Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts in England

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 504 617
Rank change year-on-year +33 +113 -61
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 64 159 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% 2.36% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 94 82
10th Percentile £500 £400 £341
25th Percentile £523 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% -8.70% +17.95%
75th Percentile £603 £650 £700
90th Percentile £711 £713 £760
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +19.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £34.88 £28.65 £39.75
25th Percentile £40.31 £32.63 £48.17
Median hourly rate £51.25 £39.60 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +29.42% -36.46% -0.29%
75th Percentile £62.81 £40.68 £76.60
90th Percentile £68.63 £41.32 £85.09
UK median hourly rate £51.25 £39.60 £90.50
% change year-on-year +29.42% -56.24% +44.80%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,262 6,748 9,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.35% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,344 4,590 6,375
10th Percentile £300 £275 £288
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.07 £16.88
Median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +32 38 £600 - 25
South East +2 8 £550 +22.22% 8
North of England +32 7 £580 +151.26% 7
East of England +21 6 £543 +20.56% 8
Yorkshire +21 4 - - 5
North West +14 3 £580 +154.95% 2
West Midlands +28 2 £625 +13.64% 7
Midlands +21 2 £625 +13.64% 10
South West +21 1 £875 -
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (12.50%) Confluence
2 6 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.25%) Mendix
4 1 (1.56%) IBM Notes
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Dynamics GP
2 8 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (7.81%) SAP GRC
4 4 (6.25%) SAP BPC
5 2 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (3.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle General Ledger
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.19%) GCP
2 10 (15.63%) Azure
3 9 (14.06%) AWS
3 9 (14.06%) SaaS
4 8 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (12.50%) IaaS
4 8 (12.50%) Nutanix
4 8 (12.50%) PaaS
4 8 (12.50%) Rubrik
5 2 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.56%) OCI
6 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.63%) DNS
1 10 (15.63%) Firewall
2 8 (12.50%) DHCP
2 8 (12.50%) Kerberos
2 8 (12.50%) NAS
2 8 (12.50%) SAN
2 8 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 8 (12.50%) VLAN
3 4 (6.25%) Network Security
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.13%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (3.13%) Internet
4 2 (3.13%) NX-OS
4 2 (3.13%) VPN
4 2 (3.13%) WAN
4 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) SAP HANA
2 2 (3.13%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Git
2 8 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 8 (12.50%) JIRA
2 8 (12.50%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.56%) GoCD
General
1 38 (59.38%) Finance
2 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
3 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Banking
5 3 (4.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.13%) Legal
6 2 (3.13%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (29.69%) Consultant
2 9 (14.06%) Great Plains Consultant
2 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Consultant
3 6 (9.38%) Analyst
3 6 (9.38%) Lead
4 4 (6.25%) Compliance Analyst
4 4 (6.25%) Risk Manager
4 4 (6.25%) Security Consultant
4 4 (6.25%) Senior
4 4 (6.25%) SOX Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Architect
5 3 (4.69%) Cloud Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Oracle Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (4.69%) Service Delivery Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Service Manager
5 3 (4.69%) SOX Project Manager
5 3 (4.69%) Transformation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.06%) LDAP
2 6 (9.38%) SailPoint
3 3 (4.69%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.56%) Jest
4 1 (1.56%) Node.js
4 1 (1.56%) React
4 1 (1.56%) SAML
4 1 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Clustering
1 8 (12.50%) Replication
2 3 (4.69%) Life Science
3 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.06%) Windows
2 8 (12.50%) Linux
2 8 (12.50%) Oracle Linux
2 8 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (12.50%) Solaris
2 8 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.75%) Use Case
2 11 (17.19%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (17.19%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (15.63%) Agile
3 10 (15.63%) Risk Management
4 9 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (14.06%) Data Security
4 9 (14.06%) Test Scripting
5 8 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
5 8 (12.50%) DevOps
5 8 (12.50%) High Availability
5 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
5 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.50%) Security Hardening
5 8 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 8 (12.50%) Storage Management
6 7 (10.94%) Cost Optimisation
6 7 (10.94%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.63%) SQL
2 9 (14.06%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.06%) Python
3 8 (12.50%) Bash
4 2 (3.13%) ABAP
5 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.06%) Degree
2 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.25%) CISSP
4 3 (4.69%) CISA
4 3 (4.69%) CISM
5 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.13%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.13%) PMP
6 1 (1.56%) CRISC
6 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (18.75%) GDPR
2 8 (12.50%) GxP
3 7 (10.94%) GRC
4 5 (7.81%) COBIT
5 4 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (6.25%) PCI DSS
6 3 (4.69%) COSO
6 3 (4.69%) ITGC
6 3 (4.69%) NCSC
7 1 (1.56%) GLBA
7 1 (1.56%) ISAE 3402
7 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.56%) NIST
7 1 (1.56%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.50%) Docker
2 8 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Ansible
1 8 (12.50%) EMC NetWorker
1 8 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 8 (12.50%) Netcool
1 8 (12.50%) Terraform
1 8 (12.50%) Tivoli
1 8 (12.50%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.56%) CASB
2 1 (1.56%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.56%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
2 16 (25.00%) Oracle
3 11 (17.19%) Cisco
3 11 (17.19%) SAP
4 9 (14.06%) CyberArk
4 9 (14.06%) HP
5 8 (12.50%) Dell
5 8 (12.50%) EMC
5 8 (12.50%) IBM
5 8 (12.50%) Isilon
5 8 (12.50%) Qualys
5 8 (12.50%) Serena
5 8 (12.50%) ServiceNow
5 8 (12.50%) Splunk
5 8 (12.50%) VMware
6 3 (4.69%) Ariba
6 3 (4.69%) Concur
6 3 (4.69%) Google
6 3 (4.69%) Hyperion
7 2 (3.13%) Palo Alto