Sarbanes-Oxley Contract Job Trends

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 365 525
Rank change year-on-year -87 +160 -31
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 185 165 67
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.36% 0.55% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.16% 3.36% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 96 47
10th Percentile £437 £423 £385
25th Percentile £500 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £582 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -3.08% +20.00%
75th Percentile £613 £682 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £561 £550 £568
% change year-on-year +2.05% -3.08% +13.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 1
10th Percentile £50.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.63 £21.50 £67.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £82.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% +17.86% +76.77%
75th Percentile £76.50 £92.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.20 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.25 £23.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +170.65% -67.14% +76.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,583 4,916 5,975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.87% 16.32% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,508 3,141 3,724
10th Percentile £340 £273 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £473 £475
% change year-on-year +5.70% -0.42% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 199 431
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.11 £11.06
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.53 £13.28
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +32.94% -34.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £82.22 £83.78 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.64 £19.34
% change year-on-year +26.42% +63.60% -45.52%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 25 June 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
England -104 161 £600 +3.18% 19
London -42 96 £600 -8.40% 8
UK excluding London -114 63 £561 +2.05% 16
Work from Home -47 62 £600 - 8
North of England -73 25 £560 -1.58% 2
North West -32 20 £631 +9.74% 1
South East -62 13 £563 +4.65% 10
Midlands -54 11 £600 +6.38% 1
East of England -21 9 £530 -7.83% 3
West Midlands -53 8 £650 +7.79% 1
Yorkshire -60 5 £450 -9.95% 1
Scotland -12 4 - -
East Midlands -16 3 £550 +24.29%
South West -50 1 £600 +14.29%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 7 (3.78%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.70%) Apache
2 5 (2.70%) IIS
3 3 (1.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (1.62%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (8.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 25 (13.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (2.70%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.70%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (2.16%) HFM
4 4 (2.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 4 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle FAH
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (1.08%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.08%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.08%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.54%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.54%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.54%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.54%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.54%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 70 (37.84%) Azure
2 49 (26.49%) AWS
3 28 (15.14%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.11%) Power Platform
5 12 (6.49%) SaaS
6 11 (5.95%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.86%) GCP
8 7 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.78%) Snowflake
9 5 (2.70%) IaaS
10 4 (2.16%) Azure Machine Learning
10 4 (2.16%) OCI
11 3 (1.62%) PaaS
12 2 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.08%) Matillion
12 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
12 2 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.08%) Veeva
13 1 (0.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 1 (0.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.57%) DNS
2 13 (7.03%) DHCP
2 13 (7.03%) Kerberos
3 7 (3.78%) HTTP
3 7 (3.78%) Network Security
4 5 (2.70%) HTTPS
5 4 (2.16%) Firewall
6 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.54%) LAN
6 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.54%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.54%) WAN
6 1 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.11%) Power BI
2 10 (5.41%) Relational Database
3 9 (4.86%) SQL Server
4 7 (3.78%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.16%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.16%) Spark SQL
6 4 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.62%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.08%) Big Data
8 2 (1.08%) GIS
8 2 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.54%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.54%) Spotfire
9 1 (0.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (4.86%) Git
2 7 (3.78%) JIRA
3 6 (3.24%) GitLab
4 2 (1.08%) ER Studio
4 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.08%) Postman
4 2 (1.08%) Robot Framework
4 2 (1.08%) Selenium
5 1 (0.54%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.54%) Gradle
5 1 (0.54%) Introscope
5 1 (0.54%) Maven
5 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 105 (56.76%) Finance
2 77 (41.62%) Social Skills
3 36 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.43%) Legal
5 19 (10.27%) Banking
6 14 (7.57%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.86%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.70%) Billing
10 5 (2.70%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.62%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.08%) Japanese Language
12 2 (1.08%) Retail
13 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.54%) French Language
13 1 (0.54%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (18.92%) Lead
2 24 (12.97%) Analyst
2 24 (12.97%) Architect
3 17 (9.19%) Consultant
4 13 (7.03%) Business Analyst
5 10 (5.41%) SOX Analyst
6 9 (4.86%) Finance Business Analyst
6 9 (4.86%) Financial Analyst
7 8 (4.32%) IT Analyst
7 8 (4.32%) Senior
8 7 (3.78%) Java Engineer
8 7 (3.78%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.24%) Data Engineer
10 5 (2.70%) Business Finance Analyst
10 5 (2.70%) Data Architect
10 5 (2.70%) Information Officer
10 5 (2.70%) Information Security Officer
10 5 (2.70%) Security Officer
10 5 (2.70%) Software Engineer
10 5 (2.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (12.43%) LDAP
2 19 (10.27%) OAuth
2 19 (10.27%) SAML
3 14 (7.57%) REST
4 8 (4.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (4.32%) SailPoint
5 7 (3.78%) SOAP
5 7 (3.78%) Spring
5 7 (3.78%) Spring Boot
6 6 (3.24%) JDBC
6 6 (3.24%) Middleware
6 6 (3.24%) OpenID
7 5 (2.70%) AWS CDK
7 5 (2.70%) J2EE
7 5 (2.70%) JSON
8 4 (2.16%) Node.js
9 3 (1.62%) PySpark
9 3 (1.62%) Spark Streaming
10 2 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
10 2 (1.08%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.73%) Replication
2 13 (7.03%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.49%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.32%) Product Ownership
5 7 (3.78%) BYOD
6 6 (3.24%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (2.70%) Reinsurance
8 4 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.16%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.62%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.62%) CMDB
9 3 (1.62%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.62%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.08%) Life Science
10 2 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 33 (17.84%) Windows
2 14 (7.57%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.95%) Linux
4 4 (2.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) AIX
5 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (29.19%) Agile
3 35 (18.92%) Identity Access Management
4 34 (18.38%) RBAC
5 32 (17.30%) DevOps
5 32 (17.30%) ERP
6 30 (16.22%) Change Management
6 30 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (16.22%) Migration
7 28 (15.14%) Procure-to-Pay
8 26 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (12.97%) AI
10 23 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
11 21 (11.35%) ETL
11 21 (11.35%) Information Security
12 20 (10.81%) CI/CD
13 19 (10.27%) Order to Cash
13 19 (10.27%) Roadmaps
14 18 (9.73%) Record to Report
15 17 (9.19%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.68%) SQL
2 24 (12.97%) PowerShell
2 24 (12.97%) Python
3 22 (11.89%) Java
4 4 (2.16%) Bash
4 4 (2.16%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.08%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.54%) Jython
6 1 (0.54%) R
6 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (15.68%) Degree
2 20 (10.81%) CISSP
3 17 (9.19%) Security Cleared
4 16 (8.65%) ACCA
5 15 (8.11%) CISM
6 14 (7.57%) PMI Certification
6 14 (7.57%) PMP
6 14 (7.57%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.95%) CIMA
8 7 (3.78%) CISA
9 4 (2.16%) CRISC
9 4 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.62%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (1.08%) ISTQB
11 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.54%) PgMP
12 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (41.08%) GDPR
2 39 (21.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (11.89%) NIST
4 20 (10.81%) PCI DSS
5 16 (8.65%) GAAP
5 16 (8.65%) HIPAA
5 16 (8.65%) IFRS
6 13 (7.03%) ITGC
7 11 (5.95%) Data Quality
8 10 (5.41%) GRC
9 7 (3.78%) COBIT
10 5 (2.70%) Basel III
10 5 (2.70%) Solvency II
11 4 (2.16%) QA
12 3 (1.62%) IFRS 9
12 3 (1.62%) NIST 800
12 3 (1.62%) PMO
12 3 (1.62%) SLA
13 2 (1.08%) GxP
13 2 (1.08%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 30 (16.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (11.35%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (7.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 12 (6.49%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.08%) Control-M
5 1 (0.54%) CA Wily
5 1 (0.54%) Puppet
5 1 (0.54%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (31.35%) SAP
2 39 (21.08%) Microsoft
3 21 (11.35%) ServiceNow
4 19 (10.27%) Oracle
5 17 (9.19%) Workday
6 16 (8.65%) Okta
7 10 (5.41%) CyberArk
8 7 (3.78%) Ariba
9 5 (2.70%) Databricks
10 4 (2.16%) Hyperion
10 4 (2.16%) Informatica
10 4 (2.16%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.16%) Tagetik
11 3 (1.62%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.62%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.62%) Refinitiv
12 2 (1.08%) Centrify
12 2 (1.08%) Google
12 2 (1.08%) OpenText
13 1 (0.54%) CrowdStrike