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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 755 714 970
Rank change year-on-year -41 +256 -196
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 135 269 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% 1.43% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 85 152 179
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,300 £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 £78,125
90th Percentile £78,250 £94,750 £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 13,596 18,747 27,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.61% 18.90% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,193 8,688 13,219
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 £47,626
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.98% +0.27%

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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 14 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 18 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 -9 126 £55,000 -10.10% 47
UK excluding London -70 105 £52,500 -9.19% 29
South East +10 45 £50,000 -16.49% 12
Work from Home +11 31 £65,000 - 18
North of England +23 28 £50,000 -18.27% 4
Midlands 0 27 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Yorkshire +70 25 £41,250 -32.58% 1
West Midlands +21 23 £65,000 +30.00% 5
London +31 21 £63,750 +0.79% 23
East Midlands -8 4 £30,001 -35.13% 2
East of England +1 3 - - 3
North West -8 3 £76,500 +39.09% 3
South West -28 1 £95,000 +11.76%
Scotland -81 1 - - 4

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 15 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Endur
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 25 (18.52%) Azure
2 19 (14.07%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.33%) AWS
4 10 (7.41%) Entra ID
5 9 (6.67%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.93%) WhatsApp
7 6 (4.44%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.48%) GCP
8 2 (1.48%) Google Drive
8 2 (1.48%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
9 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 6 (4.44%) Power BI
2 2 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.48%) Spotfire
General
1 51 (37.78%) Finance
2 43 (31.85%) Social Skills
3 42 (31.11%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (18.52%) Legal
5 14 (10.37%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (10.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (8.89%) Law
6 12 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.93%) Retail
8 7 (5.19%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.22%) Advertising
9 3 (2.22%) Automotive
10 2 (1.48%) Banking
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%) Billing
11 1 (0.74%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (38.52%) 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
6 10 (7.41%) Lead
7 9 (6.67%) IT Support
8 8 (5.93%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.93%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.93%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.93%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.93%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.19%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.19%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.19%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.44%) Operations Business Analyst
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 13 (9.63%) Biopharmaceutical
2 12 (8.89%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.41%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.93%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.44%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
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 12 (8.89%) Windows
2 9 (6.67%) 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 35 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (25.19%) Information Security
4 29 (21.48%) Risk Management
5 25 (18.52%) Process Improvement
6 24 (17.78%) Service Management
7 23 (17.04%) Analytics
8 21 (15.56%) Project Management
9 19 (14.07%) Change Management
9 19 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (14.07%) Data Analytics
9 19 (14.07%) IT Audit
10 17 (12.59%) Internal Audit
11 16 (11.85%) ITSM
11 16 (11.85%) Project Delivery
12 15 (11.11%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.37%) Configuration Management
14 13 (9.63%) Neuroscience
15 12 (8.89%) Data Loss Prevention
15 12 (8.89%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.44%) SQL
2 2 (1.48%) C#
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (25.93%) Degree
2 12 (8.89%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.67%) CISSP
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%) CISA
4 8 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.44%) CISM
6 3 (2.22%) CRISC
6 3 (2.22%) FFIEC
6 3 (2.22%) SANS
7 2 (1.48%) ACCA
7 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (25.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (17.04%) NIST
3 20 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (12.59%) GDPR
5 16 (11.85%) PCI DSS
6 14 (10.37%) ITGC
6 14 (10.37%) QA
7 10 (7.41%) COBIT
8 9 (6.67%) GRC
9 8 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (4.44%) GxP
12 4 (2.96%) GLBA
12 4 (2.96%) HIPAA
13 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (2.22%) FISMA
13 3 (2.22%) SOC 2
13 3 (2.22%) Solvency II
13 3 (2.22%) SOX 404
14 2 (1.48%) GAAP
System Software
1 13 (9.63%) 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
4 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.85%) 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
8 2 (1.48%) Google
8 2 (1.48%) NetApp
8 2 (1.48%) Oracle
8 2 (1.48%) Triple Point
8 2 (1.48%) Veeam
8 2 (1.48%) VMware
9 1 (0.74%) CA