Sarbanes-Oxley Contracts

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX, Sarbox)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Sarbanes-Oxley skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 517 501 687
Rank change year-on-year -16 +186 -89
Contract jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 62 195 176
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.34% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.03% 2.55% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 107 89
10th Percentile £476 £400 £335
25th Percentile £525 £430 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +13.86%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £713 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £560 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - +12.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £30.08 £40.73
25th Percentile £67.50 £36.20 £50.61
Median hourly rate £70.00 £39.60 £67.07
Median % change year-on-year +76.77% -40.96% +7.31%
75th Percentile £72.50 - £83.54
90th Percentile - - £93.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £39.60 -
% change year-on-year +76.77% - -

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,035 7,662 11,737
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.19% 13.38% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,843 5,232 8,045
10th Percentile £280 £281 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £743 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £480 £450
% change year-on-year +0.10% +6.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 242 315
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.33 £12.03
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.71 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +16.67% +42.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.50 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.75 £77.35 £68.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 £31.89 £22.50
% change year-on-year -42.70% +41.71% +7.14%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Daily rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley.

Hourly rate trend for Sarbanes-Oxley in the UK

Sarbanes-Oxley
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +7 56 £600 +14.23% 47
London +19 33 £600 +4.35% 23
Work from Home +68 32 £600 +9.09% 20
UK excluding London +18 22 £560 +12.00% 29
South East +4 10 £550 +10.00% 12
North of England +28 8 £560 +75.00% 4
Yorkshire +21 5 £340 -11.30% 1
North West +13 3 £580 +154.95% 3
East of England +12 3 £560 +24.44% 2
West Midlands +20 1 £675 +22.73% 6
Midlands +17 1 £675 +22.73% 8
South West +8 1 £875 -

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 7 (11.29%) Confluence
2 2 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (11.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (6.45%) SAP BPC
4 3 (4.84%) SAP GRC
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (1.61%) Relativity
5 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.61%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 9 (14.52%) GCP
2 9 (14.52%) SaaS
3 7 (11.29%) AWS
4 6 (9.68%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (9.68%) IaaS
4 6 (9.68%) Nutanix
4 6 (9.68%) PaaS
4 6 (9.68%) Rubrik
5 4 (6.45%) Power Platform
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.23%) PowerApps
6 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (1.61%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.61%) OCI
7 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.90%) DNS
1 8 (12.90%) Firewall
2 6 (9.68%) DHCP
2 6 (9.68%) Kerberos
2 6 (9.68%) NAS
2 6 (9.68%) SAN
2 6 (9.68%) TCP/IP
2 6 (9.68%) VLAN
3 5 (8.06%) Network Security
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (3.23%) Internet
4 2 (3.23%) NX-OS
4 2 (3.23%) VPN
4 2 (3.23%) WAN
4 2 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.45%) Power BI
1 4 (6.45%) SAP HANA
2 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.23%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Git
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
2 6 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.68%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.61%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.61%) GoCD
3 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (51.61%) Finance
2 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.06%) Banking
4 4 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (6.45%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.61%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Law
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (32.26%) Consultant
2 9 (14.52%) Great Plains Consultant
2 9 (14.52%) Microsoft Consultant
3 8 (12.90%) Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) Lead
5 5 (8.06%) Compliance Analyst
5 5 (8.06%) Project Manager
5 5 (8.06%) SOX Consultant
5 5 (8.06%) SOX Project Manager
6 4 (6.45%) Security Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) GCP Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (4.84%) Senior
7 3 (4.84%) Transformation Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) Finance Manager
8 2 (3.23%) Network Consultant
8 2 (3.23%) SAP GRC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) LDAP
2 2 (3.23%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.61%) Jest
3 1 (1.61%) Node.js
3 1 (1.61%) React
3 1 (1.61%) SAML
3 1 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Clustering
1 7 (11.29%) Replication
2 3 (4.84%) Life Science
3 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Linux
2 6 (9.68%) Oracle Linux
2 6 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (9.68%) Solaris
2 6 (9.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (19.35%) Use Case
2 11 (17.74%) Risk Management
2 11 (17.74%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (14.52%) Test Scripting
5 8 (12.90%) Analytics
5 8 (12.90%) Project Management
6 7 (11.29%) Agile
6 7 (11.29%) Data Security
6 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (11.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (9.68%) Cost Optimisation
7 6 (9.68%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (9.68%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (9.68%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (9.68%) Service Catalogue
7 6 (9.68%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 6 (9.68%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) SQL
2 7 (11.29%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.29%) Python
3 6 (9.68%) Bash
4 1 (1.61%) ABAP
4 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
2 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) CISM
3 3 (4.84%) CISSP
4 2 (3.23%) CISA
4 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.23%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.23%) PMP
5 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.74%) GDPR
2 9 (14.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (11.29%) PCI DSS
4 5 (8.06%) GRC
4 5 (8.06%) GxP
5 4 (6.45%) COBIT
6 3 (4.84%) ITGC
6 3 (4.84%) NCSC
7 2 (3.23%) COSO
7 2 (3.23%) NIST
8 1 (1.61%) GLBA
8 1 (1.61%) ISAE 3402
8 1 (1.61%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (1.61%) PMO
8 1 (1.61%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.68%) Docker
2 6 (9.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Ansible
1 6 (9.68%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
1 6 (9.68%) Netcool
1 6 (9.68%) Terraform
1 6 (9.68%) Tivoli
1 6 (9.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.61%) CASB
2 1 (1.61%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.61%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 13 (20.97%) Oracle
3 10 (16.13%) SAP
4 9 (14.52%) Cisco
5 7 (11.29%) CyberArk
5 7 (11.29%) HP
5 7 (11.29%) ServiceNow
6 6 (9.68%) Dell
6 6 (9.68%) EMC
6 6 (9.68%) IBM
6 6 (9.68%) Isilon
6 6 (9.68%) Qualys
6 6 (9.68%) Serena
6 6 (9.68%) Splunk
6 6 (9.68%) VMware
7 5 (8.06%) Ariba
8 3 (4.84%) Concur
8 3 (4.84%) Google
8 3 (4.84%) Hyperion
9 2 (3.23%) Palo Alto