Sarbanes-Oxley Job Trends in the North West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 222 -
Rank change year-on-year +39 - -
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 2 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.038% 0.11% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.43% 0.68% -
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 - - -
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 470 1,026 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.93% 16.59% 12.15%
Number of salaries quoted 246 442 322
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,275 £28,525
25th Percentile £35,500 £33,563 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £64,750 £60,991 £62,875
90th Percentile £79,375 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Sarbanes-Oxley job vacancy trend in the North West

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +27 1 £52,000 - 17
Merseyside - 1 - - 2
Sarbanes-Oxley
England

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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