Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 82 97
Rank change year-on-year -7 +15 +40
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.093% 0.085% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.59% 0.68% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £276
25th Percentile £535 - £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year +42.25% +9.59% -30.81%
75th Percentile £604 - £429
90th Percentile - - £464
North West median daily rate £569 £413 £365
% change year-on-year +37.94% +13.01% -30.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 170 148 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 15.87% 12.63% 12.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 93 133
10th Percentile £311 £332 £325
25th Percentile £357 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% -9.09% +4.21%
75th Percentile £591 £506 £588
90th Percentile £696 £635 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £450 £486
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 3
10th Percentile £65.50 £15.30 £19.00
25th Percentile £66.25 £20.25 £23.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £29.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +141.38% -3.33% -57.14%
75th Percentile £73.13 £29.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £73.50 £29.90 £58.00
North West median hourly rate £63.40 £23.14 £28.30
% change year-on-year +174.04% -18.25% -59.02%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Sarbanes-Oxley relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in Manchester

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Sarbanes-Oxley

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Sarbanes-Oxley

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow