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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 711 926
Rank change year-on-year -50 +215 -144
Permanent jobs citing Sarbanes-Oxley 137 272 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.01% 1.43% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 86 156 184
10th Percentile £29,750 £46,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% +1.97% -2.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £59,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.13% +19.50% -5.66%

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 13,619 19,077 26,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.73% 18.89% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,260 8,866 13,140
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 £73,346
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 10 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 10 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 0 128 £55,000 -10.10% 39
UK excluding London -50 108 £52,500 -12.13% 23
South East +17 46 £50,000 -16.49% 4
Work from Home -5 30 £70,000 +4.48% 22
North of England +17 28 £50,000 -18.27% 5
Midlands -6 27 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Yorkshire +72 25 £41,250 -32.58% 2
West Midlands +9 23 £65,000 +30.00% 4
London +38 20 £65,750 +3.95% 17
East of England +17 5 - - 3
East Midlands -15 4 £30,001 -35.13% 4
North West -9 3 £76,500 +35.63% 2
South West -22 1 £95,000 +11.76%
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 (3.65%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.73%) Apache
3 1 (0.73%) IIS
3 1 (0.73%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (11.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Endur
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle AGIS
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle E-Business Tax
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.52%) Azure
2 21 (15.33%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (13.14%) AWS
4 9 (6.57%) Entra ID
4 9 (6.57%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.84%) WhatsApp
6 7 (5.11%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.46%) GCP
7 2 (1.46%) Google Drive
7 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.30%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (5.84%) SD-WAN
2 8 (5.84%) Wireless
3 7 (5.11%) Firewall
4 5 (3.65%) LAN
5 4 (2.92%) DHCP
5 4 (2.92%) DNS
5 4 (2.92%) Structured Cabling
5 4 (2.92%) VLAN
5 4 (2.92%) VPN
6 3 (2.19%) WAN
7 2 (1.46%) NAS
7 2 (1.46%) SAN
7 2 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.46%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.73%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.73%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.73%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.11%) Power BI
2 3 (2.19%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.46%) Spotfire
General
1 51 (37.23%) Finance
2 44 (32.12%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (31.39%) Social Skills
4 24 (17.52%) Legal
5 14 (10.22%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (10.22%) Pharmaceutical
6 12 (8.76%) Law
6 12 (8.76%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (5.84%) Manufacturing
7 8 (5.84%) Retail
8 3 (2.19%) Automotive
9 2 (1.46%) Advertising
9 2 (1.46%) Billing
9 2 (1.46%) Games
9 2 (1.46%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.46%) Marketing
9 2 (1.46%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.73%) Banking
10 1 (0.73%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (37.23%) Analyst
2 22 (16.06%) Senior
3 14 (10.22%) Change Analyst
3 14 (10.22%) ITSM Analyst
4 13 (9.49%) IT Manager
5 12 (8.76%) IT Risk Manager
5 12 (8.76%) Risk Manager
5 12 (8.76%) Senior Analyst
6 10 (7.30%) Consultant
6 10 (7.30%) Lead
7 9 (6.57%) IT Support
8 8 (5.84%) IT Assistant
8 8 (5.84%) Network Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Operations Analyst
8 8 (5.84%) Project Leader
8 8 (5.84%) Senior Network Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Business Analyst
9 7 (5.11%) Information Security Consultant
9 7 (5.11%) Security Consultant
10 6 (4.38%) Operations Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.38%) EDI
1 6 (4.38%) IDoc
2 3 (2.19%) .NET
3 1 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.22%) Onboarding
2 13 (9.49%) Biopharmaceutical
3 10 (7.30%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (7.30%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.84%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.38%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.19%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.73%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.73%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.73%) Life Science
9 1 (0.73%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.73%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.03%) Windows
2 8 (5.84%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.92%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.92%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.20%) ITIL
2 37 (27.01%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (24.82%) Information Security
4 27 (19.71%) Process Improvement
4 27 (19.71%) Risk Management
5 24 (17.52%) Analytics
6 23 (16.79%) Service Management
7 22 (16.06%) Project Management
8 20 (14.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (14.60%) Internal Audit
8 20 (14.60%) IT Audit
9 19 (13.87%) Change Management
9 19 (13.87%) Data Analytics
10 17 (12.41%) ITSM
11 16 (11.68%) Project Delivery
12 15 (10.95%) Computer Science
13 14 (10.22%) Configuration Management
13 14 (10.22%) Data Loss Prevention
14 13 (9.49%) Neuroscience
15 12 (8.76%) Remediation Plan
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.65%) SQL
2 2 (1.46%) C#
3 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (27.74%) Degree
2 12 (8.76%) AWS Certification
3 9 (6.57%) CISSP
3 9 (6.57%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.84%) CCNA
4 8 (5.84%) CCNP
4 8 (5.84%) CCSA
4 8 (5.84%) CISA
4 8 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.38%) CISM
6 3 (2.19%) CRISC
6 3 (2.19%) FFIEC
6 3 (2.19%) SANS
7 2 (1.46%) ACCA
7 2 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (16.06%) NIST
3 19 (13.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (11.68%) GDPR
4 16 (11.68%) QA
5 15 (10.95%) PCI DSS
6 13 (9.49%) ITGC
7 10 (7.30%) COBIT
8 9 (6.57%) GRC
9 8 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (5.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (4.38%) GxP
12 4 (2.92%) GLBA
13 3 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (2.19%) FISMA
13 3 (2.19%) HIPAA
13 3 (2.19%) SOC 2
13 3 (2.19%) Solvency II
14 2 (1.46%) Data Quality
14 2 (1.46%) IASME
System Software
1 12 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (3.65%) Backup Exec
1 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.19%) SCCM
3 2 (1.46%) CASB
3 2 (1.46%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.73%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.68%) SAP
3 14 (10.22%) Snow
4 8 (5.84%) CheckPoint
4 8 (5.84%) Cisco
5 6 (4.38%) Adobe
5 6 (4.38%) Meraki
5 6 (4.38%) OpenText
6 5 (3.65%) Veritas
7 4 (2.92%) Avaya
7 4 (2.92%) Citrix
8 3 (2.19%) Oracle
9 2 (1.46%) Google
9 2 (1.46%) NetApp
9 2 (1.46%) Triple Point
9 2 (1.46%) Veeam
9 2 (1.46%) VMware
10 1 (0.73%) CA