Cybersecurity Engineer Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Oxfordshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £68,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -25.93%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 784 671 1,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 87.71% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 559 366 995
10th Percentile £28,700 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,410 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.35% +10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Engineer job vacancies in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity Engineer
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxford - 1 £67,500 - 1
Cybersecurity Engineer
South East

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, Cybersecurity Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Oxfordshire region featuring Cybersecurity Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering

Cybersecurity Engineer Skill Set
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%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft