Zero Trust Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Zero Trust
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 3.75% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £420 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

Zero Trust 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 65 46 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 81.25% 93.88% 83.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 21 59
10th Percentile £257 £206 £250
25th Percentile £400 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £663 £525
90th Percentile £624 £700 £575
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -6.34%
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 £26.44 £27.76 £19.50
% change year-on-year -4.76% +42.36% -25.00%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in Oxford

Zero Trust
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 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth
1 1 (33.33%) OAuth2
1 1 (33.33%) OpenID
1 1 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft