Information Security Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.22% 2.16% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.78% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £495 - -
25th Percentile £554 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £680 £475 £563
Median % change year-on-year +43.16% -15.56% +9.76%
75th Percentile £829 £488 £600
90th Percentile £902 - £623
South East median daily rate £625 £560 £575
% change year-on-year +11.61% -2.61% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Information Security 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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 144 108 182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 87.80% 77.70% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 73 132
10th Percentile £177 £210 £180
25th Percentile £250 £363 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £600
90th Percentile £600 £638 £674
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £523
% change year-on-year -2.01% -2.34% +2.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 14
10th Percentile £18.87 £14.91 £25.08
25th Percentile £19.37 £19.79 £25.96
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% -21.12% +72.70%
75th Percentile £25.68 £37.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £87.64 £55.50 -
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.30
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.47% +39.47%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Information Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Information Security

Information Security
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Chief Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001