Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 134 114 134
Rank change year-on-year -20 +20 +52
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 11 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.46% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.13% 1.29% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 2
10th Percentile £420 £401 £276
25th Percentile £514 £403 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £413 £365
Median % change year-on-year +37.94% +13.01% -30.81%
75th Percentile £688 £502 £429
90th Percentile £700 £552 £464
England median daily rate £550 £525 £508
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.45% -1.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 351 311 366
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 14.61% 13.23% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 182 214
10th Percentile £310 £313 £270
25th Percentile £360 £392 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £486
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +2.32%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £667 £638 £650
England median daily rate £500 £510 £540
% change year-on-year -1.96% -5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 27
10th Percentile £37.62 £12.60 £14.49
25th Percentile £44.58 £19.65 £17.14
Median hourly rate £63.40 £23.14 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year +174.04% -18.25% -59.02%
75th Percentile £70.48 £29.63 £54.38
90th Percentile £72.40 £41.79 £76.20
England median hourly rate £30.00 £31.62 £40.50
% change year-on-year -5.12% -21.93% +55.77%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the North West

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the North West over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the North West

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Cheshire -12 10 £585 +17.19%
Manchester -7 1 £569 +42.25% 7
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 5 (45.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Programme Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Manager
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Programme Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Incident Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Product Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Service Manager
4 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) SailPoint
2 1 (9.09%) LDAP
2 1 (9.09%) OAuth
2 1 (9.09%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (9.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) ITSM
2 6 (54.55%) Risk Management
2 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (45.45%) Programme Management
3 5 (45.45%) Service Design
3 5 (45.45%) Service Management
4 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Backlog Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
5 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
5 2 (18.18%) Identity Management
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) RBAC
6 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) CBAP
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) GxP
2 4 (36.36%) GDPR
3 1 (9.09%) Basel III
3 1 (9.09%) GRC
3 1 (9.09%) HIPAA
3 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Ariba
3 1 (9.09%) Okta