Vulnerability Remediation Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Vulnerability Remediation
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Vulnerability Remediation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.91% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile £374 - -
South East median daily rate £467 £600 £413
% change year-on-year -22.17% +45.45% -35.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Vulnerability Remediation 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 249 102 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 79.30% 89.47% 79.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 60 106
10th Percentile £225 £187 £150
25th Percentile £334 £250 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £500
90th Percentile £638 £689 £611
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -0.05% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £19.33 £21.93 £13.12
Median hourly rate £27.69 £25.23 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.77% +29.36% -27.99%
75th Percentile £51.27 £41.83 £29.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £46.30 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £26.34 £47.50
% change year-on-year +99.35% -44.56% -5.00%

Vulnerability Remediation
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Vulnerability Remediation job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Vulnerability Remediation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Vulnerability Remediation

Vulnerability Remediation
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Vulnerability Remediation in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Vulnerability Remediation in Oxfordshire

Vulnerability Remediation
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 Vulnerability Remediation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Wantage - 4 £250 - 2
Vulnerability Remediation
South East

Vulnerability Remediation
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 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Security Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows 10
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Information Security
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (66.67%) Privileged Access Management
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Internal Audit
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft