Sarbanes-Oxley Job Trends in England

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 529 608
Rank change year-on-year +3 +79 +172
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 100 146 134
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.17% 0.33% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.42% 1.98% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 77 63 82
10th Percentile £53,375 £51,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% +27.27% -8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £93,778 £72,813
90th Percentile £125,200 £110,000 £86,125
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +27.27% -15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Sarbanes-Oxley falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,023 7,362 9,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 11.87% 16.46% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,223 3,404 7,090
10th Percentile £30,370 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,111 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £59,186 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% +9.09% -4.35%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Sarbanes-Oxley

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in England over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the England region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +53 69 £72,500 -15.94% 20
South East -18 18 £56,750 +3.18% 13
East of England +20 6 £75,000 - 8
West Midlands +18 4 £70,000 -30.00% 6
Midlands -2 4 £70,000 -30.00% 8
North West +4 2 £52,000 - 3
North of England -25 2 £52,000 -39.00% 4
South West - 1 - -
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (3.00%) Confluence
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.00%) Infor SunSystems
2 4 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (4.00%) SAP BPC
2 4 (4.00%) SAP GRC
3 1 (1.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.00%) Azure
2 12 (12.00%) AWS
3 8 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.00%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.00%) AWS KMS
5 5 (5.00%) Boomi
5 5 (5.00%) Matillion
6 4 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.00%) SaaS
8 2 (2.00%) GCP
8 2 (2.00%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.00%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.00%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.00%) Firewall
2 4 (4.00%) Network Security
3 3 (3.00%) LAN
4 2 (2.00%) DHCP
4 2 (2.00%) DNS
4 2 (2.00%) Intranet
4 2 (2.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.00%) NetScaler
4 2 (2.00%) SAN
4 2 (2.00%) VSAN
4 2 (2.00%) WAN
4 2 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.00%) S/MIME
5 1 (1.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (5.00%) Pentaho
1 5 (5.00%) Snowflake Schema
1 5 (5.00%) Star Schema
2 4 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.00%) Power BI
4 1 (1.00%) Metadata
4 1 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) JIRA
General
1 68 (68.00%) Finance
2 39 (39.00%) Social Skills
3 20 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.00%) Banking
5 10 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 9 (9.00%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (8.00%) Legal
8 6 (6.00%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (6.00%) Law
9 5 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (4.00%) Advertising
10 4 (4.00%) Financial Institution
11 3 (3.00%) General Ledger
12 2 (2.00%) Back Office
12 2 (2.00%) Japanese Language
12 2 (2.00%) Retail
13 1 (1.00%) Automotive
13 1 (1.00%) International Banking
13 1 (1.00%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (23.00%) IT Manager
2 15 (15.00%) Analyst
3 13 (13.00%) Change Manager
3 13 (13.00%) IT Change Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Audit Manager
4 11 (11.00%) Senior
5 10 (10.00%) IT Audit Manager
6 8 (8.00%) Architect
7 6 (6.00%) Lead
7 6 (6.00%) Senior Manager
8 5 (5.00%) Digital Director
8 5 (5.00%) Technical Director
9 4 (4.00%) Automation Engineer
9 4 (4.00%) Information Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Information Security Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Linux Engineer
9 4 (4.00%) Security Analyst
9 4 (4.00%) Security Architect
9 4 (4.00%) Security Manager
9 4 (4.00%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.00%) PySpark
2 3 (3.00%) Middleware
3 1 (1.00%) EDI
3 1 (1.00%) EDIFACT
3 1 (1.00%) LDAP
3 1 (1.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.00%) CMDB
2 5 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
2 5 (5.00%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.00%) PKI
3 4 (4.00%) Reinsurance
3 4 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.00%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.00%) Marketing Technology
4 3 (3.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.00%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.00%) Clustering
5 2 (2.00%) PMI
5 2 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.00%) FMCG
6 1 (1.00%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.00%) Smartcard
6 1 (1.00%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.00%) Linux
2 6 (6.00%) Windows
3 5 (5.00%) Unix
4 4 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (3.00%) Android
5 3 (3.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.00%) Change Management
2 22 (22.00%) Agile
3 20 (20.00%) ITIL
3 20 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 18 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (18.00%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (17.00%) Analytics
5 17 (17.00%) ERP
6 14 (14.00%) AI
6 14 (14.00%) Internal Audit
6 14 (14.00%) IT Audit
6 14 (14.00%) Project Management
7 13 (13.00%) ITSM
8 12 (12.00%) Customer-Centricity
8 12 (12.00%) Risk Assessment
8 12 (12.00%) Roadmaps
8 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (11.00%) SIEM
10 10 (10.00%) Information Security
10 10 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.00%) SQL
2 10 (10.00%) Python
3 4 (4.00%) Bash
3 4 (4.00%) Perl
4 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (14.00%) CISSP
2 11 (11.00%) CISM
2 11 (11.00%) Degree
3 8 (8.00%) CISA
4 6 (6.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.00%) ACCA
5 5 (5.00%) FFIEC
5 5 (5.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.00%) CIMA
7 3 (3.00%) CRISC
8 2 (2.00%) APMP
8 2 (2.00%) CGEIT
8 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.00%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.00%) CCNA
9 1 (1.00%) CCNP
9 1 (1.00%) CCSP
9 1 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.00%) MCSE
9 1 (1.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (26.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (24.00%) GDPR
3 22 (22.00%) NIST
4 14 (14.00%) PCI DSS
5 10 (10.00%) GRC
6 9 (9.00%) HIPAA
6 9 (9.00%) IFRS
7 6 (6.00%) Data Quality
8 5 (5.00%) ITGC
9 4 (4.00%) QA
10 3 (3.00%) GAAP
11 2 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (2.00%) GxP
12 1 (1.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (1.00%) FATCA
12 1 (1.00%) NIST 800
12 1 (1.00%) PMO
12 1 (1.00%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.00%) SOX 404
System Software
1 9 (9.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (2.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.00%) NLBS
3 1 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (4.00%) Ansible
1 4 (4.00%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (2.00%) Dell DRAC
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.00%) SCCM
2 2 (2.00%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 18 (18.00%) SAP
3 15 (15.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.00%) Workday
5 5 (5.00%) Informatica
5 5 (5.00%) MuleSoft
5 5 (5.00%) Talend
6 4 (4.00%) Infor
6 4 (4.00%) Oracle
6 4 (4.00%) Red Hat
7 3 (3.00%) VMware
8 2 (2.00%) Ariba
8 2 (2.00%) Citrix
8 2 (2.00%) CyberArk
8 2 (2.00%) Dell
8 2 (2.00%) Google
8 2 (2.00%) NetApp
8 2 (2.00%) Veeam
9 1 (1.00%) Alteryx
9 1 (1.00%) Anaplan