Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 704 968
Rank change year-on-year -51 +264 -206
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 141 272 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.26% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.05% 1.35% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 88 158 188
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% -5.51%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,810 £47,500
% change year-on-year -6.59% +21.71% -12.84%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Sarbanes-Oxley is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Sarbanes-Oxley as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Salary trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +19 132 £55,000 -10.10% 57
UK excluding London -26 113 £54,000 -6.59% 36
South East +42 49 £52,500 -12.50% 8
Work from Home +14 29 £65,000 -2.99% 20
North of England +18 28 £50,000 -18.27% 7
Midlands +15 27 £65,000 +30.00% 10
Yorkshire +74 25 £41,250 -32.58% 5
West Midlands +33 23 £65,000 +30.00% 7
London +59 20 £65,750 +5.20% 25
East of England +14 8 - - 8
East Midlands -14 4 £30,001 -35.13% 3
North West 0 3 £76,500 +35.63% 2
Scotland -82 1 - - 2

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 5 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
3 1 (0.71%) IIS
3 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 18 (12.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle AGIS
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.42%) Endur
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.73%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (17.02%) Azure
3 17 (12.06%) AWS
4 9 (6.38%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.38%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.26%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.42%) GCP
7 2 (1.42%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.42%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.09%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.67%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.67%) Wireless
3 7 (4.96%) Firewall
4 5 (3.55%) LAN
5 4 (2.84%) DHCP
5 4 (2.84%) DNS
5 4 (2.84%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.84%) VLAN
5 4 (2.84%) VPN
6 3 (2.13%) WAN
7 2 (1.42%) NAS
7 2 (1.42%) SAN
7 2 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.42%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.71%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.71%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Power BI
2 4 (2.84%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.42%) Spotfire
General
1 52 (36.88%) Finance
2 45 (31.91%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (29.08%) Social Skills
4 24 (17.02%) Legal
5 14 (9.93%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (8.51%) Law
8 11 (7.80%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (6.38%) Manufacturing
10 8 (5.67%) Retail
11 3 (2.13%) Automotive
11 3 (2.13%) Billing
11 3 (2.13%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.42%) Advertising
12 2 (1.42%) Games
12 2 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.42%) Marketing
12 2 (1.42%) Music Industry
13 1 (0.71%) Banking
13 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (35.46%) Analyst
2 22 (15.60%) Senior
3 14 (9.93%) Change Analyst
3 14 (9.93%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.22%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.51%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (8.51%) Risk Manager
5 12 (8.51%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.09%) Consultant
7 9 (6.38%) IT Support
7 9 (6.38%) Lead
8 8 (5.67%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.67%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.67%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.67%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (4.96%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (4.96%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (4.96%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.26%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.26%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) EDI
1 6 (4.26%) IDoc
2 3 (2.13%) .NET
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.06%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.51%) Biopharmaceutical
3 9 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.67%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (5.67%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.55%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.13%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.42%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.42%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.71%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.71%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.71%) Life Science
8 1 (0.71%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.71%) Replication
8 1 (0.71%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.80%) Windows
2 8 (5.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.84%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.21%) ITIL
2 39 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.28%) Information Security
3 30 (21.28%) Process Improvement
4 25 (17.73%) Analytics
5 24 (17.02%) Internal Audit
5 24 (17.02%) Risk Management
6 22 (15.60%) IT Audit
6 22 (15.60%) Service Management
7 21 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (14.89%) ITSM
8 20 (14.18%) Project Management
9 19 (13.48%) Change Management
9 19 (13.48%) Data Analytics
10 17 (12.06%) Data Loss Prevention
11 15 (10.64%) Project Delivery
12 14 (9.93%) Computer Science
12 14 (9.93%) Configuration Management
13 13 (9.22%) Operations Management
13 13 (9.22%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.55%) SQL
2 2 (1.42%) C#
3 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (27.66%) Degree
2 12 (8.51%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.38%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.67%) CCNA
4 8 (5.67%) CCNP
4 8 (5.67%) CCSA
4 8 (5.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.96%) CISA
5 7 (4.96%) CISSP
6 4 (2.84%) CISM
7 3 (2.13%) CRISC
7 3 (2.13%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.42%) ACCA
8 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.42%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.42%) SANS
9 1 (0.71%) CIMA
9 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (14.89%) NIST
3 18 (12.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (12.77%) QA
4 16 (11.35%) GDPR
5 14 (9.93%) PCI DSS
6 13 (9.22%) ITGC
7 10 (7.09%) COBIT
8 8 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 7 (4.96%) GRC
9 7 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (3.55%) GxP
11 4 (2.84%) GLBA
11 4 (2.84%) HIPAA
12 3 (2.13%) FISMA
12 3 (2.13%) Solvency II
13 2 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (1.42%) Data Quality
13 2 (1.42%) SOC 2
13 2 (1.42%) SOX 404
System Software
1 12 (8.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (4.26%) Backup Exec
2 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.13%) SCCM
4 2 (1.42%) CASB
4 2 (1.42%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 30 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.64%) SAP
3 14 (9.93%) Snow
4 8 (5.67%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.67%) Cisco
5 6 (4.26%) Adobe
5 6 (4.26%) Meraki
5 6 (4.26%) OpenText
6 5 (3.55%) Veritas
7 4 (2.84%) Avaya
7 4 (2.84%) Citrix
7 4 (2.84%) Oracle
8 2 (1.42%) Google
8 2 (1.42%) NetApp
8 2 (1.42%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.42%) Veeam
8 2 (1.42%) VMware
9 1 (0.71%) CA
9 1 (0.71%) Commvault