Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts in England

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 477 493
Rank change year-on-year +124 +16 +129
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 132 65 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.17% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.42% 1.23% 2.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 41 94
10th Percentile £321 £500 £400
25th Percentile £450 £516 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.14% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £650
90th Percentile £848 £706 £713
UK median daily rate £582 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +1.14% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £78.13 £34.88 £28.65
25th Percentile £80.94 £40.31 £32.63
Median hourly rate £88.75 £51.25 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +73.17% +29.42% -36.46%
75th Percentile £93.44 £62.81 £40.68
90th Percentile £94.38 £68.63 £41.32
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £51.25 £39.60
% change year-on-year +75.61% +29.42% -56.24%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Sarbanes-Oxley falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,865 5,295 6,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.87% 14.24% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,378 4,585
10th Percentile £270 £300 £276
25th Percentile £400 £408 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £635 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 347 206
10th Percentile £17.78 £10.95 £13.94
25th Percentile £22.27 £13.09 £19.50
Median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.11 £67.38 £79.88
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +82 82 £650 +8.33% 90
North of England +22 11 £513 -8.48% 13
Midlands +27 7 £564 -9.76% 15
Yorkshire +10 7 £450 +32.35% 8
South East +44 6 £550 - 28
West Midlands +17 5 £603 -3.52% 13
South West +49 4 £550 -37.14%
East of England +28 4 £575 +5.99% 5
North West +18 4 £575 -0.86% 4
East Midlands - 2 £443 - 1
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 (6.06%) Confluence
1 8 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.79%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (9.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.79%) SAP GRC
3 4 (3.03%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.27%) NetSuite
5 2 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.52%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.76%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.76%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.76%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.76%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.76%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.76%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.76%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.30%) Azure
2 26 (19.70%) Entra ID
3 22 (16.67%) AWS
4 18 (13.64%) GitHub
5 10 (7.58%) Azure AKS
5 10 (7.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 10 (7.58%) Azure Service Bus
6 9 (6.82%) SaaS
7 8 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (5.30%) GCP
8 7 (5.30%) OCI
9 6 (4.55%) Nutanix
10 5 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
13 2 (1.52%) Google Workspace
13 2 (1.52%) IaaS
13 2 (1.52%) PaaS
13 2 (1.52%) Rubrik
13 2 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.85%) DNS
2 7 (5.30%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.52%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.76%) DHCP
4 1 (0.76%) Firewall
4 1 (0.76%) MPLS
4 1 (0.76%) NAS
4 1 (0.76%) Network Security
4 1 (0.76%) SAN
4 1 (0.76%) SDH
4 1 (0.76%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.79%) SAP HANA
3 4 (3.03%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.03%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.27%) Power BI
5 2 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.52%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.76%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (8.33%) JIRA
2 8 (6.06%) Git
2 8 (6.06%) TeamCity
3 7 (5.30%) Subversion
4 6 (4.55%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.03%) JMeter
6 3 (2.27%) LoadRunner
6 3 (2.27%) NeoLoad
7 2 (1.52%) GitLab
8 1 (0.76%) Postman
8 1 (0.76%) Selenium
8 1 (0.76%) Serena SBM
General
1 60 (45.45%) Finance
2 36 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 28 (21.21%) Banking
4 21 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (5.30%) Legal
8 4 (3.03%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.03%) Retail
8 4 (3.03%) Retail Banking
9 3 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.52%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Billing
11 1 (0.76%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.76%) Marketing
11 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (14.39%) Analyst
2 17 (12.88%) Architect
3 12 (9.09%) Consultant
4 10 (7.58%) Lead
5 9 (6.82%) Security Architect
6 8 (6.06%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.30%) AWS Specialist
7 7 (5.30%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.30%) IAM Specialist
7 7 (5.30%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.30%) Python Engineer
7 7 (5.30%) Senior
8 6 (4.55%) Administrator
8 6 (4.55%) IT Analyst
8 6 (4.55%) Linux Administrator
9 5 (3.79%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.79%) Python Software Engineer
9 5 (3.79%) SAP Consultant
10 4 (3.03%) Security Consultant
10 4 (3.03%) SOX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (21.97%) SailPoint
2 27 (20.45%) OAuth
2 27 (20.45%) OpenID
3 19 (14.39%) SAML
4 17 (12.88%) REST
5 10 (7.58%) OAuth2
6 8 (6.06%) Kafka
6 8 (6.06%) NumPy
6 8 (6.06%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (6.06%) Pandas
7 7 (5.30%) LDAP
8 6 (4.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (1.52%) AWS CDK
10 2 (1.52%) Spring
10 2 (1.52%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.52%) Web Services
11 1 (0.76%) iXBRL
11 1 (0.76%) Node.js
11 1 (0.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.58%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (6.82%) Clustering
3 9 (6.82%) Replication
4 8 (6.06%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.06%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.79%) Life Science
6 4 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.27%) FMCG
8 2 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) CESG
9 1 (0.76%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.76%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) IoT
9 1 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.09%) Linux
2 8 (6.06%) Solaris
3 5 (3.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.79%) Windows
4 2 (1.52%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) AIX
5 1 (0.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.06%) Identity Access Management
2 35 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (24.24%) Risk Management
4 27 (20.45%) Project Management
5 20 (15.15%) Agile
5 20 (15.15%) Regulatory Compliance
6 19 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (13.64%) DevOps
8 17 (12.88%) RBAC
9 16 (12.12%) Information Security
10 13 (9.85%) Process Improvement
10 13 (9.85%) Test Automation
11 12 (9.09%) Data Security
11 12 (9.09%) ERP
11 12 (9.09%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (7.58%) Computer Science
13 10 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 10 (7.58%) Identity Management
13 10 (7.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.79%) Python
2 17 (12.88%) PowerShell
3 15 (11.36%) Java
4 12 (9.09%) C#
5 9 (6.82%) SQL
6 8 (6.06%) Bash
6 8 (6.06%) Perl
7 3 (2.27%) BeanShell
7 3 (2.27%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.27%) VBA
8 1 (0.76%) PHP
8 1 (0.76%) Ruby
8 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.76%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.76%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 14 (10.61%) Degree
3 13 (9.85%) CISA
4 12 (9.09%) CISSP
5 11 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (5.30%) OCP
7 7 (5.30%) Oracle Certification
8 6 (4.55%) CRISC
8 6 (4.55%) FFIEC
9 5 (3.79%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.79%) CISM
10 3 (2.27%) ACCA
10 3 (2.27%) CIMA
11 2 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.76%) CEH
12 1 (0.76%) HNC
12 1 (0.76%) HND
12 1 (0.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (44.70%) GDPR
2 21 (15.91%) HIPAA
2 21 (15.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (13.64%) NIST
4 13 (9.85%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.58%) ITGC
6 9 (6.82%) GRC
7 8 (6.06%) IFRS
8 7 (5.30%) COBIT
8 7 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 6 (4.55%) GxP
10 5 (3.79%) SOC 2
11 4 (3.03%) COSO
11 4 (3.03%) PMO
12 3 (2.27%) SOX 404
13 2 (1.52%) Basel III
13 2 (1.52%) Data Quality
13 2 (1.52%) GAAP
14 1 (0.76%) GMP
14 1 (0.76%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 18 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (3.79%) Docker
4 4 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.52%) NFS
5 2 (1.52%) Veritas File System
5 2 (1.52%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.76%) Firmware
6 1 (0.76%) IAG
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.58%) Terraform
3 9 (6.82%) Ansible
4 7 (5.30%) QRadar
5 6 (4.55%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (4.55%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (4.55%) Tivoli
5 6 (4.55%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.52%) Puppet
7 1 (0.76%) Control-M
7 1 (0.76%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.76%) Netcool
7 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (18.18%) SAP
2 20 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 19 (14.39%) CyberArk
4 18 (13.64%) Oracle
5 15 (11.36%) Okta
6 11 (8.33%) ServiceNow
7 9 (6.82%) Qualys
8 8 (6.06%) Red Hat
8 8 (6.06%) Splunk
8 8 (6.06%) VMware
9 7 (5.30%) IBM
9 7 (5.30%) Ping Identity
10 6 (4.55%) EMC
10 6 (4.55%) SaltStack
11 3 (2.27%) Concur
11 3 (2.27%) ForgeRock
11 3 (2.27%) Google
11 3 (2.27%) Sybase
11 3 (2.27%) Thycotic
12 2 (1.52%) Ariba