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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 766 706 952
Rank change year-on-year -60 +246 -175
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 136 270 278
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 85 154 184
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,625 £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 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,780 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.68% +17.56% -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 13,602 19,143 26,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.89% 16.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 8,888 13,070
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 £73,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%

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 9 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 9 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 +5 127 £55,000 -10.10% 38
UK excluding London -37 107 £52,500 -10.68% 22
South East +8 46 £50,000 -16.49% 3
Work from Home +2 29 £65,000 -2.99% 21
North of England +24 28 £50,000 -18.27% 5
Midlands -1 27 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Yorkshire +74 25 £41,250 -32.58% 2
West Midlands +21 23 £65,000 +30.00% 4
London +28 20 £65,750 +5.20% 17
East of England +19 5 - - 3
East Midlands -16 4 £30,001 -35.13% 4
North West +2 3 £76,500 +35.63% 2
Scotland -84 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 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) Apache
3 1 (0.74%) IIS
3 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Endur
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle AGIS
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (1.47%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.65%) Azure
2 21 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.24%) AWS
4 9 (6.62%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.62%) OneDrive
5 7 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.15%) WhatsApp
6 2 (1.47%) GCP
6 2 (1.47%) Google Drive
6 2 (1.47%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.74%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.88%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.88%) Wireless
3 7 (5.15%) Firewall
4 5 (3.68%) LAN
5 4 (2.94%) DHCP
5 4 (2.94%) DNS
5 4 (2.94%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.94%) VLAN
5 4 (2.94%) VPN
6 3 (2.21%) WAN
7 2 (1.47%) NAS
7 2 (1.47%) SAN
7 2 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.47%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.74%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.15%) Power BI
2 3 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.47%) Spotfire
General
1 50 (36.76%) Finance
2 44 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (30.88%) Social Skills
4 24 (17.65%) Legal
5 14 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (10.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (8.82%) Law
6 12 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.88%) Retail
8 3 (2.21%) Automotive
9 2 (1.47%) Advertising
9 2 (1.47%) Billing
9 2 (1.47%) Games
9 2 (1.47%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Marketing
9 2 (1.47%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.74%) Banking
10 1 (0.74%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (37.50%) Analyst
2 22 (16.18%) Senior
3 14 (10.29%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.29%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.56%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.82%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (8.82%) Risk Manager
5 12 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.35%) Consultant
6 10 (7.35%) Lead
7 9 (6.62%) IT Support
8 8 (5.88%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.88%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.88%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.88%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.15%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.15%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.41%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) EDI
1 6 (4.41%) IDoc
2 3 (2.21%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.29%) Onboarding
2 13 (9.56%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (7.35%) Management Information System
4 9 (6.62%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (5.88%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.41%) Virtual Team
7 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.21%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.47%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.74%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.74%) Life Science
10 1 (0.74%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.09%) Windows
2 8 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.94%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.21%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.41%) ITIL
2 37 (27.21%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (24.26%) Information Security
4 27 (19.85%) Process Improvement
4 27 (19.85%) Risk Management
5 24 (17.65%) Analytics
6 22 (16.18%) Service Management
7 21 (15.44%) Project Management
8 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (14.71%) Internal Audit
8 20 (14.71%) IT Audit
9 19 (13.97%) Change Management
9 19 (13.97%) Data Analytics
10 17 (12.50%) ITSM
11 16 (11.76%) Project Delivery
12 14 (10.29%) Computer Science
12 14 (10.29%) Configuration Management
12 14 (10.29%) Data Loss Prevention
13 13 (9.56%) Neuroscience
14 12 (8.82%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.68%) SQL
2 2 (1.47%) C#
3 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 37 (27.21%) Degree
2 12 (8.82%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.62%) CISSP
3 9 (6.62%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.88%) CCNA
4 8 (5.88%) CCNP
4 8 (5.88%) CCSA
4 8 (5.88%) CISA
4 8 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.41%) CISM
6 3 (2.21%) CRISC
6 3 (2.21%) FFIEC
6 3 (2.21%) SANS
7 2 (1.47%) ACCA
7 2 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (24.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (16.18%) NIST
3 19 (13.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (11.76%) GDPR
4 16 (11.76%) QA
5 15 (11.03%) PCI DSS
6 13 (9.56%) ITGC
7 10 (7.35%) COBIT
8 9 (6.62%) GRC
9 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (4.41%) GxP
12 4 (2.94%) GLBA
13 3 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (2.21%) FISMA
13 3 (2.21%) HIPAA
13 3 (2.21%) SOC 2
13 3 (2.21%) Solvency II
14 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
14 2 (1.47%) IASME
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Backup Exec
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.21%) SCCM
3 2 (1.47%) CASB
3 2 (1.47%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (22.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.76%) SAP
3 14 (10.29%) Snow
4 8 (5.88%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.88%) Cisco
5 6 (4.41%) Adobe
5 6 (4.41%) Meraki
5 6 (4.41%) OpenText
6 5 (3.68%) Veritas
7 4 (2.94%) Avaya
7 4 (2.94%) Citrix
8 3 (2.21%) Oracle
9 2 (1.47%) Google
9 2 (1.47%) NetApp
9 2 (1.47%) Triple Point
9 2 (1.47%) Veeam
9 2 (1.47%) VMware
10 1 (0.74%) CA