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 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 146 203
Rank change year-on-year -33 +57 -3
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 13 8 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.28% 0.26% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.61% 1.59% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 7
10th Percentile - £231 £481
25th Percentile £463 £288 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% -15.91% +22.22%
75th Percentile £555 £578 £631
90th Percentile £569 £619 £695
England median daily rate £563 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.76% -4.55%

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 806 503 918
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.10% 16.07% 16.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 261 528
10th Percentile £300 £249 £230
25th Percentile £409 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £588
90th Percentile £678 £675 £667
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 21 61
10th Percentile £13.28 £18.50 £17.13
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -25.33% +50.00%
75th Percentile £69.65 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £90.80 £65.62 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.99 £25.00
% change year-on-year -18.83% +23.94% -14.24%

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 11 February 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 11 February 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
Surrey -6 7 £475 +2.70%
Hampshire -19 4 £563 -2.17%
Thames Valley -25 2 £509 +84.91% 1
Buckinghamshire -8 1 £500 +81.82% 1
Berkshire -17 1 £517 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (7.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Lucidchart
1 1 (7.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Information Officer
1 6 (46.15%) Information Security Officer
1 6 (46.15%) Security Officer
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Security Incident Officer
5 1 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) BYOD
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 5 (38.46%) ISMS
2 5 (38.46%) Risk Management
3 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
4 3 (23.08%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (23.08%) Data Flow Diagram
4 3 (23.08%) Data Protection
4 3 (23.08%) Due Diligence
4 3 (23.08%) Information Governance
4 3 (23.08%) Information Security Management
4 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (23.08%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Security Management
4 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 3 (23.08%) Security Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CISM
1 4 (30.77%) CISSP
1 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (76.92%) NIST
2 9 (69.23%) PCI DSS
3 7 (53.85%) GDPR
4 1 (7.69%) COBIT
4 1 (7.69%) COSO
4 1 (7.69%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Avamar
1 1 (7.69%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (7.69%) RSA Archer
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
1 1 (7.69%) vCenter Server
1 1 (7.69%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Dell
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle
1 1 (7.69%) Veeam
1 1 (7.69%) VMware