Information Security Jobs in Oxfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 70 105
Rank change year-on-year +5 +35 -20
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 12 41 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 1.61% 2.44% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 3.05% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8 27 12
10th Percentile - £36,250 £50,209
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £61,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,250 £47,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% -36.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,051 £85,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £94,000
South East median annual salary £57,670 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.48% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 702 1,343 1,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 94.10% 79.94% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 328 1,075 761
10th Percentile £32,175 £28,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £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 £73,250 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 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 6 £62,500 +31.58% 6
Woodstock - 4 £41,500 -
Witney +16 1 £45,000 +20.00%
Information Security
South East

Information Security
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 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Firewall
2 6 (50.00%) VLAN
2 6 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (33.33%) LAN
3 4 (33.33%) SAN
3 4 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) DHCP
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) IP Telephony
4 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (8.33%) Broadband
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 4 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 4 (33.33%) Support Technician
2 3 (25.00%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Identity Management Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Information
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Information Security
3 1 (8.33%) Head of Security
3 1 (8.33%) Information Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Information Assurance Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Replication
2 2 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (8.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Data Security
3 3 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (25.00%) Information Security Management
3 3 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (25.00%) Security Management
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Business Case
5 1 (8.33%) Data Privacy
5 1 (8.33%) Due Diligence
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Prototyping
5 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (8.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (33.33%) GDPR
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
3 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
1 4 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) arcserve
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Aruba
3 2 (16.67%) HP