Cyber Defence Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,368 - -

All Generic Skills
Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 187 322 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 26.38% 39.46% 30.29%
Number of salaries quoted 124 146 165
10th Percentile £26,094 - £34,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +29.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -2.65%

Cyber Defence
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Defence relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Cyber Defence job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Cyber Defence
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Cyber Defence.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Cyber Defence

Cyber Defence
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft