Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Cybersecurity
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 34 29
Rank change year-on-year -11 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 23 23 47
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 3.89% 4.83% 6.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 5.68% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 38
10th Percentile £450 £536 £475
25th Percentile £509 £550 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £706 £700 £700
90th Percentile £713 - £729
South West median daily rate £537 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -17.38% +8.33% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £86.66
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £57.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year -42.61% -31.06% +22.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 494 405 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.59% 85.08% 88.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 276 502
10th Percentile £389 £340 £351
25th Percentile £513 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - -
75th Percentile £713 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 13
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £13.75 £12.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £22.27 £36.40 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.82% -27.21% -23.66%
75th Percentile £24.50 £60.00 £69.50
90th Percentile £25.15 - £75.50
South West median hourly rate £29.40 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -54.78% +8.33% -7.69%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Wiltshire

Cybersecurity
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Corsham -10 20 £558 -14.23% 6
Swindon -3 1 £400 -26.61% 7
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (34.78%) AWS
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
4 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Looker
1 2 (8.70%) Power BI
1 2 (8.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GitLab
1 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.35%) Mocha
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Military
2 4 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Analyst
1 8 (34.78%) Security Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Security Analyst
3 4 (17.39%) Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Security Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Security Technical Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Security Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.70%) Risk Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) Facilities Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) Test Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) Node.js
1 2 (8.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (4.35%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (4.35%) Express.js
2 1 (4.35%) Jest
2 1 (4.35%) JWT
2 1 (4.35%) Kafka
2 1 (4.35%) ModSecurity
2 1 (4.35%) NestJS
2 1 (4.35%) OAuth
2 1 (4.35%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (4.35%) REST
2 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (8.70%) PKI
2 2 (8.70%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Data Fabric
3 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) SIEM
2 8 (34.78%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Impact Assessments
3 7 (30.43%) Security Management
4 6 (26.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.04%) Analytics
5 3 (13.04%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
5 3 (13.04%) Event-Driven
5 3 (13.04%) Incident Response
5 3 (13.04%) Information Security
5 3 (13.04%) RBAC
5 3 (13.04%) Risk Management
5 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
5 3 (13.04%) Zero Trust
6 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.70%) Digital Identity
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 2 (8.70%) Bash
3 2 (8.70%) PowerShell
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
4 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (82.61%) Security Cleared
2 15 (65.22%) SC Cleared
3 8 (34.78%) CISSP
3 8 (34.78%) DV Cleared
4 7 (30.43%) Degree
5 6 (26.09%) CompTIA CySA+
5 6 (26.09%) Network+ Certification
5 6 (26.09%) SANS
6 2 (8.70%) CISM
6 2 (8.70%) DBS Check
7 1 (4.35%) CEH
7 1 (4.35%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) CITP
7 1 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.35%) CRISC
7 1 (4.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
2 3 (13.04%) JSP 440
2 3 (13.04%) NCSC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (4.35%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
2 1 (4.35%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) Icinga
2 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) ForgeRock
1 2 (8.70%) Micro Focus
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.70%) NetIQ
1 2 (8.70%) Okta