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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 699 960
Rank change year-on-year -66 +261 -210
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 140 276 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.04% 1.38% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 88 158 187
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 13,492 20,036 25,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.75% 19.26% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,235 9,199 13,238
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 £76,250 £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 28 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 28 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 +14 131 £55,000 -10.10% 52
UK excluding London -47 112 £54,000 -6.59% 31
South East +32 49 £52,500 -12.50% 5
Work from Home +3 29 £65,000 -2.99% 19
North of England +3 28 £50,000 -18.27% 7
Midlands +6 27 £65,000 +30.00% 9
Yorkshire +74 25 £41,250 -32.58% 5
West Midlands +33 23 £65,000 +30.00% 6
London +57 20 £65,750 +5.20% 25
East of England +13 7 - - 8
East Midlands -12 4 £30,001 -35.13% 3
North West +4 3 £76,500 +35.63% 2
Scotland -79 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 (3.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.71%) Apache
3 1 (0.71%) IIS
3 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
Applications
1 17 (12.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle AGIS
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle iProcurement
1 3 (2.14%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.43%) Endur
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.86%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (17.14%) Azure
3 17 (12.14%) AWS
4 9 (6.43%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.43%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.71%) Power Platform
6 6 (4.29%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.43%) GCP
7 2 (1.43%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.43%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.71%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.71%) Wireless
3 7 (5.00%) Firewall
4 5 (3.57%) LAN
5 4 (2.86%) DHCP
5 4 (2.86%) DNS
5 4 (2.86%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.86%) VLAN
5 4 (2.86%) VPN
6 3 (2.14%) WAN
7 2 (1.43%) NAS
7 2 (1.43%) SAN
7 2 (1.43%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.43%) 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 (5.71%) Power BI
2 4 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.43%) Spotfire
General
1 52 (37.14%) Finance
2 44 (31.43%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (29.29%) Social Skills
4 24 (17.14%) Legal
5 14 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (9.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 12 (8.57%) Law
8 11 (7.86%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (6.43%) Manufacturing
10 8 (5.71%) Retail
11 3 (2.14%) Automotive
11 3 (2.14%) Billing
11 3 (2.14%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.43%) Advertising
12 2 (1.43%) Games
12 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.43%) Marketing
12 2 (1.43%) Music Industry
13 1 (0.71%) Banking
13 1 (0.71%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (35.71%) Analyst
2 22 (15.71%) Senior
3 14 (10.00%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.00%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.29%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.57%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (8.57%) Risk Manager
5 12 (8.57%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.14%) Consultant
7 9 (6.43%) IT Support
7 9 (6.43%) Lead
8 8 (5.71%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.71%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.71%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.71%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.00%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (5.00%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.29%) Business Analyst
10 6 (4.29%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.29%) EDI
1 6 (4.29%) IDoc
2 3 (2.14%) .NET
3 1 (0.71%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.43%) Onboarding
2 12 (8.57%) Biopharmaceutical
3 9 (6.43%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.71%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (5.71%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.57%) Virtual Team
6 3 (2.14%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.43%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.43%) 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 (7.86%) Windows
2 8 (5.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (31.43%) ITIL
2 38 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.43%) Information Security
4 29 (20.71%) Process Improvement
5 25 (17.86%) Analytics
6 24 (17.14%) Internal Audit
6 24 (17.14%) Risk Management
7 22 (15.71%) IT Audit
7 22 (15.71%) Service Management
8 21 (15.00%) ITSM
9 20 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (14.29%) Project Management
10 19 (13.57%) Change Management
10 19 (13.57%) Data Analytics
11 16 (11.43%) Data Loss Prevention
12 15 (10.71%) Project Delivery
13 14 (10.00%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.00%) Configuration Management
14 12 (8.57%) Operations Management
14 12 (8.57%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.57%) SQL
2 2 (1.43%) C#
3 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (27.14%) Degree
2 12 (8.57%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.43%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.71%) CCNA
4 8 (5.71%) CCNP
4 8 (5.71%) CCSA
4 8 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (5.00%) CISA
5 7 (5.00%) CISSP
6 4 (2.86%) CISM
7 3 (2.14%) CRISC
7 3 (2.14%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.43%) ACCA
8 2 (1.43%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.43%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.43%) SANS
9 1 (0.71%) CIMA
9 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.71%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (15.00%) NIST
3 18 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (12.14%) QA
5 16 (11.43%) GDPR
6 14 (10.00%) PCI DSS
7 13 (9.29%) ITGC
8 10 (7.14%) COBIT
9 8 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (5.00%) GRC
10 7 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (3.57%) GxP
12 4 (2.86%) GLBA
12 4 (2.86%) HIPAA
13 3 (2.14%) FISMA
13 3 (2.14%) Solvency II
14 2 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (1.43%) Data Quality
14 2 (1.43%) SOC 2
14 2 (1.43%) SOX 404
System Software
1 12 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (4.29%) Backup Exec
2 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.14%) SCCM
4 2 (1.43%) CASB
4 2 (1.43%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.71%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 30 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.71%) SAP
3 14 (10.00%) Snow
4 8 (5.71%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.71%) Cisco
5 6 (4.29%) Adobe
5 6 (4.29%) Meraki
5 6 (4.29%) OpenText
6 5 (3.57%) Veritas
7 4 (2.86%) Avaya
7 4 (2.86%) Citrix
7 4 (2.86%) Oracle
8 2 (1.43%) Google
8 2 (1.43%) NetApp
8 2 (1.43%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.43%) Veeam
8 2 (1.43%) VMware
9 1 (0.71%) CA
9 1 (0.71%) Commvault