Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 8.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.53% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £435 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £523 - -
90th Percentile £569 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £453 £650 £615
% change year-on-year -30.38% +5.69% -14.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 - -
Median hourly rate £26.44 - -
75th Percentile £27.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £25.45 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 57 46 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 83.82% 93.88% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 23 57
10th Percentile £210 £215 £180
25th Percentile £400 £361 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £525
90th Percentile £613 £693 £585
Oxfordshire median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -6.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 16
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.55 £16.96 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.34 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.02% +114.29% -14.29%
75th Percentile £25.21 £46.30 £39.13
90th Percentile £30.33 £46.78 £65.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £20.25 £27.76 £19.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +42.36% -25.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Oxford over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) GCP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
1 1 (16.67%) IAM Project Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Security Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 2 (33.33%) SIEM
1 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
1 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (16.67%) RBAC
2 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (16.67%) Runbook
2 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) BeyondTrust
2 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle