Information Security Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 81 60
Rank change year-on-year +47 -21 +44
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 22 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 3.84% 0.46% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.55% 0.56% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 8
10th Percentile - - £39,725
25th Percentile £39,750 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £47,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.63% -26.92% +56.63%
75th Percentile £56,625 £51,250 £69,688
90th Percentile £77,500 - £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -

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 484 895 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 84.47% 82.56% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 362 467 520
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,313 £41,732 £41,797
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +8.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 6 November 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 6 November 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
Woodstock - 10 £41,500 -
Oxford +14 6 £70,000 +47.37% 2
Information Security
South East

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (45.45%) Exchange Server 2013
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 16 (72.73%) Azure
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (45.45%) AWS
3 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) Firewall
1 14 (63.64%) SAN
2 10 (45.45%) LAN
2 10 (45.45%) VLAN
2 10 (45.45%) WAN
2 10 (45.45%) Wi-Fi
General
1 20 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Law
2 2 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) 3rd Line Support
1 10 (45.45%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 10 (45.45%) Support Technician
2 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) IT Support
2 4 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Security Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Head of Compliance
3 2 (9.09%) Information Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Replication
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (63.64%) Windows
1 14 (63.64%) Windows Server
2 4 (18.18%) Apple iOS
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Mac OS
2 4 (18.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) Agile
1 14 (63.64%) ITIL
1 14 (63.64%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (45.45%) Business Continuity
2 10 (45.45%) Migration
3 8 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 2 (9.09%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security
5 2 (9.09%) Data Science
5 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.09%) Design Patterns
5 2 (9.09%) Due Diligence
5 2 (9.09%) Internal Audit
5 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (9.09%) SABSA
5 2 (9.09%) SDLC
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) CISM
1 2 (9.09%) CISSP
1 2 (9.09%) DBS Check
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (72.73%) Cyber Essentials
1 16 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (18.18%) GRC
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (63.64%) Hyper-V
1 14 (63.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 14 (63.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 14 (63.64%) VMware
3 10 (45.45%) arcserve
4 4 (18.18%) Apple
4 4 (18.18%) Sophos