Security Testing Contracts in Oxford

Security Testing
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford requiring Security Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 6.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile £668 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

Security Testing 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 45 87 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 93.75% 83.65% 85.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 85
10th Percentile £206 £250 £300
25th Percentile £360 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £525 £550
90th Percentile £700 £575 £678
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.05% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 16 2
10th Percentile £13.08 £12.75 £22.05
25th Percentile £16.96 £13.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £45.00 £21.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -14.29% +30.95%
75th Percentile £46.30 £39.13 £27.13
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +42.36% -25.00% +38.96%

Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Job postings citing Security Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Job vacancy trend for Security Testing in Oxford

Security Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Testing in Oxford.

Daily rate trend for Security Testing in Oxford

Security Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Testing in Oxford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Testing in Oxford

Security Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Information Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) EPoS
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Load Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC