Network Security Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Network Security
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Network Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 +9 +10
Contract jobs citing Network Security 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.11% 0.93% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.81% 5.56% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £625 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +8.33% +39.13%
75th Percentile £456 £675 £625
90th Percentile £468 - -
South East median daily rate £430 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -21.10% +3.81% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 27 18 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 14.21% 16.67% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 17
10th Percentile £190 £375 -
25th Percentile £367 £406 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £340
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £516 £638 £650
90th Percentile £600 £650 £654
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Network Security
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Network Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Network 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 Network Security within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Kidlington - 2 £425 -
Oxford - 1 £450 - 3
Network Security
South East

Network 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Senior
3 2 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Security Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto