Cybersecurity Contracts in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 21 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 +14 +4
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 18 38 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 5.81% 7.57% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.38% 8.50% 5.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 31
10th Percentile £246 £190 £406
25th Percentile £413 £203 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £578 £607
90th Percentile - £658 £694
Wales median daily rate £600 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £85.84 - -
25th Percentile £87.10 - -
Median hourly rate £87.80 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +575.38% - -
75th Percentile £87.85 - -
90th Percentile £87.94 - -
Wales median hourly rate £87.80 £13.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +575.38% -56.67% +114.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 244 447 727
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.71% 89.04% 83.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 344 534
10th Percentile £143 £201 £265
25th Percentile £350 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +12.07%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £678 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +6.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 22
10th Percentile £11.12 £16.37 £15.35
25th Percentile £14.78 £16.98 £19.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.14 £21.63
Median % change year-on-year +24.04% -16.12% -0.07%
75th Percentile £69.38 £22.11 £46.88
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.75 £47.40
Wales median hourly rate £19.82 £18.14 £21.63
% change year-on-year +9.26% -16.12% +1.05%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Wales over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 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
Newport +9 12 £600 +20.00% 4
Cardiff -7 6 £425 -16.26% 11
Cybersecurity
Wales

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 12 (66.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (61.11%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Cloudflare
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
1 2 (11.11%) Network Security
2 1 (5.56%) VPN
General
1 13 (72.22%) Social Skills
2 11 (61.11%) Local Government
2 11 (61.11%) Marketing
3 10 (55.56%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
5 4 (22.22%) Legal
6 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 11 (61.11%) Bid Manager
2 9 (50.00%) Senior
2 9 (50.00%) Senior Bid Manager
2 9 (50.00%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Acoustics
1 1 (5.56%) CCTV
1 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) AIX
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (66.67%) Project Management
3 11 (61.11%) PRINCE2
3 11 (61.11%) Risk Management
3 11 (61.11%) Value Proposition
4 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (55.56%) Psychology
5 9 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (22.22%) Bill of Materials
6 4 (22.22%) Budget Management
6 4 (22.22%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.11%) Information Security
8 2 (11.11%) People Management
9 1 (5.56%) Performance Metrics
9 1 (5.56%) Project Governance
9 1 (5.56%) Service Management
9 1 (5.56%) SIEM
9 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 12 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (61.11%) Degree
2 11 (61.11%) PMI Certification
2 11 (61.11%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) CISA
3 1 (5.56%) CISM
3 1 (5.56%) CISSP
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) CRISC
3 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) NIST
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (61.11%) Adobe
3 1 (5.56%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.56%) Splunk