Information Security Jobs in Oxfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 104 77
Rank change year-on-year +36 -27 -1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 42 19 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.50% 1.20% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 1.26% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 28 14 34
10th Percentile £36,250 £48,250 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,353 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £75,000 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.33% +68.54% -1.11%
75th Percentile £61,202 £84,375 £62,875
90th Percentile £69,375 £92,000 £64,625
South East median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% -1.67% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,355 1,509 1,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 80.56% 95.33% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,100 788 921
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,265
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,997 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,941 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.12% -9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,438 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Oxford +2 19 £47,500 -38.71% 3
Banbury - 11 £55,000 -
Witney - 2 £37,500 -
Thame - 1 £72,500 - 1
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) Apache
2 1 (2.38%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Azure
2 11 (26.19%) AWS
3 10 (23.81%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
6 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (9.52%) Azure Storage
7 4 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (7.14%) Amazon S3
8 3 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (7.14%) GCP
8 3 (7.14%) Serverless
8 3 (7.14%) Snowflake
9 2 (4.76%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (4.76%) WhatsApp
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
10 1 (2.38%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) DNS
1 8 (19.05%) WAN
2 7 (16.67%) LAN
3 6 (14.29%) Firewall
3 6 (14.29%) Network Security
3 6 (14.29%) OSPF
4 5 (11.90%) SD-WAN
5 3 (7.14%) SAN
5 3 (7.14%) VPN
5 3 (7.14%) Wireless
6 2 (4.76%) BGP
6 2 (4.76%) DHCP
6 2 (4.76%) SSL
6 2 (4.76%) VXLAN
6 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Amazon Athena
1 3 (7.14%) Big Data
1 3 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 14 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Electronics
5 2 (4.76%) Law
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Architect
1 14 (33.33%) Information Architect
1 14 (33.33%) Information Security Architect
1 14 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 9 (21.43%) Lead
3 7 (16.67%) Team Leader
4 5 (11.90%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Network Team Leader
5 4 (9.52%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) Administrator
6 3 (7.14%) Data Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Systems Administration Leader
6 3 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.76%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (4.76%) IT Support Specialist
7 2 (4.76%) Network Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Security Posture
2 6 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.90%) Cloud Native
4 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
5 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
5 3 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.76%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (4.76%) Molecular Biology
6 2 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 2 (4.76%) Android
3 2 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 11 (26.19%) Security Management
3 8 (19.05%) DevOps
3 8 (19.05%) Incident Response
3 8 (19.05%) Regulatory Compliance
3 8 (19.05%) Security Architecture
3 8 (19.05%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (14.29%) ITIL
4 6 (14.29%) Network Architecture
4 6 (14.29%) User Experience
5 5 (11.90%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (9.52%) Business Case
6 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (9.52%) Innovative Thinking
6 4 (9.52%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
6 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 4 (9.52%) Server Management
7 3 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) AWK
2 1 (2.38%) Bash
2 1 (2.38%) Korn
2 1 (2.38%) PHP
2 1 (2.38%) sed
2 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) Degree
2 10 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (19.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (19.05%) CCSK
3 8 (19.05%) CCSP
3 8 (19.05%) CISSP
4 3 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 3 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.14%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.76%) CCIE
5 2 (4.76%) CCNP
6 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.38%) PhD
6 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (59.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (35.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (26.19%) GDPR
3 11 (26.19%) NIST
4 8 (19.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 5 (11.90%) ISO 9001
6 4 (9.52%) SLA
7 3 (7.14%) SOC 2
8 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (4.76%) GRC
8 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
8 2 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.38%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
2 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Google
3 3 (7.14%) VMware
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.38%) Citrix
5 1 (2.38%) Meraki
5 1 (2.38%) NetApp
5 1 (2.38%) Oracle