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 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 16 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Information Security 2 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.36% 1.96% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 2.63% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £681 - £456
25th Percentile £709 £463 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £788 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -13.64% +7.32%
75th Percentile £884 £488 £584
90th Percentile £924 - £613
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 130 114 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 88.44% 74.51% 86.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 78 142
10th Percentile £174 £210 £191
25th Percentile £250 £363 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £550 £525 £584
90th Percentile £679 £641 £674
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 14
10th Percentile £17.62 £15.99 £25.08
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.50 £25.96
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.99 £32.31
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -19.56% +61.55%
75th Percentile £77.50 £67.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £83.25 -
South East median hourly rate £21.25 £58.49 £54.38
% change year-on-year -63.67% +7.56% +61.29%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 -6 1 £675 +42.11% 3
Information Security
South East

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:

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