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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 753 727 960
Rank change year-on-year -26 +233 -185
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 135 270 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.00% 1.41% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 85 153 184
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.37% +1.97% -3.23%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £92,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,810 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.19% +15.62% -4.76%

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 13,565 19,200 26,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.68% 18.91% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,250 8,910 13,145
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% +3.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,665
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.90% +0.35%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -17 126 £55,000 -10.10% 47
UK excluding London -51 106 £52,500 -9.19% 26
South East +24 45 £50,000 -16.32% 6
Work from Home 0 29 £65,000 -2.99% 37
North of England +11 28 £50,000 -18.27% 5
Midlands +12 27 £65,000 +30.00% 9
Yorkshire +64 25 £41,250 -32.58% 2
West Midlands +20 23 £65,000 +30.00% 5
London +47 20 £65,000 +4.00% 22
East of England +11 5 - - 3
East Midlands -13 4 £30,001 -35.13% 4
North West -6 3 £76,500 +35.63% 2
Scotland -77 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 5 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle AGIS
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.48%) Endur
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.78%) Azure
2 21 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.33%) AWS
4 9 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.93%) Power Platform
6 7 (5.19%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.48%) GCP
7 2 (1.48%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.48%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.93%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.93%) Wireless
3 7 (5.19%) Firewall
4 5 (3.70%) LAN
5 4 (2.96%) DHCP
5 4 (2.96%) DNS
5 4 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.96%) VLAN
5 4 (2.96%) VPN
6 3 (2.22%) WAN
7 2 (1.48%) NAS
7 2 (1.48%) SAN
7 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.48%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.93%) Power BI
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.48%) Spotfire
General
1 51 (37.78%) Finance
2 44 (32.59%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (31.11%) Social Skills
4 24 (17.78%) Legal
5 14 (10.37%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.63%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (8.89%) Law
7 12 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (5.93%) Manufacturing
8 8 (5.93%) Retail
9 3 (2.22%) Automotive
9 3 (2.22%) Billing
9 3 (2.22%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.48%) Advertising
10 2 (1.48%) Games
10 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.48%) Marketing
10 2 (1.48%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.74%) Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 51 (37.78%) Analyst
2 22 (16.30%) Senior
3 14 (10.37%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.37%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.63%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.89%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Risk Manager
5 12 (8.89%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.41%) Consultant
7 9 (6.67%) IT Support
7 9 (6.67%) Lead
8 8 (5.93%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.93%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.93%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.19%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (5.19%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.44%) Business Analyst
11 5 (3.70%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.44%) EDI
1 6 (4.44%) IDoc
2 3 (2.22%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.37%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.89%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (5.93%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.70%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.22%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.48%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.74%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.74%) Life Science
9 1 (0.74%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.15%) Windows
2 8 (5.93%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.96%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.63%) ITIL
2 37 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (23.70%) Information Security
4 27 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 26 (19.26%) Risk Management
6 24 (17.78%) Analytics
7 22 (16.30%) Service Management
8 21 (15.56%) Internal Audit
8 21 (15.56%) Project Management
9 20 (14.81%) IT Audit
10 19 (14.07%) Change Management
10 19 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (14.07%) Data Analytics
11 17 (12.59%) ITSM
12 15 (11.11%) Project Delivery
13 14 (10.37%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.37%) Configuration Management
13 14 (10.37%) Data Loss Prevention
14 12 (8.89%) Neuroscience
14 12 (8.89%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.70%) SQL
2 2 (1.48%) C#
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 37 (27.41%) Degree
2 12 (8.89%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.93%) CCNA
4 8 (5.93%) CCNP
4 8 (5.93%) CCSA
4 8 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.93%) CISSP
4 8 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.19%) CISA
6 5 (3.70%) CISM
7 3 (2.22%) CRISC
7 3 (2.22%) FFIEC
7 3 (2.22%) SANS
8 2 (1.48%) ACCA
8 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (23.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (16.30%) NIST
3 19 (14.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (11.85%) GDPR
5 15 (11.11%) QA
6 14 (10.37%) PCI DSS
7 13 (9.63%) ITGC
8 10 (7.41%) COBIT
9 9 (6.67%) GRC
10 8 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (3.70%) GxP
13 4 (2.96%) GLBA
14 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (2.22%) FISMA
14 3 (2.22%) HIPAA
14 3 (2.22%) SOC 2
14 3 (2.22%) Solvency II
15 2 (1.48%) Data Quality
15 2 (1.48%) IASME
System Software
1 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.70%) Backup Exec
1 5 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.22%) SCCM
3 2 (1.48%) CASB
3 2 (1.48%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.11%) SAP
3 14 (10.37%) Snow
4 8 (5.93%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.93%) Cisco
5 6 (4.44%) Adobe
5 6 (4.44%) Meraki
5 6 (4.44%) OpenText
6 5 (3.70%) Veritas
7 4 (2.96%) Avaya
7 4 (2.96%) Citrix
7 4 (2.96%) Oracle
8 2 (1.48%) Google
8 2 (1.48%) NetApp
8 2 (1.48%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.48%) Veeam
8 2 (1.48%) VMware
9 1 (0.74%) CA