Cybersecurity Jobs in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxford requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 41 37
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 10 24 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 4.67% 3.69% 3.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.78% 4.23% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 16
10th Percentile - £32,750 £35,625
25th Percentile £72,500 £36,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +88.24% -26.09% -2.13%
75th Percentile £96,250 £43,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £127,500 £48,750 £73,125
Oxfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +41.18% -26.09% -32.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxford

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Oxford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 567 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 97.66% 87.23% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 116 415 246
10th Percentile £42,500 £29,400 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,875 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,166
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.83% -8.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,750 £72,188
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Oxford.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Oxford over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Oxford

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 2 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Information
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Operations
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Testing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (30.00%) Resilience Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (30.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) High Availability
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security
5 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CISM
1 1 (10.00%) CISSP
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (20.00%) GDPR
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco