Head of Security Contracts in Swindon

Head of Security
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Head of Security daily rate in Swindon is £813, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Security 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 1.72% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £801 - -
25th Percentile £803 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 - -
75th Percentile £828 - -
90th Percentile £834 - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £813 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Swindon with a recognized job title 103 108 185
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.79% 82.44% 97.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 69 138
10th Percentile £239 £180 £200
25th Percentile £308 £304 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £649
90th Percentile £638 £605 £694
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +6.98% -2.27% +3.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £28.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.00 £12.79 £63.00
% change year-on-year +72.01% -79.70% +16.67%

Head of Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Job postings that featured Head of Security in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Security in Swindon

Head of Security Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Head of Security contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Swindon region featuring Head of Security in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Head of Security Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISA
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST