Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Cyber Threats
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.38% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £553 - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £595 £560 £587
% change year-on-year +6.25% -4.52% -9.77%

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

Cyber Threat 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 73 35 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 33.49% 35.35% 28.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 20 39
10th Percentile £197 £250 £191
25th Percentile £263 £325 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £563 £644 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £623
South East median daily rate £500 £519 £498
% change year-on-year -3.61% +4.22% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 10
10th Percentile £15.74 - £11.50
25th Percentile £18.77 £13.08 £20.19
Median hourly rate £24.73 £14.08 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.70% -73.19% +149.52%
75th Percentile £27.42 £15.07 £65.00
90th Percentile £27.54 - -
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £31.75
% change year-on-year +92.86% +10.24% -33.16%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Trainer
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Responder
2 1 (33.33%) IT Trainer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared