Cyber Defence Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.03% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
South East median daily rate £424 £675 £800
% change year-on-year -37.19% -15.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 107 38 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 36.15% 34.86% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 17 36
10th Percentile £250 £250 £173
25th Percentile £404 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £456
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +20.55% -3.95%
75th Percentile £575 £688 £552
90th Percentile £633 £700 £623
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 12
10th Percentile £19.29 - -
25th Percentile £25.41 £13.08 £11.50
Median hourly rate £37.71 £14.08 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +167.92% -71.13% +169.63%
75th Percentile £51.89 £15.07 £65.00
90th Percentile £53.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £48.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +45.83% +1.05% -3.14%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Defence within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Abingdon - 4 - - 1
Cyber Defence
South East

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) IaaS
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) PaaS
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 6 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (50.00%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Unix
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 6 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 6 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (83.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 5 (83.33%) CI/CD
2 5 (83.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Internal Audit
2 5 (83.33%) OWASP
2 5 (83.33%) RBAC
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Assessment
2 5 (83.33%) Risk Management
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
2 5 (83.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (66.67%) Change Control
3 4 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 4 (66.67%) ITSM
3 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (66.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (66.67%) CISM
3 4 (66.67%) CISSP
3 4 (66.67%) CRISC
3 4 (66.67%) GIAC
3 4 (66.67%) GSEC
3 4 (66.67%) SANS
3 4 (66.67%) SSCP
4 3 (50.00%) Degree
5 1 (16.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (83.33%) ISO 31000
2 5 (83.33%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft