Network Security Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Network Security
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Network Security 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 2.99% - 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% - 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £431 - -
25th Percentile £439 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - £425
75th Percentile £479 - £438
90th Percentile £480 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £575 - £513

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxford

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 16.42% 8.33% 13.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £194 - -
25th Percentile £359 £206 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £213 £375
Median % change year-on-year +118.82% -43.33% -21.05%
75th Percentile £525 £219 £438
90th Percentile £563 - £475
Oxfordshire median daily rate £438 £213 £375
% change year-on-year +105.88% -43.33% -16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.72 £20.85 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.73% -43.85% -
75th Percentile £27.16 £22.95 £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £26.44 £21.90 £48.75
% change year-on-year +20.73% -55.08% -0.51%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Oxford

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Network Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Network Security

Network Security
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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) IPv4
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto