OWASP Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring OWASP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing OWASP 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.66% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £650 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

OWASP 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 237 96 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 78.74% 88.89% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 58 113
10th Percentile £225 £233 £150
25th Percentile £325 £273 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £500
90th Percentile £638 £691 £600
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 8 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.91 £13.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £26.53 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +36.05% -25.00%
75th Percentile £51.27 £46.30 £29.38
90th Percentile £53.75 - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £27.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year +97.27% -41.31% -3.06%

OWASP
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

OWASP job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

OWASP
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing OWASP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing OWASP

OWASP
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 OWASP within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
Abingdon - 5 £425 - 3
OWASP
South East

OWASP
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 8 (100.00%) Azure
1 8 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) IaaS
2 6 (75.00%) PaaS
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 8 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Operational Technology
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Defence
3 4 (50.00%) SCADA
4 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Unix
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) RBAC
1 8 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 8 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
1 8 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (87.50%) Security Architecture
3 6 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 6 (75.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (75.00%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (62.50%) Change Control
4 5 (62.50%) Incident Management
4 5 (62.50%) ITSM
4 5 (62.50%) Risk Management
4 5 (62.50%) SABSA
4 5 (62.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (50.00%) Internal Audit
5 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (62.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 5 (62.50%) CESG Certified Professional
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (62.50%) CISM
3 5 (62.50%) CISSP
3 5 (62.50%) CRISC
3 5 (62.50%) GIAC
3 5 (62.50%) SANS
4 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 4 (50.00%) GSEC
4 4 (50.00%) SSCP
5 1 (12.50%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (100.00%) ISO 31000
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft