Government Security Classifications Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Government Security Classifications (GSC)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Government Security Classifications skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Government Security Classifications 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.62% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate £570 £450 -
% change year-on-year +26.67% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxfordshire

Government Security Classifications 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 72 31 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 22.43% 27.19% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 16 21
10th Percentile £320 £225 £150
25th Percentile £402 £250 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £361 £450
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -19.72% -
75th Percentile £528 £466 £506
90th Percentile £620 £663 £525
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 5
10th Percentile £25.09 £24.59 -
25th Percentile £39.83 £38.55 -
Median hourly rate £47.54 £46.30 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -28.77% +160.00%
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - £82.25
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £46.30 £27.50
% change year-on-year +18.79% +68.36% +12.24%

Government Security Classifications
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Government Security Classifications relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Government Security Classifications job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Government Security Classifications
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Government Security Classifications.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Government Security Classifications

Government Security Classifications
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 Government Security Classifications within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 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 - 1 - -
Oxford - 1 - -
Government Security Classifications
South East

Government Security Classifications
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST