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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +40 -15 +43
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 26 10 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.81% 0.79% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.17% 1.00% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 23 6 10
10th Percentile - - £59,750
25th Percentile £39,750 £42,500 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £46,250 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.27% -37.29% +89.10%
75th Percentile £43,250 £51,250 £83,125
90th Percentile £76,000 £62,500 £86,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% -4.00% +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 623 1,005 788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 91.22% 79.76% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 344 581 602
10th Percentile £27,550 £29,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,151 £38,620 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £55,875
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.51% +9.89%
75th Percentile £66,250 £61,250 £70,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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

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 18 September 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 18 September 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 - 14 £41,500 -
Oxford +13 6 £70,000 +55.56% 3
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 14 (53.85%) Exchange Server 2013
1 14 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 20 (76.92%) Azure
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (53.85%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) Firewall
1 18 (69.23%) SAN
2 14 (53.85%) LAN
2 14 (53.85%) VLAN
2 14 (53.85%) WAN
2 14 (53.85%) Wi-Fi
General
1 24 (92.31%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Law
2 2 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) 3rd Line Support
1 14 (53.85%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 14 (53.85%) Support Technician
2 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support
2 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) IT Support
2 4 (15.38%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Security Engineer
2 4 (15.38%) Support Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Head of Compliance
3 2 (7.69%) Information Architect
3 2 (7.69%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Replication
2 2 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (69.23%) Windows
1 18 (69.23%) Windows Server
2 4 (15.38%) Apple iOS
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 4 (15.38%) Mac OS
2 4 (15.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Agile
1 18 (69.23%) ITIL
1 18 (69.23%) Knowledge Transfer
2 14 (53.85%) Business Continuity
2 14 (53.85%) Migration
3 8 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (15.38%) Security Operations
5 2 (7.69%) Architecture Governance
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security
5 2 (7.69%) Data Science
5 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.69%) Design Patterns
5 2 (7.69%) Due Diligence
5 2 (7.69%) Internal Audit
5 2 (7.69%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (7.69%) SABSA
5 2 (7.69%) SDLC
5 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.69%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) CISM
1 2 (7.69%) CISSP
1 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
1 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (76.92%) Cyber Essentials
1 20 (76.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (69.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (15.38%) GRC
4 2 (7.69%) GDPR
4 2 (7.69%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (69.23%) Hyper-V
1 18 (69.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft Intune
1 18 (69.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 18 (69.23%) VMware
3 14 (53.85%) arcserve
4 4 (15.38%) Apple
4 4 (15.38%) Sophos