Information Security Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 41 68
Rank change year-on-year -7 +27 -8
Contract jobs citing Information Security 5 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.19% 4.32% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 5.10% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 10
10th Percentile £564 £468 £475
25th Percentile £566 £631 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £693 £683 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% +13.81% +4.35%
75th Percentile £809 £690 £644
90th Percentile £826 £717 £655
South West median daily rate £500 £675 £613
% change year-on-year -25.93% +10.20% +6.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Information Security 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 387 510 759
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 92.36% 84.72% 87.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 365 579
10th Percentile £308 £350 £355
25th Percentile £457 £456 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -
75th Percentile £640 £650 £638
90th Percentile £704 £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% +10.09%
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%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Wiltshire

Information Security
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Information Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Information Security in Wiltshire

Information Security
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Information Security
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 Security within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 28 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 -1 3 £580 -15.94% 1
Swindon -1 2 £813 -
Information Security
South West

Information Security
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Information
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Information Services
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Project Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Security Management
3 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) NsoIT
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISA
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (20.00%) CITP
4 1 (20.00%) CRISC
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) COBIT
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) JSP 440
4 1 (20.00%) GRC
4 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (20.00%) RMADS
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) OPNET
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds