Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 3 places+3	£550	+15.78%	100 16.18%	38
SC Cleared	5	Up 5 places+5	£550	+10.00%	89 14.40%	31
Degree	38	Down -30 places-30	£530	+71.66%	17 2.75%	77
Microsoft Certification	39	Down -3 places-3	£463	+156.94%	16 2.59%	7
CCNA	40	New entry-	-	-	15 2.43%	15
Cisco Certification	40	Down -9 places-9	-	-	15 2.43%	15
MCSE	42	New entry-	£525	-	13 2.10%	1
BPSS Clearance	44	Down -9 places-9	£463	-19.56%	11 1.78%	3
DBS Check	46	Down -13 places-13	£140	-12.50%	9 1.46%	40
HNC	46	Down -8 places-8	-	-	9 1.46%	9
A+ Certification	47	Down -10 places-10	-	-	8 1.29%	22
Network+ Certification	47	New entry-	-	-	8 1.29%	22
Computer Science Degree	50	Down -24 places-24	£530	+14.59%	5 0.81%	6
NVQ Level 3	50	New entry-	-	-	5 0.81%	9
Azure Certification	51	Down -21 places-21	£450	-6.25%	4 0.65%	20
NVQ Level 4	51	New entry-	-	-	4 0.65%
DV Cleared	51	Down -13 places-13	-	-	4 0.65%
CISM	52	New entry-	£800	-	3 0.49%
ISTQB	52	Down -19 places-19	£700	+77.77%	3 0.49%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	52	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.49%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	53	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.32%	1
CCNP	54	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.16%	1
CCA	54	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.16%	1
PMP	54	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.16%	2
PMI Certification	54	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.16%	1
ACCA	54	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	7
CIMA	54	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	5
APMG	54	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.16%
GIAC	54	New entry-	£815	-	1 0.16%
IIBA	54	Down -16 places-16	£560	+24.44%	1 0.16%
CompTIA Security+	54	New entry-	£815	-	1 0.16%	14
Microsoft Certified Professional	54	New entry-	£165	-	1 0.16%
HND	54	Down -16 places-16	£475	+63.79%	1 0.16%	3