Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in South Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Jun 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	4	Up 16 places+16	£600	+11.11%	73 16.19%	38
SC Cleared	5	Up 19 places+19	£600	+14.28%	68 15.08%	34
Degree	29	Down -27 places-27	£530	+73.49%	18 3.99%	25
CCNA	30	No change0	£600	-	17 3.77%	9
Cisco Certification	30	Down -13 places-13	£600	+41.17%	17 3.77%	9
MCSE	34	New entry-	£525	-	13 2.88%	2
Microsoft Certification	34	Down -3 places-3	£525	+122.45%	13 2.88%	8
A+ Certification	38	Down -5 places-5	-	-	9 2.00%	18
Network+ Certification	38	Down -5 places-5	-	-	9 2.00%	18
BPSS Clearance	40	Down -9 places-9	-	-	7 1.55%	3
ACCA	40	New entry-	£600	-	7 1.55%	4
CIMA	40	New entry-	£600	-	7 1.55%	4
Computer Science Degree	40	Down -25 places-25	£530	+28.48%	7 1.55%
DBS Check	42	Down -14 places-14	£270	+68.75%	5 1.11%	7
Azure Certification	43	Down -21 places-21	£450	+2.33%	4 0.89%	17
DV Cleared	43	Down -10 places-10	-	-	4 0.89%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	44	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.67%
CISM	44	New entry-	£800	-	3 0.67%	4
ISTQB	44	Down -16 places-16	£700	+77.77%	3 0.67%
PhD	45	Down -20 places-20	-	-	2 0.44%
AWS Certification	45	Down -18 places-18	£250	-43.94%	2 0.44%	5
CCNP	45	Down -24 places-24	£600	+41.17%	2 0.44%	1
Master's Degree	45	Down -36 places-36	-	-	2 0.44%	2
PRINCE2 Certification	46	New entry-	£413	-	1 0.22%
PMP	46	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.22%	2
PMI Certification	46	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.22%	1
Numerate Degree	46	New entry-	£375	-	1 0.22%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	46	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.22%	4