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 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 277 351 373
Rank change year-on-year +74 +22 +139
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 81 34 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.65% 0.19% 0.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.08% 1.37% 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 22 66
10th Percentile £313 £529 £416
25th Percentile £431 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £763 £675 £688
90th Percentile £938 £784 £726
England median daily rate £582 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -3.08% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £95.00 - £26.00
England median hourly rate £88.75 £70.00 £32.80
% change year-on-year +26.79% +113.41% -3.93%

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 1,987 2,474 3,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.02% 14.17% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,323 1,746 2,463
10th Percentile £321 £350 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £798
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 63 35
10th Percentile £19.44 £12.90 £20.20
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.94 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £24.18 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% -30.91% -21.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.37 £56.75 £81.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.42 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.11% -43.95% +37.36%

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 16 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 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
Central London +3 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 (9.88%) Confluence
1 8 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.17%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.94%) NetSuite
1 4 (4.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.70%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.23%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.23%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.23%) SAP GTS
3 1 (1.23%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.23%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.23%) SAP PP
3 1 (1.23%) SAP SCM
3 1 (1.23%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (35.80%) Azure
2 17 (20.99%) Entra ID
3 15 (18.52%) GitHub
4 10 (12.35%) AWS
4 10 (12.35%) Azure AKS
4 10 (12.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 10 (12.35%) Azure Service Bus
4 10 (12.35%) SaaS
5 8 (9.88%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (7.41%) Nutanix
6 6 (7.41%) OCI
7 5 (6.17%) GCP
8 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.47%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.47%) IaaS
9 2 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.47%) PaaS
9 2 (2.47%) Rubrik
9 2 (2.47%) Snowflake
9 2 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) DNS
2 7 (8.64%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.47%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.23%) DHCP
4 1 (1.23%) MPLS
4 1 (1.23%) NAS
4 1 (1.23%) SAN
4 1 (1.23%) SDH
4 1 (1.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.94%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.94%) Power BI
3 3 (3.70%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.47%) SAP HANA
4 2 (2.47%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.23%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (1.23%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.23%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (1.23%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.23%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (9.88%) JIRA
1 8 (9.88%) TeamCity
2 7 (8.64%) Git
2 7 (8.64%) Subversion
3 3 (3.70%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.47%) GitLab
5 1 (1.23%) JMeter
5 1 (1.23%) Postman
5 1 (1.23%) Selenium
5 1 (1.23%) Serena SBM
General
1 37 (45.68%) Finance
2 24 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 21 (25.93%) Banking
4 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.94%) Legal
5 4 (4.94%) Retail Banking
6 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.47%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.23%) Billing
8 1 (1.23%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.23%) Marketing
8 1 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.23%) Retail
8 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (14.81%) Analyst
1 12 (14.81%) Architect
2 7 (8.64%) Python Engineer
2 7 (8.64%) Software Engineer
3 6 (7.41%) Administrator
3 6 (7.41%) IT Analyst
3 6 (7.41%) Linux Administrator
3 6 (7.41%) Security Architect
4 5 (6.17%) Business Analyst
4 5 (6.17%) Consultant
4 5 (6.17%) IT Manager
4 5 (6.17%) Lead
4 5 (6.17%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.17%) Python Software Engineer
5 4 (4.94%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (4.94%) PMO Analyst
5 4 (4.94%) Risk Manager
6 3 (3.70%) IT Risk Manager
7 2 (2.47%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (2.47%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.69%) OAuth
2 19 (23.46%) OpenID
3 17 (20.99%) REST
3 17 (20.99%) SailPoint
4 10 (12.35%) OAuth2
4 10 (12.35%) SAML
5 8 (9.88%) Kafka
5 8 (9.88%) NumPy
5 8 (9.88%) OpenTelemetry
5 8 (9.88%) Pandas
6 5 (6.17%) LDAP
6 5 (6.17%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.58%) Management Information System
2 9 (11.11%) Clustering
2 9 (11.11%) Replication
3 6 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 5 (6.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.23%) IoT
6 1 (1.23%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (14.81%) Linux
2 8 (9.88%) Solaris
3 5 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (6.17%) Windows
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle Linux
4 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.23%) AIX
5 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) Risk Management
2 20 (24.69%) Identity Access Management
2 20 (24.69%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (22.22%) Project Management
4 14 (17.28%) DevOps
4 14 (17.28%) RBAC
5 13 (16.05%) Test Automation
6 12 (14.81%) Data Security
7 11 (13.58%) Agile
7 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (12.35%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (12.35%) Information Security
8 10 (12.35%) Quantitative Finance
8 10 (12.35%) Regulatory Compliance
9 9 (11.11%) High Availability
10 8 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) Privileged Access Management
10 8 (9.88%) Risk Assessment
11 7 (8.64%) CI/CD
11 7 (8.64%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (35.80%) Python
2 12 (14.81%) C#
2 12 (14.81%) Java
3 8 (9.88%) Bash
3 8 (9.88%) Perl
4 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
4 5 (6.17%) SQL
5 3 (3.70%) BeanShell
6 1 (1.23%) PHP
6 1 (1.23%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.23%) Ruby
6 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Degree
2 9 (11.11%) CISA
3 7 (8.64%) CISSP
3 7 (8.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (8.64%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.41%) FFIEC
4 6 (7.41%) OCP
4 6 (7.41%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (6.17%) CRISC
6 4 (4.94%) AWS Certification
6 4 (4.94%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.70%) CISM
8 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.23%) ACCA
9 1 (1.23%) CIMA
9 1 (1.23%) GCIH
9 1 (1.23%) HNC
9 1 (1.23%) HND
9 1 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 1 (1.23%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (46.91%) GDPR
2 18 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (18.52%) NIST
4 10 (12.35%) HIPAA
5 7 (8.64%) ITGC
6 6 (7.41%) GRC
6 6 (7.41%) IFRS
6 6 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (6.17%) COBIT
7 5 (6.17%) PCI DSS
8 4 (4.94%) PMO
9 3 (3.70%) COSO
10 2 (2.47%) SOC 2
10 2 (2.47%) SOX 404
11 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
11 1 (1.23%) GAAP
System Software
1 10 (12.35%) Active Directory
2 8 (9.88%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.70%) Docker
5 2 (2.47%) NFS
5 2 (2.47%) Veritas File System
5 2 (2.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (1.23%) Firmware
6 1 (1.23%) IAG
6 1 (1.23%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 10 (12.35%) Kubernetes
1 10 (12.35%) Terraform
2 9 (11.11%) Ansible
3 7 (8.64%) QRadar
4 6 (7.41%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (7.41%) Red Hat Satellite
4 6 (7.41%) Tivoli
4 6 (7.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 5 (6.17%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (2.47%) Puppet
7 1 (1.23%) Control-M
7 1 (1.23%) Data Guard
7 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7 1 (1.23%) Netcool
7 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 18 (22.22%) CyberArk
2 14 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.28%) Oracle
3 13 (16.05%) SAP
4 11 (13.58%) ServiceNow
5 9 (11.11%) Qualys
6 8 (9.88%) Red Hat
6 8 (9.88%) Splunk
6 8 (9.88%) VMware
7 7 (8.64%) IBM
8 6 (7.41%) EMC
8 6 (7.41%) Okta
8 6 (7.41%) SaltStack
9 3 (3.70%) ForgeRock
9 3 (3.70%) Google
9 3 (3.70%) Sybase
10 2 (2.47%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (2.47%) Serena
10 2 (2.47%) Thycotic
11 1 (1.23%) Concur