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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 489 482
Rank change year-on-year +141 -7 +129
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 133 57 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.16% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.43% 1.11% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 37 93
10th Percentile £324 £500 £400
25th Percentile £512 £538 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £692 £675 £650
90th Percentile £864 £765 £713
UK median daily rate £582 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £78.13 - £27.36
25th Percentile £80.94 £67.50 £29.40
Median hourly rate £88.75 £70.00 £32.80
Median % change year-on-year +26.79% +113.41% -3.93%
75th Percentile £93.44 £72.50 £36.20
90th Percentile £94.38 - £38.24
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £70.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year +28.57% +76.77% -40.96%

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 3,879 5,141 6,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.98% 14.14% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,511 3,294 4,370
10th Percentile £275 £300 £288
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £630 £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 153 348 213
10th Percentile £18.10 £10.95 £16.31
25th Percentile £22.50 £13.18 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.42 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.11% -43.95% +37.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.64 £68.75 £79.95
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.06 £35.00
% change year-on-year +63.84% -39.84% +12.90%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +74 81 £650 +8.33% 63
South East +51 10 £544 -1.14% 28
North of England +20 10 £575 +2.68% 13
Midlands +19 6 £564 -16.44% 14
Yorkshire +15 6 £506 +48.90% 8
South West +44 4 £550 -37.14% 3
East of England +26 4 £575 +2.68% 4
West Midlands +14 4 £603 -10.67% 11
North West +9 4 £575 -0.86% 5
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 (6.02%) Confluence
1 8 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (9.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.76%) SAP GRC
3 4 (3.01%) NetSuite
3 4 (3.01%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle Assets
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.50%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.75%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.75%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.75%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.75%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.75%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.75%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.75%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 40 (30.08%) Azure
2 25 (18.80%) Entra ID
3 23 (17.29%) AWS
4 18 (13.53%) GitHub
5 14 (10.53%) SaaS
6 10 (7.52%) Azure AKS
6 10 (7.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 10 (7.52%) Azure Service Bus
7 8 (6.02%) GCP
7 8 (6.02%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (5.26%) OCI
9 6 (4.51%) Nutanix
10 5 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (3.01%) Power Platform
11 4 (3.01%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.50%) Google Workspace
12 2 (1.50%) IaaS
12 2 (1.50%) PaaS
12 2 (1.50%) Rubrik
12 2 (1.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.77%) DNS
2 7 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.50%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.75%) DHCP
4 1 (0.75%) Firewall
4 1 (0.75%) MPLS
4 1 (0.75%) NAS
4 1 (0.75%) Network Security
4 1 (0.75%) SAN
4 1 (0.75%) SDH
4 1 (0.75%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.28%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.76%) SAP HANA
3 4 (3.01%) Oracle Database
3 4 (3.01%) Power BI
3 4 (3.01%) SAP BW
4 3 (2.26%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.26%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.26%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.50%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (8.27%) JIRA
2 8 (6.02%) Git
2 8 (6.02%) TeamCity
3 7 (5.26%) Subversion
4 6 (4.51%) Jenkins
5 4 (3.01%) JMeter
6 3 (2.26%) LoadRunner
6 3 (2.26%) NeoLoad
7 2 (1.50%) GitLab
8 1 (0.75%) Postman
8 1 (0.75%) Selenium
8 1 (0.75%) Serena SBM
General
1 63 (47.37%) Finance
2 35 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 26 (19.55%) Banking
4 22 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.02%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (5.26%) Legal
8 4 (3.01%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.01%) Retail Banking
8 4 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.26%) Retail
10 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.50%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.50%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.75%) Billing
11 1 (0.75%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (13.53%) Analyst
2 17 (12.78%) Architect
3 11 (8.27%) Consultant
4 10 (7.52%) Lead
5 9 (6.77%) Security Architect
6 8 (6.02%) Software Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) AWS Specialist
7 7 (5.26%) IAM Specialist
7 7 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.26%) Python Engineer
7 7 (5.26%) Senior
8 6 (4.51%) Administrator
8 6 (4.51%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.51%) IT Analyst
8 6 (4.51%) Linux Administrator
9 5 (3.76%) IT Manager
9 5 (3.76%) Python Software Engineer
9 5 (3.76%) SAP Consultant
10 4 (3.01%) Security Consultant
10 4 (3.01%) SOX Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (21.80%) SailPoint
2 27 (20.30%) OAuth
2 27 (20.30%) OpenID
3 19 (14.29%) SAML
4 17 (12.78%) REST
5 10 (7.52%) OAuth2
6 8 (6.02%) Kafka
6 8 (6.02%) NumPy
6 8 (6.02%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (6.02%) Pandas
7 6 (4.51%) LDAP
7 6 (4.51%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (3.01%) SAP Fiori
9 3 (2.26%) Web Services
10 2 (1.50%) AWS CDK
10 2 (1.50%) Spring
10 2 (1.50%) Spring Boot
11 1 (0.75%) iXBRL
11 1 (0.75%) Node.js
11 1 (0.75%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.52%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (6.77%) Clustering
3 9 (6.77%) Replication
4 8 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.02%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.76%) Life Science
6 4 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.26%) FMCG
8 2 (1.50%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.75%) CESG
9 1 (0.75%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.75%) IoT
9 1 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (9.02%) Linux
2 8 (6.02%) Solaris
3 5 (3.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.76%) Windows
4 2 (1.50%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) AIX
5 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (29.32%) Identity Access Management
2 34 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (24.06%) Risk Management
4 26 (19.55%) Project Management
5 21 (15.79%) Regulatory Compliance
6 19 (14.29%) Agile
7 18 (13.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (12.78%) RBAC
9 16 (12.03%) DevOps
9 16 (12.03%) Information Security
10 14 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
10 14 (10.53%) ERP
11 13 (9.77%) Process Improvement
11 13 (9.77%) Test Automation
12 12 (9.02%) Data Security
12 12 (9.02%) Risk Assessment
13 11 (8.27%) Computer Science
14 10 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
14 10 (7.52%) Mentoring
14 10 (7.52%) Quantitative Finance
Programming Languages
1 38 (28.57%) Python
2 16 (12.03%) PowerShell
3 15 (11.28%) Java
4 12 (9.02%) C#
4 12 (9.02%) SQL
5 8 (6.02%) Bash
5 8 (6.02%) Perl
6 4 (3.01%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.26%) BeanShell
7 3 (2.26%) VBA
8 1 (0.75%) PHP
8 1 (0.75%) Ruby
8 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.03%) Security Cleared
2 15 (11.28%) Degree
3 12 (9.02%) CISSP
4 11 (8.27%) CISA
4 11 (8.27%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.26%) OCP
6 7 (5.26%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (4.51%) CISM
7 6 (4.51%) CRISC
7 6 (4.51%) FFIEC
8 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.26%) ACCA
9 3 (2.26%) CIMA
10 2 (1.50%) Azure Certification
10 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.75%) CEH
11 1 (0.75%) HNC
11 1 (0.75%) HND
11 1 (0.75%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (44.36%) GDPR
2 22 (16.54%) HIPAA
2 22 (16.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (14.29%) NIST
4 13 (9.77%) PCI DSS
5 10 (7.52%) ITGC
6 9 (6.77%) GRC
6 9 (6.77%) IFRS
7 7 (5.26%) COBIT
7 7 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 6 (4.51%) GxP
9 5 (3.76%) SOC 2
10 4 (3.01%) COSO
10 4 (3.01%) PMO
11 3 (2.26%) SLA
11 3 (2.26%) SOX 404
12 2 (1.50%) Basel III
12 2 (1.50%) GAAP
13 1 (0.75%) GMP
13 1 (0.75%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 16 (12.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.02%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (3.76%) Docker
4 4 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.50%) NFS
5 2 (1.50%) Veritas File System
5 2 (1.50%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.75%) Firmware
6 1 (0.75%) IAG
6 1 (0.75%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (9.77%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.52%) Terraform
3 9 (6.77%) Ansible
4 7 (5.26%) QRadar
5 6 (4.51%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (4.51%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (4.51%) Tivoli
5 6 (4.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (1.50%) Puppet
7 1 (0.75%) Control-M
7 1 (0.75%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (0.75%) Netcool
7 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (18.05%) SAP
2 22 (16.54%) Oracle
3 20 (15.04%) CyberArk
4 19 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 14 (10.53%) Okta
6 11 (8.27%) ServiceNow
7 9 (6.77%) Qualys
8 8 (6.02%) Red Hat
8 8 (6.02%) Splunk
8 8 (6.02%) VMware
9 7 (5.26%) IBM
9 7 (5.26%) Ping Identity
10 6 (4.51%) EMC
10 6 (4.51%) SaltStack
11 3 (2.26%) Concur
11 3 (2.26%) ForgeRock
11 3 (2.26%) Google
11 3 (2.26%) Sybase
11 3 (2.26%) Thycotic
12 2 (1.50%) Serena