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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 81 58
Rank change year-on-year +44 -23 +42
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 23 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 3.49% 0.74% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.33% 0.87% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 9
10th Percentile - £47,250 £40,400
25th Percentile £39,750 £52,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.60% -3.85% +56.63%
75th Percentile £60,704 £63,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £77,500 - £76,750
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 531 920 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 80.58% 84.56% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 393 492 510
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £40,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £56,500 £54,763
% change year-on-year -13.27% +3.17% -0.43%

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 27 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 27 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 - 9 £41,500 -
Oxford +14 6 £70,000 +12.00% 2
Wallingford - 2 £50,205 - 2
Abingdon - 1 - - 1
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 9 (39.13%) Exchange Server 2013
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 15 (65.22%) Azure
2 14 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (47.83%) AWS
4 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.35%) dbt
5 1 (4.35%) Fivetran
5 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
5 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) Firewall
1 12 (52.17%) SAN
2 9 (39.13%) LAN
2 9 (39.13%) VLAN
2 9 (39.13%) WAN
2 9 (39.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Airbyte
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
General
1 19 (82.61%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Law
2 2 (8.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) 3rd Line Support
1 9 (39.13%) 3rd Line Support Technician
1 9 (39.13%) Support Technician
2 4 (17.39%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Support
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) IT Support
3 3 (13.04%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Information Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Head of Compliance
4 2 (8.70%) Head of Cybersecurity
4 2 (8.70%) Information Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Information Security Architect
4 2 (8.70%) Information Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Replication
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Windows
1 12 (52.17%) Windows Server
2 3 (13.04%) Apple iOS
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
2 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
2 3 (13.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Agile
1 12 (52.17%) ITIL
1 12 (52.17%) Knowledge Transfer
2 10 (43.48%) Migration
3 9 (39.13%) Business Continuity
4 7 (30.43%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Security Operations
6 3 (13.04%) Decision-Making
6 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (8.70%) Analytics
7 2 (8.70%) Architecture Governance
7 2 (8.70%) Cloud Security
7 2 (8.70%) Data Science
7 2 (8.70%) Due Diligence
7 2 (8.70%) Internal Audit
7 2 (8.70%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (8.70%) SABSA
7 2 (8.70%) SDLC
7 2 (8.70%) Security Architecture
7 2 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Python
1 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) CISM
1 3 (13.04%) CISSP
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (8.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (8.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (65.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 15 (65.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (52.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (17.39%) GRC
4 3 (13.04%) GDPR
4 3 (13.04%) NIST
5 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (52.17%) Hyper-V
1 12 (52.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (52.17%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) VMware
3 9 (39.13%) arcserve
4 3 (13.04%) Apple
4 3 (13.04%) Sophos