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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 17 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +12 -5
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.40% 3.05% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 4.17% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £681 £459 £453
25th Percentile £709 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £884 £488 £563
90th Percentile £924 - £608
South East median daily rate £625 £575 £575
% change year-on-year +8.70% - +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 126 120 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 88.11% 73.17% 87.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 84 140
10th Percentile £181 £175 £199
25th Percentile £250 £325 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £550 £503 £600
90th Percentile £660 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 16
10th Percentile £20.86 £11.59 £25.48
25th Percentile - £12.08 £25.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.00 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year +57.19% -50.48% +72.64%
75th Percentile £83.00 £26.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £54.00 £51.88
South East median hourly rate £20.73 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -63.85% +9.24% +64.53%

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
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 19 September 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
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 19 September 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 -4 1 £675 +42.11% 3
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 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Chief Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST