Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts in London

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 271 353 384
Rank change year-on-year +82 +31 +108
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 82 38 109
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.65% 0.21% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.12% 1.52% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 23 63
10th Percentile £313 £515 £411
25th Percentile £431 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £750 £638 £713
90th Percentile £900 £735 £768
England median daily rate £582 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +1.14% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £27.33
25th Percentile - £31.25 £29.31
Median hourly rate £95.00 £32.50 £33.25
Median % change year-on-year +192.31% -2.26% -2.61%
75th Percentile - £33.75 £37.81
90th Percentile - - £40.18
England median hourly rate £88.75 £51.25 £39.60
% change year-on-year +73.17% +29.42% -36.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,992 2,495 3,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 15.88% 13.99% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,317 1,770 2,546
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £792
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 62 36
10th Percentile £19.44 £12.70 £20.25
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.85 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.75 £24.75 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +40.40% -19.51% -30.90%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.37 £53.73 £81.25
England median hourly rate £34.75 £22.34 £41.50
% change year-on-year +55.55% -46.17% +50.91%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +7 15 £715 +19.21% 3
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (9.76%) Confluence
1 8 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.10%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.66%) NetSuite
2 3 (3.66%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.22%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.22%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP GTS
3 1 (1.22%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.22%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.22%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (34.15%) Azure
2 17 (20.73%) Entra ID
3 15 (18.29%) GitHub
4 10 (12.20%) Azure AKS
4 10 (12.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 10 (12.20%) Azure Service Bus
5 9 (10.98%) AWS
6 8 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
6 8 (9.76%) SaaS
7 6 (7.32%) Nutanix
7 6 (7.32%) OCI
8 4 (4.88%) GCP
9 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.44%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.44%) IaaS
10 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (2.44%) PaaS
10 2 (2.44%) Rubrik
10 2 (2.44%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.85%) DNS
2 7 (8.54%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.44%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.22%) DHCP
4 1 (1.22%) MPLS
4 1 (1.22%) NAS
4 1 (1.22%) SAN
4 1 (1.22%) SDH
4 1 (1.22%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.88%) Oracle Database
3 3 (3.66%) MongoDB
3 3 (3.66%) Power BI
4 2 (2.44%) SAP HANA
4 2 (2.44%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (1.22%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.22%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (9.76%) JIRA
1 8 (9.76%) TeamCity
2 7 (8.54%) Git
2 7 (8.54%) Subversion
3 3 (3.66%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.44%) GitLab
5 1 (1.22%) JMeter
5 1 (1.22%) Postman
5 1 (1.22%) Selenium
5 1 (1.22%) Serena SBM
General
1 37 (45.12%) Finance
2 24 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 22 (26.83%) Banking
4 7 (8.54%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.88%) Legal
5 4 (4.88%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.44%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.44%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (1.22%) Billing
8 1 (1.22%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.22%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.22%) Marketing
8 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (14.63%) Analyst
1 12 (14.63%) Architect
2 7 (8.54%) Python Engineer
2 7 (8.54%) Software Engineer
3 6 (7.32%) Administrator
3 6 (7.32%) Consultant
3 6 (7.32%) IT Analyst
3 6 (7.32%) Linux Administrator
3 6 (7.32%) Security Architect
4 5 (6.10%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.10%) IT Manager
4 5 (6.10%) Lead
4 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.10%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (4.88%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (4.88%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (4.88%) Risk Manager
6 3 (3.66%) IT Risk Manager
7 2 (2.44%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (2.44%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.39%) OAuth
2 19 (23.17%) OpenID
3 17 (20.73%) REST
4 16 (19.51%) SailPoint
5 10 (12.20%) OAuth2
5 10 (12.20%) SAML
6 8 (9.76%) Kafka
6 8 (9.76%) NumPy
6 8 (9.76%) OpenTelemetry
6 8 (9.76%) Pandas
7 6 (7.32%) LDAP
8 5 (6.10%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Management Information System
2 9 (10.98%) Clustering
2 9 (10.98%) Replication
3 6 (7.32%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.10%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) IoT
6 1 (1.22%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.63%) Linux
2 8 (9.76%) Solaris
3 5 (6.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (6.10%) Windows
4 2 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.22%) AIX
5 1 (1.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) Risk Management
2 21 (25.61%) Identity Access Management
3 20 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (23.17%) Project Management
5 15 (18.29%) DevOps
6 14 (17.07%) RBAC
7 13 (15.85%) Test Automation
8 12 (14.63%) Data Security
9 11 (13.41%) Agile
9 11 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (12.20%) Quantitative Finance
11 9 (10.98%) High Availability
11 9 (10.98%) Information Security
11 9 (10.98%) Regulatory Compliance
12 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (9.76%) Risk Assessment
13 7 (8.54%) Process Improvement
13 7 (8.54%) Software Engineering
13 7 (8.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 29 (35.37%) Python
2 12 (14.63%) C#
2 12 (14.63%) Java
3 8 (9.76%) Bash
3 8 (9.76%) Perl
4 6 (7.32%) PowerShell
4 6 (7.32%) SQL
5 3 (3.66%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.22%) PHP
6 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.22%) Ruby
6 1 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) CISA
1 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 7 (8.54%) Security Cleared
3 6 (7.32%) CISSP
3 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (7.32%) FFIEC
3 6 (7.32%) OCP
3 6 (7.32%) Oracle Certification
4 5 (6.10%) CRISC
5 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 4 (4.88%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.44%) CISM
6 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.22%) ACCA
7 1 (1.22%) CIMA
7 1 (1.22%) GCIH
7 1 (1.22%) HNC
7 1 (1.22%) HND
7 1 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (1.22%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (46.34%) GDPR
2 17 (20.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (17.07%) NIST
4 9 (10.98%) HIPAA
5 7 (8.54%) ITGC
6 6 (7.32%) GRC
6 6 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (6.10%) COBIT
7 5 (6.10%) IFRS
7 5 (6.10%) PCI DSS
8 4 (4.88%) PMO
9 3 (3.66%) COSO
10 2 (2.44%) SOC 2
10 2 (2.44%) SOX 404
11 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
11 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
11 1 (1.22%) GAAP
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.76%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.66%) Docker
5 2 (2.44%) NFS
5 2 (2.44%) Veritas File System
5 2 (2.44%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (1.22%) Firmware
6 1 (1.22%) IAG
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (12.20%) Kubernetes
1 10 (12.20%) Terraform
2 9 (10.98%) Ansible
3 7 (8.54%) QRadar
4 6 (7.32%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (7.32%) Red Hat Satellite
4 6 (7.32%) Tivoli
4 6 (7.32%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.44%) Puppet
7 1 (1.22%) Control-M
7 1 (1.22%) Data Guard
7 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (1.22%) Netcool
7 1 (1.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 17 (20.73%) CyberArk
2 14 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) Oracle
3 13 (15.85%) SAP
4 11 (13.41%) ServiceNow
5 9 (10.98%) Qualys
6 8 (9.76%) Red Hat
6 8 (9.76%) Splunk
6 8 (9.76%) VMware
7 7 (8.54%) IBM
8 6 (7.32%) EMC
8 6 (7.32%) Okta
8 6 (7.32%) SaltStack
9 3 (3.66%) ForgeRock
9 3 (3.66%) Google
9 3 (3.66%) Sybase
10 2 (2.44%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (2.44%) Serena
10 2 (2.44%) Thycotic
11 1 (1.22%) Concur