Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire
Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Wiltshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | 52 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +3 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing Security Operations | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire | 1.64% | 0.95% | 1.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.03% | 1.04% | 1.37% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £581 | £801 | £566 |
| 25th Percentile | £594 | £803 | £572 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £683 | £813 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +30.00% | +47.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £759 | £828 | £681 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £834 | £693 |
| South West median daily rate | £633 | £550 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -24.14% | +16.00% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Wiltshire
Security Operations 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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 592 | 385 | 510 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire | 80.76% | 91.23% | 86.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 391 | 249 | 354 |
| 10th Percentile | £413 | £261 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £458 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £648 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £737 |
| South West median daily rate | £538 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.39% | -2.86% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 43 | 33 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.45 | £12.50 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.10 | £18.87 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £17.85 | £22.27 | £12.79 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.83% | +74.08% | -78.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £25.15 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £85.25 | - | £22.23 |
| South West median hourly rate | £57.50 | £25.15 | £67.26 |
| % change year-on-year | +128.63% | -62.61% | +12.10% |
Security Operations Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.
Security Operations Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Security Operations.
Security Operations Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Security Operations 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 Operations within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 | - | 8 | £725 | - | 1 |
| Swindon | -9 | 3 | £600 | -26.15% | 1 |
| Security Operations South West |
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Security Operations Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 91.7% | 11 |
| 2 | SIEM | 75.0% | 9 |
| 3 | Incident Response | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | Security Monitoring | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | Threat Detection | 50.0% | 6 |
| 3 | Use Case | 50.0% | 6 |
| 7 | Continuous Improvement | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Cyber Resilience | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | SOAR | 41.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Cyber Threat Intelligence | 33.3% | 4 |
| 10 | Threat Intelligence | 33.3% | 4 |
| 10 | Vulnerability Management | 33.3% | 4 |
| 13 | Analytics | 25.0% | 3 |
| 13 | ITSM | 25.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Malware Analysis | 25.0% | 3 |
| 13 | MITRE ATT&CK | 25.0% | 3 |
| 13 | Vulnerability Scanning | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 | Actionable Insight | 16.7% | 2 |
| 18 | Cloud Security | 16.7% | 2 |
| 18 | Culture Change | 16.7% | 2 |