The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials 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
20
-
-
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing Cyber Essentials
2
0
0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire
Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Oxfordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
27
27
19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire
25.47%
11.89%
7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted
15
22
11
10th Percentile
£250
£150
£360
25th Percentile
£250
£291
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£450
£450
Median % change year-on-year
-11.11%
-
+11.80%
75th Percentile
£638
£505
£513
90th Percentile
£668
£523
£525
South East median daily rate
£500
£475
£475
% change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
4
4
3
10th Percentile
£24.59
-
£22.10
25th Percentile
£38.55
-
£22.25
Median hourly rate
£46.30
£65.00
£25.00
Median % change year-on-year
-28.77%
+160.00%
-
75th Percentile
-
-
£40.63
90th Percentile
-
-
£48.50
South East median hourly rate
£46.30
£27.50
£31.00
% change year-on-year
+68.36%
-11.29%
+47.44%
Cyber Essentials Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.
Cyber Essentials Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Oxfordshire.
Cyber Essentials Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Cyber Essentials also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region with a requirement for Cyber Essentials.
Cyber Essentials Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:
