Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.83% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £569 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +13.80% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £50.75 £69.52 £32.50
% change year-on-year -27.00% +113.91% +17.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 56 35 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 23.24% 18.13% 18.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 11 17
10th Percentile £325 £148 £189
25th Percentile £447 £167 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £200 £493
Median % change year-on-year +156.25% -59.39% +2.07%
75th Percentile £581 £472 £638
90th Percentile £658 £575 -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 - -
Median hourly rate £12.96 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.42% +34.33% -
75th Percentile £13.60 - -
90th Percentile £25.26 £36.38 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £27.35 £35.50
% change year-on-year -8.04% -22.96% +55.41%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
County Antrim - 2 £550 - 4
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Server Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft