Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 119 95
Rank change year-on-year -13 -24 +41
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 3 2 18
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.13% 0.13% 0.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.65% 0.77% 5.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £528 £426
25th Percentile - £536 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £562 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.86% -8.33% +2.08%
75th Percentile - £600 £642
90th Percentile - £615 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £44.04
UK median hourly rate £63.00 £35.25 £44.04
% change year-on-year +78.72% -19.96% +11.21%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 461 260 358
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 19.53% 16.33% 19.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 149 220
10th Percentile £213 £250 £192
25th Percentile £325 £406 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +1.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £540 £538 £520
90th Percentile £650 £575 £600
UK median daily rate £508 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.93 -
25th Percentile £13.35 £15.55 £13.52
Median hourly rate £14.00 £40.00 £14.98
Median % change year-on-year -65.00% +167.02% +3.31%
75th Percentile £16.02 £61.88 £15.23
90th Percentile £48.75 £72.50 £26.86
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +6.67% +9.09% -22.82%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in Scotland

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 October 2026. 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
Edinburgh -7 1 £600 +14.72% 3
Glasgow - 1 - -
Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Finance Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Finance Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Attestation
1 1 (33.33%) Business Case
1 1 (33.33%) CAD
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Stories
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow