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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 435 481
Rank change year-on-year +58 +46 +199
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 187 122 156
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.56% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.19% 2.46% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 77 89
10th Percentile £361 £339 £255
25th Percentile £502 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £515
Median % change year-on-year - +6.80% -6.36%
75th Percentile £660 £625 £638
90th Percentile £768 £680 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.50 - -
Median hourly rate £35.25 £44.04 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -19.96% +11.21% +164.00%
75th Percentile £52.69 - -
90th Percentile £55.28 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £44.04 -
% change year-on-year -47.77% - -

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 5,867 4,957 6,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.68% 13.37% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,750 2,885 4,620
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £391 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 233 259
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.26 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.23 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -22.82% +44.81%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £79.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £36.75
% change year-on-year -9.09% -25.17% +65.17%

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 20 October 2025.

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 20 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 16 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 20 October 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
England +77 169 £550 - 109
London +57 91 £550 -8.33% 70
UK excluding London +10 76 £550 +2.33% 73
Work from Home +70 67 £525 +5.00% 67
North of England -17 24 £572 +55.65% 11
South East +22 18 £538 - 45
South West +27 17 £508 - 5
Yorkshire -26 13 £575 +56.46% 4
North West -7 11 £569 +37.94% 7
East of England -1 6 £650 +16.07% 7
Midlands -22 5 £525 -12.50% 1
West Midlands -13 4 £525 +16.67% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £550 -
Scotland -15 2 £562 -6.42% 5
Wales - 2 £625 -
East Midlands -16 1 £525 -12.50%

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 18 (9.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.53%) CICS
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (6.95%) MS Visio
2 12 (6.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (9.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (9.09%) NetSuite
3 7 (3.74%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (3.74%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (3.74%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.60%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.60%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.60%) Workday HCM
5 2 (1.07%) SAP GRC
5 2 (1.07%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.53%) Actimize
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.53%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.53%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.53%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.53%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.53%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.97%) Azure
2 26 (13.90%) SaaS
3 20 (10.70%) AWS
4 17 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.42%) OCI
5 12 (6.42%) Power Platform
6 11 (5.88%) Lucidchart
7 8 (4.28%) GitHub
8 5 (2.67%) GCP
9 4 (2.14%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.60%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.53%) Alation
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.35%) Firewall
2 7 (3.74%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.21%) HTTP
4 5 (2.67%) DNS
5 4 (2.14%) Network Security
6 3 (1.60%) SSL
7 1 (0.53%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.42%) Power BI
2 7 (3.74%) SAP HANA
3 6 (3.21%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.60%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.07%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.53%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) DB2
6 1 (0.53%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.53%) Metadata
6 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (12.30%) JIRA
2 5 (2.67%) Git
3 4 (2.14%) Subversion
3 4 (2.14%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.53%) GitLab
4 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 105 (56.15%) Finance
2 59 (31.55%) Social Skills
3 57 (30.48%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.76%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.56%) Banking
6 14 (7.49%) Telecoms
7 11 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.21%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.21%) Legal
9 6 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.14%) Front Office
11 4 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.14%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.60%) Marketing
13 2 (1.07%) Electronics
13 2 (1.07%) General Ledger
13 2 (1.07%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.07%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (15.51%) Analyst
2 16 (8.56%) Architect
3 14 (7.49%) Consultant
4 13 (6.95%) Business Analyst
5 12 (6.42%) Incident Manager
6 11 (5.88%) Technical Writer
7 10 (5.35%) Lead
7 10 (5.35%) Project Manager
8 9 (4.81%) Programme Manager
8 9 (4.81%) Senior
9 8 (4.28%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.21%) SAP Manager
11 5 (2.67%) Accountant
11 5 (2.67%) Developer
11 5 (2.67%) ForgeRock Developer
11 5 (2.67%) Risk Manager
11 5 (2.67%) Security Analyst
11 5 (2.67%) SOX Analyst
12 4 (2.14%) Administrator
12 4 (2.14%) Audit Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.56%) SailPoint
2 12 (6.42%) SAML
3 11 (5.88%) LDAP
3 11 (5.88%) OAuth
4 10 (5.35%) OpenID
5 7 (3.74%) REST
6 6 (3.21%) OAuth2
7 5 (2.67%) RESTful
8 3 (1.60%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.60%) Web Services
9 2 (1.07%) Middleware
9 2 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
10 1 (0.53%) .NET
10 1 (0.53%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.53%) Great Expectations
10 1 (0.53%) ISPF
10 1 (0.53%) JSON
10 1 (0.53%) React
10 1 (0.53%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.81%) Onboarding
2 6 (3.21%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.21%) Life Science
2 6 (3.21%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.67%) Clustering
3 5 (2.67%) Replication
4 4 (2.14%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.14%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.14%) PMI
5 3 (1.60%) BYOD
5 3 (1.60%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.60%) Credit Risk
5 3 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.60%) Market Risk
5 3 (1.60%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.07%) Derivative
6 2 (1.07%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.07%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.74%) Linux
1 7 (3.74%) Windows
2 4 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (2.14%) Solaris
3 1 (0.53%) Unix
3 1 (0.53%) Windows XP
3 1 (0.53%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.72%) ERP
2 34 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 33 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (16.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (12.83%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (12.83%) Identity Access Management
6 23 (12.30%) ITSM
6 23 (12.30%) Project Management
7 20 (10.70%) Agile
8 19 (10.16%) Decision-Making
9 17 (9.09%) Incident Management
9 17 (9.09%) Revenue Recognition
10 16 (8.56%) Roadmaps
11 15 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (8.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 15 (8.02%) RBAC
12 14 (7.49%) Incident Response
12 14 (7.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (12.30%) SQL
2 18 (9.63%) Python
3 15 (8.02%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.74%) Java
5 5 (2.67%) Bash
6 4 (2.14%) Perl
7 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.07%) BeanShell
8 2 (1.07%) C#
9 1 (0.53%) COBOL
9 1 (0.53%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.53%) JCL
9 1 (0.53%) VB
9 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (15.51%) Degree
2 19 (10.16%) CISSP
3 18 (9.63%) ACCA
4 14 (7.49%) CISM
5 13 (6.95%) CIMA
6 9 (4.81%) CISA
7 8 (4.28%) PMI Certification
8 6 (3.21%) FFIEC
9 4 (2.14%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.14%) CRISC
9 4 (2.14%) PMP
9 4 (2.14%) SC Cleared
9 4 (2.14%) Security Cleared
10 2 (1.07%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.07%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.53%) CBAP
11 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (40.11%) GDPR
2 35 (18.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (13.37%) NIST
4 23 (12.30%) PCI DSS
5 19 (10.16%) IFRS
6 18 (9.63%) HIPAA
7 16 (8.56%) GRC
8 15 (8.02%) GxP
8 15 (8.02%) ITGC
9 12 (6.42%) SLA
10 7 (3.74%) SOX 404
11 6 (3.21%) COBIT
12 5 (2.67%) PSD2
13 2 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (1.07%) Basel III
13 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (1.07%) MiFID
13 2 (1.07%) PMO
13 2 (1.07%) QA
13 2 (1.07%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.14%) NFS
3 4 (2.14%) Veritas File System
3 4 (2.14%) Veritas Volume Manager
3 4 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.60%) Docker
4 3 (1.60%) NDS
4 3 (1.60%) NetIQ eDirectory
5 1 (0.53%) Job Entry Subsystem
5 1 (0.53%) RACF
5 1 (0.53%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (8.56%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (2.67%) Ansible
3 4 (2.14%) QRadar
3 4 (2.14%) Red Hat Satellite
4 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.60%) RSA Archer
4 3 (1.60%) Terraform
5 1 (0.53%) Avamar
5 1 (0.53%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.53%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (17.65%) Oracle
2 31 (16.58%) SAP
3 21 (11.23%) ServiceNow
4 20 (10.70%) Microsoft
5 12 (6.42%) CyberArk
6 10 (5.35%) Okta
7 8 (4.28%) Workday
8 7 (3.74%) Ping Identity
9 6 (3.21%) VMware
10 5 (2.67%) ForgeRock
11 4 (2.14%) Qualys
11 4 (2.14%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.14%) SaltStack
11 4 (2.14%) Splunk
12 3 (1.60%) BeyondTrust
12 3 (1.60%) NetIQ
12 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 2 (1.07%) Adaptive Insights
13 2 (1.07%) Databricks
13 2 (1.07%) Thycotic
122 Sarbanes-Oxley jobs Nationwide