Security Posture Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Posture
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 91 79
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 -
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 25 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.57% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.57% 0.62% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 1
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £550 - £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £775
Median % change year-on-year - -22.58% -
75th Percentile - - £813
90th Percentile £630 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £775
% change year-on-year -8.33% -22.58% -

All Generic Skills
Wiltshire

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 449 323 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 46.24% 30.16% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 272 178
10th Percentile £463 £401 £210
25th Percentile £500 £495 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £579 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.01% +10.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £655 £680 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £733
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 4
10th Percentile - £36.75 £27.61
25th Percentile £14.54 - £45.22
Median hourly rate £15.52 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.13% +9.09% +145.32%
75th Percentile £20.50 £64.50 £58.51
90th Percentile £30.25 - £64.84
South West median hourly rate £52.50 £9.80 £44.23
% change year-on-year +435.71% -77.84% -9.23%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in Wiltshire

Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for Security Posture in Wiltshire

Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Posture in Wiltshire

Security Posture
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 Posture within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Swindon - 14 £550 -
Corsham 0 11 £600 -
Security Posture
South West

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) AWS
2 13 (52.00%) Azure
3 7 (28.00%) GCP
4 6 (24.00%) OpenShift
5 4 (16.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (16.00%) AWS CloudTrail
5 4 (16.00%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (16.00%) PaaS
6 2 (8.00%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (8.00%) Amazon S3
6 2 (8.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (8.00%) GitHub
6 2 (8.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (28.00%) VPN
2 6 (24.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 3 (12.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Bitbucket
2 4 (16.00%) JIRA
3 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (52.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (24.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Automation Architect
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Network Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Office Automation Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) AWS Architect
5 2 (8.00%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.00%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Applications Tester
6 1 (4.00%) Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Information Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Security Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Software Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (24.00%) ModSecurity
2 4 (16.00%) .NET
2 4 (16.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) Public Cloud
2 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (16.00%) Cloud Native
3 4 (16.00%) PKI
3 4 (16.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (12.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (4.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Threat Detection
2 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (32.00%) Agile
3 8 (32.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (32.00%) Incident Response
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (28.00%) Security Architecture
4 7 (28.00%) Use Case
5 6 (24.00%) ArchiMate
5 6 (24.00%) Business Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (24.00%) IT Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) NsoIT
5 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (24.00%) Technology Strategy
5 6 (24.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (24.00%) TOGAF
5 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 6 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (24.00%) Search Processing Language
3 5 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (4.00%) C
4 1 (4.00%) C++
4 1 (4.00%) Java
4 1 (4.00%) Perl
4 1 (4.00%) Ruby
4 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (44.00%) SC Cleared
1 11 (44.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 4 (16.00%) Master's Degree
3 3 (12.00%) CREST Certified
4 2 (8.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (8.00%) CISSP
4 2 (8.00%) OSCP
5 1 (4.00%) CCNP
5 1 (4.00%) CCSP
5 1 (4.00%) CEH
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.00%) CISM
5 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) NIST
2 5 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 4 (16.00%) GDPR
3 4 (16.00%) NCSC
4 2 (8.00%) SLA
5 1 (4.00%) COBIT
5 1 (4.00%) COSO
5 1 (4.00%) GRC
5 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Docker
1 6 (24.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (24.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Ansible
1 6 (24.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (24.00%) OPNET
2 4 (16.00%) PowerCLI
2 4 (16.00%) Terraform
2 4 (16.00%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (44.00%) Splunk
3 7 (28.00%) Cisco
3 7 (28.00%) Google
4 6 (24.00%) Atlassian
4 6 (24.00%) VMware
5 3 (12.00%) F5
5 3 (12.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.00%) CyberArk