CISSP Contracts in Wiltshire

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 71 67
Rank change year-on-year +29 -4 -4
Contract jobs citing CISSP 15 18 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 3.34% 1.91% 2.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.52% 2.49% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 22
10th Percentile £570 £550 £601
25th Percentile £585 £563 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.96% +10.87%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £684
90th Percentile £738 £725 £700
South West median daily rate £600 £575 £650
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +5.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 332 724 770
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 73.94% 76.69% 69.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 560 647
10th Percentile £313 £400 £400
25th Percentile £494 £475 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £579
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.01% +10.29%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £578
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +11.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 16
10th Percentile £18.58 - £40.63
25th Percentile £18.69 £14.25 £61.13
Median hourly rate £18.87 £42.75 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.86% -34.73% -0.46%
75th Percentile £39.44 £74.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £51.77 - £83.75
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £61.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -6.15% +5.69%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing CISSP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for CISSP in Wiltshire

CISSP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CISSP in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for CISSP in Wiltshire

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Wiltshire

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Swindon +7 9 £600 +9.09% 11
Corsham +21 6 £625 - 1
CISSP
South West

CISSP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
2 1 (6.67%) Firewall
2 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (53.33%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Electronics
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
4 2 (13.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Administrator
1 6 (40.00%) Security Administrator
2 3 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 3 (20.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (40.00%) Mainframe
3 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (13.33%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) zOS
2 1 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (40.00%) Security Auditing
1 6 (40.00%) Security Management
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (13.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (13.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (13.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (13.33%) Programme Management
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (6.67%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (6.67%) NsoIT
4 1 (6.67%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (6.67%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) DV Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) IBM Certification
3 5 (33.33%) CESG Certified Professional
4 3 (20.00%) CISA
4 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (13.33%) CISM
5 2 (13.33%) CLAS
5 2 (13.33%) CRISC
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (6.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (40.00%) NIST
2 5 (33.33%) JSP 440
2 5 (33.33%) RMADS
3 2 (13.33%) NIST 800
4 1 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (6.67%) GRC
4 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) OPNET
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) IBM
2 3 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (13.33%) SAP