Zero Trust Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Zero Trust
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Zero Trust skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Zero Trust 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.86% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £574 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -4.38% +11.11% -22.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

Zero Trust 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 195 90 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 83.69% 89.11% 86.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 50 123
10th Percentile £201 £250 £144
25th Percentile £263 £361 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £525
90th Percentile £633 £689 £618
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 38
10th Percentile £15.62 £13.08 £12.20
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.93 £13.12
Median hourly rate £20.18 £36.38 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% +86.56% -25.00%
75th Percentile £25.00 £46.30 £29.38
90th Percentile £27.50 £49.50 £58.00
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £34.75 £37.50
% change year-on-year +0.72% -7.33% -16.67%

Zero Trust
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Zero Trust job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Zero Trust
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Zero Trust.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Zero Trust

Zero Trust
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 Zero Trust within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 22 March 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
Oxford - 1 £500 -
Zero Trust
South East

Zero Trust
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 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft