Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOX 404 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOX 404 over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 902 983 1228
Rank change year-on-year +81 +245 -321
Permanent jobs citing SOX 404 2 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.010% 0.001%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.015% 0.051% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,500
75th Percentile - - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SOX 404 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 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £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 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

SOX 404
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOX 404 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOX 404 in the UK

SOX 404
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOX 404.

Salary trend for SOX 404 in the UK

SOX 404
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOX 404 within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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 +79 2 - - 3
Work from Home - 2 - - 1
UK excluding London - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -

SOX 404
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) IT Auditor
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) SAP