Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Cybersecurity
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 22 18
Rank change year-on-year -8 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 1.48% 1.00% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 1.09% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £418
25th Percentile - - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £553 £600 £650
% change year-on-year -7.92% -7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 154 92 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 75.86% 92.00% 79.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 51 63
10th Percentile £363 £205 £213
25th Percentile £419 £308 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -19.10%
75th Percentile £725 £575 £550
90th Percentile £803 £619 £635
Wiltshire median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% -1.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £20.18 - -
25th Percentile £24.56 - -
Median hourly rate £32.75 - -
75th Percentile £41.56 - -
90th Percentile £46.33 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £19.93 £22.38 £12.79
% change year-on-year -10.98% +75.00% -78.68%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Swindon

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Security Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Subject Matter Expert
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Culture Change
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Rainbow Teams
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Capita