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 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 587 834 880
Rank change year-on-year +247 +46 -227
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 146 257 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.83% 1.16% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67 141 170
10th Percentile £51,700 £42,751 £23,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,250 £100,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,655 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.60% +15.31% -13.04%

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 7,965 22,144 20,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.72% 17.60% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,839 12,086 12,512
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,625 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +1.72%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,050
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 12 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 29 November 2023. 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 +236 144 £65,000 +8.33% 79
UK excluding London +173 104 £55,000 -4.60% 46
North of England +127 45 £62,250 +10.36% 16
Yorkshire +115 45 £62,250 +10.36% 7
London +241 39 £78,750 +21.15% 43
South East +135 32 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Work from Home +143 21 £63,750 -1.92% 32
East of England +101 17 £70,000 -2.78% 3
Midlands +125 9 £62,500 +31.58% 9
West Midlands +112 7 £62,500 +31.58% 6
Scotland +54 1 £50,000 +6.97% 2
East Midlands +50 1 - - 3

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 1 (0.68%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 43 (29.45%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.74%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle AGIS
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle General Ledger
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle iProcurement
3 3 (2.05%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (2.05%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.05%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.05%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 11 (7.53%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (6.16%) Azure
3 4 (2.74%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.05%) GCP
4 3 (2.05%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.05%) WhatsApp
5 2 (1.37%) Amazon S3
5 2 (1.37%) AWS
6 1 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.68%) Google Drive
6 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.11%) VoIP
2 5 (3.42%) Cisco Nexus
2 5 (3.42%) Unified Communications
3 2 (1.37%) LAN
3 2 (1.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.68%) BGP
4 1 (0.68%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.68%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) Internet
4 1 (0.68%) Multicast
4 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.68%) VPN
4 1 (0.68%) WAN
4 1 (0.68%) WebEx
4 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (31.51%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.74%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) GIS
3 1 (0.68%) Metadata
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.05%) JIRA
General
1 74 (50.68%) Finance
2 44 (30.14%) Back Office
3 42 (28.77%) Social Skills
4 21 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (11.64%) Legal
6 16 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (5.48%) Billing
7 8 (5.48%) Law
8 7 (4.79%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.42%) Retail
10 4 (2.74%) Marketing
11 3 (2.05%) Games
11 3 (2.05%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) Automotive
12 1 (0.68%) Front Office
12 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (34.25%) Senior
2 44 (30.14%) Senior Manager
3 42 (28.77%) Enterprise Architecture Manager
3 42 (28.77%) Senior Strategy Manager
3 42 (28.77%) Strategy Manager
4 20 (13.70%) Analyst
5 14 (9.59%) Lead
6 10 (6.85%) Coordinator
7 7 (4.79%) Risk Analyst
8 6 (4.11%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Operations Manager
8 6 (4.11%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Governance Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Compliance Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (2.74%) SAP Architect
10 4 (2.74%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Unified Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (29.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.74%) EDI
2 4 (2.74%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.68%) .NET
3 1 (0.68%) Flash
3 1 (0.68%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.27%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.22%) Management Information System
3 9 (6.16%) e-Learning
4 6 (4.11%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.74%) Replication
7 3 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.37%) Reinsurance
8 2 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.68%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.68%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.68%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.37%) Windows
2 1 (0.68%) Linux
2 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (45.89%) ITIL
2 56 (38.36%) Six Sigma
3 47 (32.19%) ERP
4 46 (31.51%) Data Privacy
5 42 (28.77%) Lean Six Sigma
5 42 (28.77%) People Management
6 38 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (15.75%) Internal Audit
8 22 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
9 20 (13.70%) Data Loss Prevention
9 20 (13.70%) Project Management
10 19 (13.01%) Risk Management
11 17 (11.64%) Process Improvement
12 16 (10.96%) Information Security
13 14 (9.59%) Inventory Control
13 14 (9.59%) Inventory Management
13 14 (9.59%) Operations Management
13 14 (9.59%) Planning and Forecasting
13 14 (9.59%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.74%) SQL
2 2 (1.37%) Bash
2 2 (1.37%) Java
2 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.37%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.37%) Python
3 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 77 (52.74%) Degree
2 17 (11.64%) CISA
3 16 (10.96%) CISSP
4 13 (8.90%) CRISC
5 9 (6.16%) CISM
6 5 (3.42%) CISMP
7 4 (2.74%) ACCA
7 4 (2.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (2.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.37%) ISEB
9 1 (0.68%) CCSP
9 1 (0.68%) CEH
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.68%) GIAC
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) MCSA
9 1 (0.68%) MCSE
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.68%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (45.21%) GDPR
2 22 (15.07%) HIPAA
3 20 (13.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (10.96%) NIST
5 15 (10.27%) GRC
6 14 (9.59%) QA
7 8 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (4.11%) GAAP
8 6 (4.11%) PCI DSS
9 5 (3.42%) IFRS
9 5 (3.42%) ITGC
10 4 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (2.74%) IASME
11 3 (2.05%) COBIT
12 2 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (1.37%) FISMA
13 1 (0.68%) ISAE 3402
13 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.37%) Ceph
2 2 (1.37%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Backup Exec
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 2 (1.37%) Hadoop YARN
2 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.37%) Mesos
2 2 (1.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) CASB
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (34.25%) Oracle
2 9 (6.16%) Cadence
3 7 (4.79%) Cisco
3 7 (4.79%) SAP
4 6 (4.11%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.74%) Commvault
6 3 (2.05%) Google
6 3 (2.05%) Workday
7 2 (1.37%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe
8 1 (0.68%) Citrix
8 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.68%) Meraki
8 1 (0.68%) Okta
8 1 (0.68%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.68%) Yardi