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 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 17 36
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +1
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 13 51 43
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 3.13% 8.70% 5.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 10.26% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 44 39
10th Percentile £450 £463 £513
25th Percentile £483 £532 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -3.70% +10.20%
75th Percentile £739 £700 £705
90th Percentile £750 £850 £740
South West median daily rate £575 £650 £658
% change year-on-year -11.54% -1.14% +9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £86.66
South West median hourly rate £35.17 £57.50 £83.40
% change year-on-year -38.83% -31.06% +17.66%

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 383 497 753
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 92.07% 84.81% 87.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 352 575
10th Percentile £307 £341 £356
25th Percentile £456 £456 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £643 £650 £638
90th Percentile £706 £725 £719
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 8 14
10th Percentile £16.05 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £45.69
Median hourly rate £22.38 £12.79 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -78.68% +9.09%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £64.50
90th Percentile - - £69.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -15 8 £575 -12.88% 2
Swindon -4 1 - - 12
Cybersecurity
South West

Cybersecurity
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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Looker
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) Tableau
General
1 3 (23.08%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Lead
1 4 (30.77%) Security Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Facilities Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Network Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Project Leader
3 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Operational Technology
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (15.38%) PKI
2 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (38.46%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (30.77%) Security Management
4 3 (23.08%) Analytics
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Compliance Audit
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (15.38%) Anomaly Detection
5 2 (15.38%) Behavioural Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Event-Driven
5 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
5 2 (15.38%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) SC Cleared
3 4 (30.77%) Degree
3 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) CISSP
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (15.38%) CISM
5 2 (15.38%) CRISC
6 1 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (7.69%) CEH
6 1 (7.69%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (7.69%) CITP
6 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (7.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) NCSC
1 5 (38.46%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) JSP 440
3 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (7.69%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) ForgeRock
1 2 (15.38%) Micro Focus
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) NetIQ
1 2 (15.38%) Okta
2 1 (7.69%) F5