Internal Audit
11 15 (11.36%) Computer Science
11 15 (11.36%) Project Delivery
12 14 (10.61%) Configuration Management
13 13 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (9.85%) Neuroscience
14 12 (9.09%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.55%) SQL
2 2 (1.52%) C#
3 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (24.24%) Degree
2 12 (9.09%) AWS Certification
3 10 (7.58%) CISSP
4 9 (6.82%) CISA
4 9 (6.82%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.06%) CCNA
5 8 (6.06%) CCNP
5 8 (6.06%) CCSA
5 8 (6.06%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.06%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.30%) CISM
7 3 (2.27%) CRISC
7 3 (2.27%) FFIEC
7 3 (2.27%) SANS
8 2 (1.52%) ACCA
8 2 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (18.18%) NIST
3 20 (15.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (12.88%) GDPR
5 16 (12.12%) PCI DSS
6 15 (11.36%) ITGC
7 12 (9.09%) QA
8 11 (8.33%) COBIT
9 9 (6.82%) GRC
10 8 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 6 (4.55%) GxP
13 5 (3.79%) GLBA
13 5 (3.79%) HIPAA
14 4 (3.03%) FISMA
14 4 (3.03%) SOX 404
15 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (2.27%) SOC 2
15 3 (2.27%) Solvency II
16 2 (1.52%) IASME
System Software
1 12 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.79%) Backup Exec
1 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.27%) CASB
2 3 (2.27%) SCCM
3 2 (1.52%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 16 (12.12%) SAP
3 14 (10.61%) Snow
4 8 (6.06%) CheckPoint
4 8 (6.06%) Cisco
5 6 (4.55%) Adobe
5 6 (4.55%) Meraki
5 6 (4.55%) OpenText
6 5 (3.79%) Veritas
7 4 (3.03%) Avaya
7 4 (3.03%) Citrix
8 2 (1.52%) Google
8 2 (1.52%) NetApp
8 2 (1.52%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.52%) Veeam
8 2 (1.52%) VMware
9 1 (0.76%) CA