Sarbanes-Oxley Jobs

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 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox) UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	712	652	656
Rank change year-on-year	-60	+4
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley	179	284	335
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.20%	0.29%	0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	1.67%	2.21%	2.40%
Number of salaries quoted	133	222	200
Median salary	£55,000	£55,000	£55,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	-0.90%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£40,000	£41,600
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,000	£77,000	£80,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-14.28%	+5.00%

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

Quality Assurance & Compliance Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance and compliance skills	10726	12861	13958
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	12.03%	13.06%	12.76%
Number of salaries quoted	8080	10275	10999
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£46,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+7.52%
90% offered a salary of more than	£30,000	£30,000	£27,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£75,000	£75,000	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£42,500
% change year-on-year	-	+5.88%

Sarbanes-Oxley
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Sarbanes-Oxley as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Job vacancy trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Salary trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 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 3 months to 27 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-59	163	£55,000	-	22
London	-10	82	£60,000	+9.09%	8
Yorkshire	+11	20	£40,000	+3.22%	1
South East	+1	20	£55,000	+4.76%	4
North West	-43	16	£42,500	-19.04%	3
West Yorkshire	+18	13	£51,250	+32.25%	1
Surrey	+35	10	£55,000	-21.42%
Scotland	+12	10	£45,000	-35.71%	1
West Midlands	-13	10	£35,000	-46.15%	4
Leeds	+11	9	£62,500	+56.25%	1
East of England	-11	7	£42,500	+34.92%	1
Cheshire	-23	7	£50,000	-
Aberdeen	-	7	£45,000	-
Hertfordshire	-	7	£42,500	-	1
North Yorkshire	-	7	£37,500	-
South West	-11	6	£59,500	-20.66%
Manchester	-43	5	£55,000	+4.76%	2
Harrogate	-	5	£37,500	-
Staffordshire	+10	4	£32,500	-51.85%	2
Berkshire	+1	4	-	-	2
Knutsford	-	4	-	-
Cannock	-	4	£32,500	-	2
Bracknell	+20	3	-	-	1
City of London	+13	3	£82,500	+51.37%	2
Buckinghamshire	+4	3	-	-
Gloucester	+3	3	£60,000	-25.00%
West Sussex	-1	3	£55,000	+15.78%	1
Milton Keynes	-5	3	-	-
Gloucestershire	-12	3	£60,000	-25.00%
Stockport	-	3	£55,000	-	1

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley.

1	131 (35.03%)	Finance
2	127 (33.96%)	Information Security
3	116 (31.02%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	104 (27.81%)	CISSP
5	97 (25.94%)	ITIL
6	86 (22.99%)	PCI DSS
7	85 (22.73%)	Windows
8	78 (20.86%)	CISM
9	77 (20.59%)	Cisco
10	65 (17.38%)	Risk Management
11	64 (17.11%)	Firewall
12	59 (15.78%)	Degree
13	56 (14.97%)	CISA
14	55 (14.71%)	SIEM
15	50 (13.37%)	Unix

16	48 (12.83%)	Oracle
16	48 (12.83%)	Management Information System
17	47 (12.57%)	SQL
18	46 (12.30%)	Microsoft
19	45 (12.03%)	SAP
20	44 (11.76%)	LAN
20	44 (11.76%)	WAN
20	44 (11.76%)	Computer Science
21	40 (10.70%)	Active Directory
22	39 (10.43%)	DNS
22	39 (10.43%)	Change Management
23	37 (9.89%)	Service Management
23	37 (9.89%)	Data Security
23	37 (9.89%)	Cybersecurity
24	36 (9.63%)	Stakeholder Management

Sarbanes-Oxley
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	32 (8.56%)	IIS
2	19 (5.08%)	Apache
2	19 (5.08%)	SharePoint
3	18 (4.81%)	Tomcat
4	17 (4.55%)	WebLogic
5	14 (3.74%)	Apache Spark
6	11 (2.94%)	SAS
7	7 (1.87%)	MS Exchange
8	6 (1.60%)	SharePoint 2013
9	3 (0.80%)	Exchange Server 2010
9	3 (0.80%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	2 (0.53%)	OpenStack
11	1 (0.27%)	Apache Pig
11	1 (0.27%)	CMS

Applications
1	30 (8.02%)	Microsoft Office
2	9 (2.41%)	Microsoft Excel
2	9 (2.41%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	5 (1.34%)	MS Visio
4	2 (0.53%)	Maya
5	1 (0.27%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	23 (6.15%)	SAP GRC
2	10 (2.67%)	SAP MM
3	9 (2.41%)	SAP ERP
4	4 (1.07%)	JDE World
4	4 (1.07%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5	3 (0.80%)	Dynamics NAV
6	2 (0.53%)	Dynamics AX
6	2 (0.53%)	SAP BPC
6	2 (0.53%)	SAP Business One
7	1 (0.27%)	Movex
7	1 (0.27%)	SAP APO
7	1 (0.27%)	SAP CRM
7	1 (0.27%)	SAP LE
7	1 (0.27%)	SAP SD

Cloud Services
1	22 (5.88%)	Microsoft Azure
2	21 (5.61%)	Amazon AWS
3	13 (3.48%)	GitHub
4	11 (2.94%)	Cloud Computing
5	10 (2.67%)	IaaS
6	9 (2.41%)	SaaS
7	8 (2.14%)	Force.com
7	8 (2.14%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	2 (0.53%)	Office 365
8	2 (0.53%)	Veeva
9	1 (0.27%)	Amazon EC2
9	1 (0.27%)	Amazon EMR
9	1 (0.27%)	Amazon S3
9	1 (0.27%)	Datadog
9	1 (0.27%)	Route 53
9	1 (0.27%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	64 (17.11%)	Firewall
2	44 (11.76%)	LAN
2	44 (11.76%)	WAN
3	39 (10.43%)	DNS
4	36 (9.63%)	Network Security
5	34 (9.09%)	Internet
6	33 (8.82%)	VPN
7	32 (8.56%)	TCP/IP
8	31 (8.29%)	SSL
9	30 (8.02%)	SMTP
10	27 (7.22%)	BIG-IP
11	21 (5.61%)	DHCP
12	20 (5.35%)	BGP
13	19 (5.08%)	OSPF
13	19 (5.08%)	Wi-Fi
13	19 (5.08%)	Wireless
14	17 (4.55%)	Cisco IOS
14	17 (4.55%)	DMVPN
14	17 (4.55%)	NX-OS
14	17 (4.55%)	VLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	24 (6.42%)	SQL Server
2	20 (5.35%)	Big Data
3	16 (4.28%)	NoSQL
3	16 (4.28%)	Relational Database
4	15 (4.01%)	Hadoop
4	15 (4.01%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	14 (3.74%)	Apache Hive
5	14 (3.74%)	SAP BW
6	11 (2.94%)	Oracle Database
7	5 (1.34%)	Data Warehouse
8	4 (1.07%)	BusinessObjects
8	4 (1.07%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	3 (0.80%)	Microsoft Analysis Services
9	3 (0.80%)	MySQL
9	3 (0.80%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	3 (0.80%)	SQL Server 2008
9	3 (0.80%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
10	2 (0.53%)	Crystal Reports
10	2 (0.53%)	MS Access
11	1 (0.27%)	Ingres

Development Applications
1	8 (2.14%)	Oracle Forms
2	6 (1.60%)	Visual Studio
3	4 (1.07%)	Git (software)
3	4 (1.07%)	Team Foundation Server
4	3 (0.80%)	Burp Suite
4	3 (0.80%)	Metasploit
4	3 (0.80%)	Oracle APEX
4	3 (0.80%)	VSS/SourceSafe
5	2 (0.53%)	Visual Studio Team System
6	1 (0.27%)	Atlassian Bamboo
6	1 (0.27%)	Jenkins
6	1 (0.27%)	Liquibase
6	1 (0.27%)	MSTest
6	1 (0.27%)	Subversion
6	1 (0.27%)	UltraEdit

General
1	131 (35.03%)	Finance
2	21 (5.61%)	Retail
3	19 (5.08%)	Banking
4	17 (4.55%)	Manufacturing
5	12 (3.21%)	Telecoms
6	7 (1.87%)	Advertising
6	7 (1.87%)	Legal
7	4 (1.07%)	Local Government
7	4 (1.07%)	Pharmaceutical
8	3 (0.80%)	Financial Institution
8	3 (0.80%)	Marketing
9	2 (0.53%)	Electronics
9	2 (0.53%)	French Language
9	2 (0.53%)	Investment Banking
9	2 (0.53%)	Publishing
9	2 (0.53%)	Retail Banking
9	2 (0.53%)	Spanish Language
10	1 (0.27%)	Aerospace
10	1 (0.27%)	International Banking
10	1 (0.27%)	Law

Job Titles
1	96 (25.67%)	Analyst
2	42 (11.23%)	IT Analyst
2	42 (11.23%)	Security Analyst
3	33 (8.82%)	Security Engineer
3	33 (8.82%)	Security Manager
4	32 (8.56%)	Consultant
5	29 (7.75%)	Network Engineer
6	24 (6.42%)	Architect
6	24 (6.42%)	SAP Consultant
7	22 (5.88%)	IT Manager
7	22 (5.88%)	Security Architect
8	21 (5.61%)	Network Security Engineer
9	20 (5.35%)	Developer
10	19 (5.08%)	IT Engineer
11	17 (4.55%)	Information Analyst
11	17 (4.55%)	Information Security Analyst
12	16 (4.28%)	Auditor
12	16 (4.28%)	Cisco Network Engineer
12	16 (4.28%)	Information Security Manager
12	16 (4.28%)	Technical Leader

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	31 (8.29%)	.NET
2	14 (3.74%)	Kafka
2	14 (3.74%)	SOAP
2	14 (3.74%)	XML
3	13 (3.48%)	Flask
3	13 (3.48%)	Grails
3	13 (3.48%)	JSON
3	13 (3.48%)	Node.js
3	13 (3.48%)	REST
4	9 (2.41%)	LAMP
5	8 (2.14%)	802.1X
6	6 (1.60%)	MSMQ
7	4 (1.07%)	.NET Framework
7	4 (1.07%)	ASP.NET
7	4 (1.07%)	Web Services
8	2 (0.53%)	Regular Expression
8	2 (0.53%)	WPF
9	1 (0.27%)	AngularJS
9	1 (0.27%)	Entity Framework
9	1 (0.27%)	Silverlight

Miscellaneous
1	48 (12.83%)	Management Information System
2	44 (11.76%)	Computer Science
3	35 (9.36%)	Analytical Skills
4	25 (6.68%)	Security Operations Centre
5	16 (4.28%)	Data Centre
5	16 (4.28%)	Data Protection Act
6	12 (3.21%)	CESG
6	12 (3.21%)	Client/Server
6	12 (3.21%)	Driving Licence
7	8 (2.14%)	Enterprise Storage
8	7 (1.87%)	AS400
9	5 (1.34%)	Mainframe
10	4 (1.07%)	Fintech
10	4 (1.07%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
10	4 (1.07%)	iSeries
10	4 (1.07%)	NHS
11	3 (0.80%)	Clustering
11	3 (0.80%)	Cyber Attack
11	3 (0.80%)	Digital Media
12	2 (0.53%)	CMDB

Operating Systems
1	85 (22.73%)	Windows
2	50 (13.37%)	Unix
3	26 (6.95%)	Windows Server
4	24 (6.42%)	Linux
5	13 (3.48%)	Windows Server 2012
6	9 (2.41%)	CentOS
7	8 (2.14%)	Debian
8	4 (1.07%)	Windows Server 2008
9	3 (0.80%)	Kali Linux
10	2 (0.53%)	Solaris
10	2 (0.53%)	Ubuntu
11	1 (0.27%)	Windows 7

Processes & Methodologies
1	127 (33.96%)	Information Security
2	97 (25.94%)	ITIL
3	65 (17.38%)	Risk Management
4	55 (14.71%)	SIEM
5	39 (10.43%)	Change Management
6	37 (9.89%)	Cybersecurity
6	37 (9.89%)	Data Security
6	37 (9.89%)	Service Management
7	36 (9.63%)	Stakeholder Management
8	34 (9.09%)	Security Operations
9	33 (8.82%)	IT Audit
10	31 (8.29%)	Agile Software Development
11	29 (7.75%)	Mentoring
11	29 (7.75%)	Security Management
12	28 (7.49%)	Data Protection
12	28 (7.49%)	Problem Management
12	28 (7.49%)	Security Architecture
12	28 (7.49%)	Vulnerability Management
13	27 (7.22%)	Project Management
13	27 (7.22%)	TOGAF

Programming Languages
1	47 (12.57%)	SQL
2	25 (6.68%)	C#
3	18 (4.81%)	Python
4	16 (4.28%)	PL/SQL
5	15 (4.01%)	Java
6	13 (3.48%)	JavaScript
7	9 (2.41%)	PowerShell
8	8 (2.14%)	VB
9	6 (1.60%)	VB.NET
10	4 (1.07%)	Perl
11	3 (0.80%)	C
11	3 (0.80%)	C++
11	3 (0.80%)	Shell Script
12	2 (0.53%)	PHP
12	2 (0.53%)	VBA
13	1 (0.27%)	ActionScript
13	1 (0.27%)	ActionScript 2.0
13	1 (0.27%)	ActionScript 3.0
13	1 (0.27%)	Bash Shell
13	1 (0.27%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	104 (27.81%)	CISSP
2	78 (20.86%)	CISM
3	59 (15.78%)	Degree
4	56 (14.97%)	CISA
5	19 (5.08%)	CRISC
6	12 (3.21%)	IISP
6	12 (3.21%)	Oracle Certification
7	11 (2.94%)	ITIL Certification
8	9 (2.41%)	Cisco Certification
8	9 (2.41%)	Microsoft Certification
8	9 (2.41%)	SANS
9	8 (2.14%)	ACCA
9	8 (2.14%)	CCNA
9	8 (2.14%)	CESG Certified Professional
9	8 (2.14%)	MCSE
9	8 (2.14%)	SC Cleared
9	8 (2.14%)	Security Cleared
10	7 (1.87%)	CCNP
10	7 (1.87%)	CEH
10	7 (1.87%)	ISSAP

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	116 (31.02%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	86 (22.99%)	PCI DSS
3	31 (8.29%)	COBIT
3	31 (8.29%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4	29 (7.75%)	Cyber Essentials
5	19 (5.08%)	SLA
6	15 (4.01%)	GDPR
7	14 (3.74%)	ISO 9001
8	12 (3.21%)	SSAE 16
9	8 (2.14%)	ISO/IEC 20000
10	6 (1.60%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
10	6 (1.60%)	JSP 440
11	5 (1.34%)	HIPAA
12	4 (1.07%)	COSO
12	4 (1.07%)	Data Quality
13	3 (0.80%)	Basel II
13	3 (0.80%)	BS25999
13	3 (0.80%)	GxP
13	3 (0.80%)	ISO 14001
14	2 (0.53%)	ISO/IEC 27005

System Software
1	40 (10.70%)	Active Directory
2	19 (5.08%)	Hyper-V
2	19 (5.08%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	9 (2.41%)	vSphere
4	6 (1.60%)	ProxySG
4	6 (1.60%)	RACF
5	2 (0.53%)	VMware Server
6	1 (0.27%)	Apache ZooKeeper
6	1 (0.27%)	Docker
6	1 (0.27%)	KVM
6	1 (0.27%)	SRDF

Systems Management
1	12 (3.21%)	SCCM
2	4 (1.07%)	Ansible
3	3 (0.80%)	Backup Exec
3	3 (0.80%)	Cisco CUCM
3	3 (0.80%)	Failover Clustering
3	3 (0.80%)	McAfee ePO
3	3 (0.80%)	Puppet
3	3 (0.80%)	SCOM
4	2 (0.53%)	Nagios
5	1 (0.27%)	Cobbler
5	1 (0.27%)	Icinga
5	1 (0.27%)	Kibana
5	1 (0.27%)	Opscode Chef
5	1 (0.27%)	PowerCLI
5	1 (0.27%)	Prometheus
5	1 (0.27%)	Rundeck
5	1 (0.27%)	Terraform
5	1 (0.27%)	Tivoli
5	1 (0.27%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	77 (20.59%)	Cisco
2	48 (12.83%)	Oracle
3	46 (12.30%)	Microsoft
4	45 (12.03%)	SAP
5	32 (8.56%)	Sun
6	27 (7.22%)	F5
7	24 (6.42%)	VMware
8	21 (5.61%)	Citrix
9	20 (5.35%)	CheckPoint
10	14 (3.74%)	Juniper
10	14 (3.74%)	Remedy
11	13 (3.48%)	Apigee
12	12 (3.21%)	Blue Coat
13	11 (2.94%)	McAfee
14	10 (2.67%)	Palo Alto
15	9 (2.41%)	Gemalto
15	9 (2.41%)	Google
15	9 (2.41%)	Symantec
16	8 (2.14%)	Splunk
17	6 (1.60%)	Novell