Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 155 177 212
Rank change year-on-year +22 +35 +18
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 11 8 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.34% 1.07% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile - £384 £130
25th Percentile £406 £450 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £560 £231
Median % change year-on-year -8.48% +142.60% -26.13%
75th Percentile £606 £580 £399
90th Percentile £625 £592 £542
England median daily rate £582 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +1.14% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.25 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £82.50 £70.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% +76.77% -
75th Percentile £88.75 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
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
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 471 745 813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.29% 15.63% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 418 493
10th Percentile £235 £320 £288
25th Percentile £371 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £698 £672 £650
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 85 40
10th Percentile £14.27 - £13.47
25th Percentile £22.14 £10.95 £29.30
Median hourly rate £24.67 £12.84 £38.55
Median % change year-on-year +92.15% -66.69% +106.15%
75th Percentile £39.69 £26.66 £49.08
90th Percentile £79.39 £48.75 £58.45
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
Yorkshire +10 7 £450 +32.35% 7
North West +18 4 £575 -0.86% 3
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Architect
1 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Security Project Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) AWS CDK
1 2 (18.18%) Spring
1 2 (18.18%) Spring Boot
2 1 (9.09%) LDAP
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) CESG
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (45.45%) Information Security
2 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Attestation
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 2 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Internal Audit
4 2 (18.18%) Privileged Access Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Regulatory Change
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) TOGAF
5 1 (9.09%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 3 (27.27%) VBA
3 2 (18.18%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CISSP
2 1 (9.09%) CISA
2 1 (9.09%) CISM
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) GDPR
2 3 (27.27%) SOC 2
3 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (18.18%) NIST
3 2 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 1 (9.09%) COBIT
4 1 (9.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (9.09%) JSP 440
4 1 (9.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Centrify
2 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
2 1 (9.09%) Okta
2 1 (9.09%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Thycotic