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 28 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 48 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 -23 +55
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 20 5 65
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 2.50% 1.12% 7.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 1.25% 8.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 46
10th Percentile £581 £655 £463
25th Percentile £594 £663 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £683 £675 £570
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +18.42% +3.64%
75th Percentile £759 £688 £644
90th Percentile £825 - £700
South West median daily rate £600 £658 £570
% change year-on-year -8.75% +15.35% -5.00%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 668 401 774
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 83.40% 89.91% 83.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 269 584
10th Percentile £348 £293 £334
25th Percentile £431 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +4.55% -6.43%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £672
90th Percentile £725 £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 39 13 21
10th Percentile £13.28 - £12.00
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £12.79
Median hourly rate £36.36 £22.50 £14.54
Median % change year-on-year +61.58% +54.75% -78.93%
75th Percentile £79.88 £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% -8.33%

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 job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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 28 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Wiltshire

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 28 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 +9 15 £725 +10.27% 5
Swindon - 2 £600 - 2
Salisbury - 1 - -
Security Operations
South West

Security Operations
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 2 (10.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (10.00%) GCP
2 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Police
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) Architect
3 7 (35.00%) Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) SIEM Architect
3 7 (35.00%) SIEM Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) Technical Architect
3 7 (35.00%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (10.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (5.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (20.00%) CSOC
3 3 (15.00%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (15.00%) Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) SIEM
2 10 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (30.00%) Threat Detection
3 6 (30.00%) Use Case
4 5 (25.00%) Analytics
4 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
5 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
5 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) SOAR
5 4 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (15.00%) ITSM
6 3 (15.00%) Malware Analysis
6 3 (15.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Bash
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) Bicep
2 2 (10.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (65.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) CISSP
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (15.00%) SANS
4 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
5 2 (10.00%) CISM
5 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (10.00%) Degree
5 2 (10.00%) GCIA
5 2 (10.00%) GCIH
5 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.00%) GIAC
6 1 (5.00%) GSEC
6 1 (5.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (20.00%) NIST
3 2 (10.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (10.00%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.00%) GDPR
4 1 (5.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (10.00%) ArcSight
2 2 (10.00%) Clearswift
2 2 (10.00%) IBM
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
2 2 (10.00%) Tanium
2 2 (10.00%) Trend Micro
2 2 (10.00%) Tripwire
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow