Information Security Job Trends in Oxford

Information Security (InfoSec)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 35 32
Rank change year-on-year +11 -3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 6 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxford 2.49% 2.35% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.49% 2.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile - - £39,000
25th Percentile - £61,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +22.55% +22.89%
75th Percentile £77,500 £63,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £82,000 - £59,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +22.55% +5.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

Information Security 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 189 241 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 78.42% 94.51% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 133 113 224
10th Percentile £34,200 £41,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,375 £51,250 £41,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £89,750 £95,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxford.

Information Security job vacancy trend in Oxford

Information Security
Salary Trend in Oxford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Oxford

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Head of Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) Information Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Information Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) Data Science
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) Internal Audit
2 2 (33.33%) ISMS
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Security Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (33.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GRC
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) NIST