Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts in the Thames Valley

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 139 128
Rank change year-on-year +41 -11 +35
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 4 6 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.22% 0.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.32% 1.29% 5.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 16
10th Percentile £311 £515 £413
25th Percentile £384 £538 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% -
75th Percentile £550 £600 £500
90th Percentile - £664 £663
South East median daily rate £550 £550 £475
% change year-on-year - +15.79% -19.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 303 466 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.05% 17.35% 14.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 246 261
10th Percentile £300 £180 £252
25th Percentile £412 £315 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £614 £575 £550
90th Percentile £688 £600 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 25 15
10th Percentile £29.62 £18.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £46.30 £22.50 £19.75
Median hourly rate £61.50 £27.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +123.62% +19.57% +9.52%
75th Percentile £66.56 £65.00 £38.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £66.50 £65.66
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Sarbanes-Oxley as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire +28 3 £550 -4.35% 7
Buckinghamshire - 1 £275 - 1
Sarbanes-Oxley
South East

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Automotive
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Accountant
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) iXBRL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 2 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) SOA
1 2 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ACCA
1 1 (25.00%) CIMA
1 1 (25.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle