Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends in the South East

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 154 175
Rank change year-on-year -71 +21 +23
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 8 18 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.51% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% 2.92% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 4
10th Percentile £412 £508 £408
25th Percentile £423 £531 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% - +7.50%
75th Percentile £556 £569 £556
90th Percentile £635 £616 £568
England median daily rate £475 £550 £555
% change year-on-year -13.64% -0.90% +9.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,146 616 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.48% 17.32% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 385 269
10th Percentile £325 £222 £246
25th Percentile £425 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £623
90th Percentile £750 £650 £688
England median daily rate £513 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 40 37
10th Percentile £14.44 £14.51 £11.80
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.13 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £17.48 £54.36
Median % change year-on-year +121.51% -67.84% +8.72%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.65 £64.73
90th Percentile £80.35 £87.28 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.40 £32.74 £34.47
% change year-on-year -1.04% -5.02% -12.77%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the South East over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire -34 2 £448 -16.74% 3
Hampshire -42 2 £438 -20.45% 5
Thames Valley -46 2 £448 -16.74% 10
Surrey -21 1 £600 -4.00% 1
Middlesex - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £650 - 1
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (12.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) NetSuite
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) GCP
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Broadband
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Legal
4 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Audit Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Compliance Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) ERP Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Governance Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Information Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Audit Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Security Officer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) SOX Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (50.00%) ERP
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) AI
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Data Science
2 3 (37.50%) DevSecOps
2 3 (37.50%) Integration Patterns
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Debt
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) CISA
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GRC
1 2 (25.00%) ITGC
2 1 (12.50%) GAAP
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) IFRS
2 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle