Sarbanes-Oxley Job Trends in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Sarbanes-Oxley 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 260 250 237
Rank change year-on-year -10 -13 +134
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 2 24 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% 0.26% 0.44%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.22% 1.59% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £30,000 £33,325
25th Percentile £49,000 £31,250 £43,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £85,253 £62,250
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +36.95% +7.68%
75th Percentile £55,000 £93,778 £79,938
90th Percentile - - £90,175
England median annual salary £70,000 £66,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +6.40% +4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 917 1,511 1,176
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.59% 16.54% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 503 597 865
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,295 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £36,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,560 £80,675
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -3.33% +0.75% +3.57%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the North of England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Sarbanes-Oxley

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
North West +17 2 £52,000 - 1
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) IT Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) IT Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Release Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SOX 404
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP