SOX 404 Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SOX 404 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOX 404 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 302 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOX 404 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £601 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 - -
75th Percentile £604 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £603 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SOX 404 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

SOX 404
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SOX 404 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOX 404 trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SOX 404
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ITGC
1 2 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) SAP