SANS Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

SANS Institute
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +11 +12 +15
Contract jobs citing SANS 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.35% 0.17% 0.24%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.67% 0.24% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £513 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% - -25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £625 -
90th Percentile £539 - -
South West median daily rate £537 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.50% - -25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wiltshire

SANS 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 359 411 562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 80.67% 69.66% 67.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 299 401
10th Percentile £407 £400 £413
25th Percentile £519 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% -1.96%
75th Percentile £670 £653 £650
90th Percentile £725 £727 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 21
10th Percentile £12.50 - £40.85
25th Percentile £18.87 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £64.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -3.10%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

SANS job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

SANS
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SANS

SANS
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing SANS

SANS
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 SANS within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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 +19 5 £537 -10.50%
SANS
South West

SANS
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 6 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 6 (100.00%) Security Management
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
1 6 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) DBS Check