Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Threat Detection
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 3 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.38% - 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% - 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile - - £600
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £650 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

Threat Detection 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 660 407 810
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.50% 90.85% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 439 270 596
10th Percentile £360 £308 £320
25th Percentile £450 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £569 £545
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.36% -5.22%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £714 £688 £706
South West median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 8 19
10th Percentile - £18.76 £12.00
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £12.79
Median hourly rate £24.49 £21.75 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +49.59% -80.61%
75th Percentile £49.88 £25.15 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.25 £26.17 £39.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £34.67 £55.00
% change year-on-year +65.85% -36.96% -8.18%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Threat Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
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 Threat Detection within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 3 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 - 1 - - 2
Swindon - 1 £400 -
Threat Detection
South West

Threat Detection
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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) ArcSight Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Anomaly Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Adaptive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SANS
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft