Information Assurance Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Information Assurance
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Information Assurance skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 52 61
Rank change year-on-year -18 +9 -1
Contract jobs citing Information Assurance 2 1 23
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.29% 0.23% 2.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.27% 3.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 23
10th Percentile - - £413
25th Percentile £669 £775 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £800 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +45.45% -5.90%
75th Percentile £706 £825 £581
90th Percentile - - £638
South West median daily rate £688 £650 £550
% change year-on-year +5.77% +18.18% -3.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Information Assurance 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 567 377 739
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 81.58% 87.88% 83.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 383 251 528
10th Percentile £400 £313 £313
25th Percentile £500 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -2.14%
75th Percentile £705 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £726
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £531
% change year-on-year - -1.18% -2.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 25
10th Percentile £12.50 £22.23 £14.36
25th Percentile £13.36 £36.40 £14.54
Median hourly rate £21.64 £60.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.94% +263.64% -74.81%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £46.95
90th Percentile £25.15 - £69.40
South West median hourly rate £57.35 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -11.77% +23.81% -14.63%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Information Assurance job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Information Assurance
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Information Assurance.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Information Assurance

Information Assurance
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 Information Assurance within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 7 February 2026. 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 -16 2 £688 -14.06% 1
Information Assurance
South West

Information Assurance
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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST