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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 380 464
Rank change year-on-year -134 +84 +10
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 172 176 99
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.54% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.80% 3.16% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 109 69
10th Percentile £413 £400 £355
25th Percentile £425 £513 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £604 £675 £650
90th Percentile £800 £755 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -12.13% +8.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 6 1
10th Percentile £50.00 £21.50 -
25th Percentile £52.81 £27.06 -
Median hourly rate £69.25 £65.00 £44.04
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +47.59% +11.21%
75th Percentile £76.75 £91.56 -
90th Percentile £82.25 £92.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £23.00 £44.04
% change year-on-year +171.74% -47.77% +11.21%

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 9,575 5,577 5,097
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 17.03% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,067 3,567 3,075
10th Percentile £325 £295 £286
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £628
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +3.16% -1.04% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 604 262 261
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.60 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.00 £16.92 £14.99
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £26.68
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +12.44% -23.77%
75th Percentile £67.91 £60.94 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.94 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.98 £26.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year +28.23% +3.52% -25.80%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -117 152 £525 -8.22% 168
London -87 79 £575 -4.37% 119
UK excluding London -105 74 £500 -12.13% 68
Work from Home -70 68 £500 -13.04% 75
North of England -51 45 £450 -21.74% 12
North West -39 25 £569 -0.52% 7
Yorkshire -29 20 £450 -23.53% 4
South East -69 11 £519 -3.49% 15
East of England -24 8 £525 -19.23% 8
Midlands -48 5 £650 +23.81% 9
Scotland -25 4 £600 - 10
West Midlands -45 3 £650 +15.25% 5
East Midlands -14 2 £550 +24.29% 4
South West -56 1 £600 +19.40% 7

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 5 (2.91%) Apache Spark
1 5 (2.91%) IIS
2 3 (1.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (9.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.49%) NetSuite
3 5 (2.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (2.33%) HFM
4 4 (2.33%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (1.74%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (1.16%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (1.16%) SAP CO
6 2 (1.16%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.58%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.58%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.30%) Azure
2 54 (31.40%) AWS
3 19 (11.05%) Entra ID
4 17 (9.88%) SaaS
5 16 (9.30%) GCP
6 11 (6.40%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.49%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.91%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.33%) GitHub
9 4 (2.33%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.74%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.74%) IaaS
10 3 (1.74%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (1.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.16%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.16%) Matillion
11 2 (1.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.81%) Network Security
2 8 (4.65%) Firewall
3 5 (2.91%) HTTPS
4 3 (1.74%) HTTP
5 2 (1.16%) DNS
5 2 (1.16%) Kerberos
5 2 (1.16%) SAN
6 1 (0.58%) Broadband
6 1 (0.58%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.65%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.49%) Power BI
3 5 (2.91%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.74%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.74%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.16%) Flink
6 2 (1.16%) GIS
6 2 (1.16%) Metadata
7 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.58%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.58%) Snowflake Schema
7 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.65%) GitLab
2 5 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.33%) JIRA
4 3 (1.74%) Git
5 2 (1.16%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.58%) Gradle
6 1 (0.58%) Maven
6 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 85 (49.42%) Finance
2 66 (38.37%) Social Skills
3 36 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.30%) Legal
5 12 (6.98%) Banking
6 10 (5.81%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (4.07%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.74%) Billing
11 3 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.16%) Retail
13 1 (0.58%) Back Office
13 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.58%) Legal Technology
13 1 (0.58%) Marketing
13 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (18.60%) Architect
2 28 (16.28%) Lead
3 23 (13.37%) Analyst
4 17 (9.88%) Author
4 17 (9.88%) Technical Author
5 13 (7.56%) Consultant
6 11 (6.40%) SOX Analyst
7 9 (5.23%) IT Analyst
7 9 (5.23%) Senior
8 8 (4.65%) Business Analyst
8 8 (4.65%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.07%) Compliance Analyst
9 7 (4.07%) Finance Business Analyst
9 7 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
9 7 (4.07%) SailPoint Architect
10 6 (3.49%) Data Engineer
10 6 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (2.91%) Risk Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (2.91%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.21%) REST
2 15 (8.72%) LDAP
3 12 (6.98%) JDBC
4 10 (5.81%) SailPoint
4 10 (5.81%) SOAP
5 6 (3.49%) OAuth
5 6 (3.49%) OpenID
5 6 (3.49%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (3.49%) SAML
6 5 (2.91%) Jakarta EE
6 5 (2.91%) JSON
6 5 (2.91%) Spring
6 5 (2.91%) Spring Boot
7 3 (1.74%) AWS CDK
7 3 (1.74%) Terraform
8 2 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.16%) Kafka
8 2 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.16%) pytest
8 2 (1.16%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.98%) Cloud Native
3 11 (6.40%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (5.23%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.65%) Management Information System
6 7 (4.07%) Replication
7 6 (3.49%) Reinsurance
8 5 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (2.33%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.74%) Augmented Reality
10 3 (1.74%) BYOD
10 3 (1.74%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.74%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (1.16%) Life Science
11 2 (1.16%) PKI
11 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.72%) Windows
2 9 (5.23%) Linux
3 3 (1.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 36 (20.93%) Agile
3 30 (17.44%) ERP
4 28 (16.28%) RBAC
5 25 (14.53%) DevOps
5 25 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (13.37%) Roadmaps
8 22 (12.79%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (12.21%) Change Management
9 21 (12.21%) Migration
10 17 (9.88%) AI
10 17 (9.88%) Information Security
10 17 (9.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (9.30%) CI/CD
11 16 (9.30%) Data Modelling
11 16 (9.30%) Procure-to-Pay
11 16 (9.30%) Risk Management
11 16 (9.30%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.70%) SQL
2 22 (12.79%) Python
3 21 (12.21%) Java
4 18 (10.47%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.91%) BeanShell
5 5 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (2.91%) Search Processing Language
6 4 (2.33%) Bash
7 2 (1.16%) R
7 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (15.12%) Degree
2 24 (13.95%) CISSP
3 15 (8.72%) ACCA
3 15 (8.72%) CISM
4 10 (5.81%) CIMA
5 9 (5.23%) CISA
5 9 (5.23%) PMI Certification
5 9 (5.23%) PMP
6 7 (4.07%) CRISC
7 5 (2.91%) GCFA
7 5 (2.91%) GCIH
7 5 (2.91%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.16%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (33.72%) GDPR
2 37 (21.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (13.95%) NIST
4 21 (12.21%) ITGC
5 18 (10.47%) GRC
6 17 (9.88%) HIPAA
7 14 (8.14%) PCI DSS
8 13 (7.56%) GAAP
8 13 (7.56%) IFRS
9 8 (4.65%) Data Quality
10 5 (2.91%) GxP
10 5 (2.91%) Solvency II
11 4 (2.33%) COBIT
11 4 (2.33%) QA
12 3 (1.74%) NIST 800
13 2 (1.16%) SLA
14 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.58%) PMO
14 1 (0.58%) PSD2
14 1 (0.58%) SOC 1
System Software
1 22 (12.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.33%) Docker
3 2 (1.16%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 9 (5.23%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.91%) Ansible
3 5 (2.91%) CASB
3 5 (2.91%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.16%) Grafana
4 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.16%) systemd
5 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 52 (30.23%) SAP
2 30 (17.44%) Microsoft
3 20 (11.63%) ServiceNow
4 17 (9.88%) Oracle
5 16 (9.30%) CyberArk
6 12 (6.98%) Workday
7 9 (5.23%) Splunk
8 8 (4.65%) Salesforce
9 5 (2.91%) Ariba
9 5 (2.91%) Cribl.io
9 5 (2.91%) Okta
10 4 (2.33%) ForgeRock
10 4 (2.33%) Google
10 4 (2.33%) Hyperion
10 4 (2.33%) Tagetik
11 3 (1.74%) Alteryx
11 3 (1.74%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.74%) Databricks
11 3 (1.74%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.74%) Zscaler