Cybersecurity Jobs in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 60 82
Rank change year-on-year +11 +22 -44
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 26 48 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.45% 2.86% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 3.58% 2.74%
Number of salaries quoted 24 44 28
10th Percentile £43,625 £35,725 £34,975
25th Percentile £60,000 £41,250 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +73.53% -26.09% -32.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £47,500 £72,625
90th Percentile £111,125 £59,925 £75,625
South East median annual salary £47,683 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% -8.18% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 709 1,341 1,460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 94.03% 79.96% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 338 1,077 772
10th Percentile £32,175 £28,500 £26,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,837 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.67% -9.09% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Oxfordshire

Cybersecurity
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 within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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 +16 11 £80,000 +88.24% 17
Thame +3 5 £60,000 +6.19% 1
Witney +14 2 £36,250 -14.20%
Cybersecurity
South East

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
1 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) SNMP
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.85%) Finance
3 1 (3.85%) Law
3 1 (3.85%) Legal
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Field Engineer
1 7 (26.92%) Field Service Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Lead
3 2 (7.69%) Analyst
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 2 (7.69%) Head of Security
3 2 (7.69%) Test Leader
4 1 (3.85%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 1 (3.85%) DevOps Administrator
4 1 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Infrastructure
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Operations
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Head of Testing
4 1 (3.85%) Information Assurance Analyst
4 1 (3.85%) IT Support
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (3.85%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Data Centre
1 7 (26.92%) Driving Licence
1 7 (26.92%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (11.54%) Security Posture
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.85%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Customer Service
1 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Preventative Maintenance
3 6 (23.08%) Incident Response
3 6 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 5 (19.23%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (15.38%) Test Strategy
6 3 (11.54%) Resilience Testing
6 3 (11.54%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (11.54%) Threat Detection
7 2 (7.69%) Cyber Resilience
7 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 2 (7.69%) Incident Management
7 2 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.69%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) CISM
3 1 (3.85%) CISSP
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (42.31%) NIST
2 8 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (26.92%) PCI DSS
4 3 (11.54%) GDPR
5 1 (3.85%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.85%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.69%) Cisco