Information Security Contracts in Oxfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 11 23
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 +3
Contract jobs citing Information Security 3 18 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 2.29% 7.29% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 9.38% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile - £462 £420
25th Percentile £663 £472 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £615 £475
Median % change year-on-year +9.76% +29.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £819 £623 £638
90th Percentile £898 - £675
South East median daily rate £625 £591 £600
% change year-on-year +5.75% -1.50% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £19.50 -
South East median hourly rate £85.75 £19.50 £72.40
% change year-on-year +339.74% -73.06% -

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 117 192 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 89.31% 77.73% 87.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 128 137
10th Percentile £179 £173 £244
25th Percentile £250 £263 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -
75th Percentile £550 £500 £588
90th Percentile £688 £623 £672
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 34 17
10th Percentile £14.24 £11.80 £24.00
25th Percentile £20.85 £13.00 £25.95
Median hourly rate £25.30 £19.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +29.74% -39.63% +72.63%
75th Percentile £46.30 £29.75 £50.00
90th Percentile - £65.00 £51.50
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £47.78 £50.00
% change year-on-year -49.77% -4.44% +122.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
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 Information Security within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
Oxford -2 1 £675 +38.46% 7
Information Security
South East

Information Security
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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Chief Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Information Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Officer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Information Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) NCSC
162 Information Security jobs in the South East