SOX 404 Job Trends in Manchester

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SOX 404 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOX 404 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.035% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £52,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

SOX 404 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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 230 585 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 8.02% 21.85% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 142 189 203
10th Percentile £32,500 £25,000 £28,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £73,987 £73,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £82,414 £86,250 £80,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -5.00%

SOX 404
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOX 404 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SOX 404 job vacancy trend in Manchester

SOX 404
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOX 404.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOX 404

SOX 404
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) IT Auditor
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IT Audit
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley