Sarbanes-Oxley Jobs in the UK excluding London

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Sarbanes-Oxley skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 473 658 610
Rank change year-on-year +185 -48 +136
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 106 104 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.61% 1.06% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 30 61 76
10th Percentile - - £44,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £59,875
Median % change year-on-year - -12.32% +19.75%
75th Percentile £65,938 £67,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £140,677 £77,500 £86,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,750 £61,180
% change year-on-year +13.74% -13.78% -2.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,564 9,770 11,464
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.54% 13.05% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,101 6,367 4,478
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,047 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,250 £32,500 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £79,400
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Sarbanes-Oxley as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK excluding London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK excluding London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK excluding London

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Scotland +152 31 - - 4
South East +57 26 £55,000 +10.00% 14
North of England +38 26 £122,773 +145.55% 16
North West +19 20 - - 9
Midlands +48 10 £42,500 -34.62% 11
West Midlands +43 10 £42,500 -34.62% 10
East of England +55 7 £42,500 - 2
Yorkshire +39 6 £122,773 +277.76% 7
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 5
South West +112 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 - -
Sarbanes-Oxley
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.89%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.89%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.94%) Primavera
2 1 (0.94%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.94%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.26%) Azure
2 10 (9.43%) AWS
3 9 (8.49%) Amazon ECS
3 9 (8.49%) AWS Lambda
3 9 (8.49%) Serverless
4 4 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
5 3 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (1.89%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.89%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.89%) SaaS
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.94%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.94%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.94%) IaaS
7 1 (0.94%) PaaS
7 1 (0.94%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.94%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.83%) NAS
1 3 (2.83%) VLAN
2 2 (1.89%) Firewall
2 2 (1.89%) FTP
2 2 (1.89%) LAN
2 2 (1.89%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (1.89%) VPN
2 2 (1.89%) WAN
2 2 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.94%) Network Security
3 1 (0.94%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.94%) Power BI
1 1 (0.94%) SAP HANA
General
1 53 (50.00%) Finance
2 29 (27.36%) Social Skills
3 24 (22.64%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (14.15%) Banking
4 15 (14.15%) Legal
5 9 (8.49%) Retail
6 4 (3.77%) Law
7 3 (2.83%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.89%) Marketing
8 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.89%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.94%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 31 (29.25%) Analyst
2 27 (25.47%) Risk Manager
3 21 (19.81%) Senior
4 18 (16.98%) Senior Manager
5 15 (14.15%) Technology Risk Manager
6 12 (11.32%) Operations Manager
7 11 (10.38%) Lead
8 10 (9.43%) Audit Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Audit Support Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Quality Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Senior Audit Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Senior Quality Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Senior Support Manager
8 10 (9.43%) Support Manager
9 9 (8.49%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 8 (7.55%) Applications Support
10 8 (7.55%) Applications Support Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Asset Management Analyst
10 8 (7.55%) Software Support Engineer
10 8 (7.55%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.49%) .NET
2 2 (1.89%) EDI
2 2 (1.89%) EDIFACT
2 2 (1.89%) IDoc
3 1 (0.94%) Middleware
3 1 (0.94%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.94%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.60%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 5 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.83%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.83%) Mainframe
4 3 (2.83%) Market Risk
4 3 (2.83%) Social Media
5 2 (1.89%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (1.89%) CMDB
5 2 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.89%) FMCG
5 2 (1.89%) iSeries
5 2 (1.89%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.89%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.94%) Clustering
6 1 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.94%) Life Science
6 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.94%) TRADACOMS
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.38%) zOS
2 4 (3.77%) Windows
3 3 (2.83%) Linux
3 3 (2.83%) Unix
4 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.94%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (39.62%) Risk Management
2 34 (32.08%) Agile
2 34 (32.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (25.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (24.53%) ITIL
5 25 (23.58%) Roadmaps
6 23 (21.70%) Information Security
6 23 (21.70%) Root Cause Analysis
7 21 (19.81%) Coaching
8 20 (18.87%) CI/CD
8 20 (18.87%) DevOps
9 18 (16.98%) Continuous Delivery
9 18 (16.98%) Continuous Integration
9 18 (16.98%) Project Management
10 16 (15.09%) Customer Service
10 16 (15.09%) Technology Roadmap
11 15 (14.15%) Creative Thinking
12 14 (13.21%) Operational Stability
12 14 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (12.26%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.38%) Python
2 9 (8.49%) Java
2 9 (8.49%) SQL
3 3 (2.83%) ABAP
4 1 (0.94%) Bash
4 1 (0.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (21.70%) CISA
2 17 (16.04%) CRISC
3 14 (13.21%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (11.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 12 (11.32%) CISSP
4 12 (11.32%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (11.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (3.77%) GISP
5 4 (3.77%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.89%) CCNA
6 2 (1.89%) Degree
7 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.94%) CCA
7 1 (0.94%) CISM
7 1 (0.94%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.92%) COBIT
2 18 (16.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (16.98%) ITGC
3 16 (15.09%) GDPR
4 15 (14.15%) PCI DSS
5 4 (3.77%) GRC
5 4 (3.77%) NIST
5 4 (3.77%) SLA
6 3 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.94%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.89%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.89%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (2.83%) EMC VPLEX
2 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.89%) RSA Archer
2 2 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.32%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.49%) SAP
4 8 (7.55%) IBM
5 3 (2.83%) EMC
5 3 (2.83%) Instagram
5 3 (2.83%) Twitter
6 2 (1.89%) Cisco
6 2 (1.89%) F5
6 2 (1.89%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.89%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.94%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (0.94%) Oracle
7 1 (0.94%) Red Hat