SOAR Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SOAR 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 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.14% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £95,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +40.74% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

SOAR 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 531 679 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 71.95% 86.61% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 373 333 556
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,000 £78,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

SOAR job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

SOAR
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SOAR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SOAR

SOAR
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Abingdon - 1 £37,500 - 1
SOAR
South East

SOAR
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune