Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 129 126
Rank change year-on-year -23 -3 +82
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 5 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.17% 0.30% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.98% 2.04% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile - £356 £324
25th Percentile £513 £525 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -5.88% +59.38%
75th Percentile £597 - £700
90th Percentile £704 £644 £775
England median daily rate £550 £525 £515
% change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 511 392 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.65% 14.79% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 352 243 269
10th Percentile £313 £250 £297
25th Percentile £398 £345 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £562 £588 £575
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
England median daily rate £500 £512 £540
% change year-on-year -2.39% -5.14% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 20 22
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.00 £14.75
25th Percentile £16.10 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £20.83 £21.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% -21.82% +39.84%
75th Percentile £30.00 £43.88 £34.50
90th Percentile £37.02 £52.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.75 £31.37 £37.50
% change year-on-year -1.99% -16.35% +44.23%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Midlands

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
West Midlands -24 4 £525 +16.67% 2
East Midlands -16 1 £525 -12.50% 1
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (20.00%) SAP GRC
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) IT Manager
1 2 (40.00%) IT Procurement Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Procurement Manager
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Workday Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) LDAP
1 1 (20.00%) OAuth
1 1 (20.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (20.00%) SAML
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Data Security
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Attestation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (20.00%) CISA
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) GIAC
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) GDPR
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) Workday
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Atlassian
4 1 (20.00%) Concur
4 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow