Security Monitoring Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Security Monitoring
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 56 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Monitoring 10 1 25
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.24% 0.22% 2.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 0.25% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 25
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 - £490
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £631 - £525
90th Percentile £663 - £533
South West median daily rate £600 £550 £493
% change year-on-year +9.09% +11.68% -8.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Security Monitoring 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 669 401 775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.00% 89.91% 83.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 271 580
10th Percentile £363 £300 £324
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.55% -6.43%
75th Percentile £613 £632 £672
90th Percentile £723 £688 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 13 22
10th Percentile £13.37 - £12.08
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £12.79
Median hourly rate £33.43 £22.50 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% +54.75% -78.93%
75th Percentile £77.19 £25.15 £17.25
90th Percentile £85.25 - £30.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £28.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +101.40% -48.09% -6.22%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Security Monitoring
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Security Monitoring
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 Security Monitoring within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 23 June 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 +2 8 £606 - 2
Swindon - 1 - -
Security Monitoring
South West

Security Monitoring
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:

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) SOC Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) ArcSight Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (30.00%) CSOC
2 3 (30.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (70.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (60.00%) ITSM
4 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 5 (50.00%) Security Operations
5 5 (50.00%) Use Case
6 4 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
6 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 4 (40.00%) Threat Detection
6 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (30.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (30.00%) SOAR
7 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (20.00%) Digital Forensics
8 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
8 2 (20.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) Perl
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
3 2 (20.00%) GCIA
3 2 (20.00%) GCIH
3 2 (20.00%) SANS
4 1 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (10.00%) GIAC
4 1 (10.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) JSP 440
2 1 (10.00%) NCSC
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Clearswift
1 6 (60.00%) Tanium
1 6 (60.00%) Trend Micro
2 4 (40.00%) Remedy
3 2 (20.00%) ArcSight
3 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (20.00%) Tripwire
4 1 (10.00%) Google