Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	3	Up 4 places+4	£550	+10.00%	108 16.67%	27
SC Cleared	4	Up 8 places+8	£550	-8.33%	98 15.12%	18
NVQ Level 3	37	New entry-	-	-	15 2.31%	16
CCNA	37	New entry-	£363	-	15 2.31%	4
Cisco Certification	37	Up 3 places+3	£363	-14.70%	15 2.31%	7
Degree	38	Down -29 places-29	£530	+73.49%	14 2.16%	73
BPSS Clearance	40	Down -3 places-3	£413	-28.26%	12 1.85%	4
Microsoft Certification	41	Down -3 places-3	£500	+177.77%	11 1.70%	8
DBS Check	43	Down -9 places-9	£140	-12.50%	9 1.39%	24
HNC	43	Down -3 places-3	-	-	9 1.39%	16
MCSE	44	New entry-	£525	-	8 1.23%	2
Azure Certification	48	Down -15 places-15	£450	-6.25%	4 0.62%	14
Computer Science Degree	48	Down -17 places-17	£530	+14.59%	4 0.62%	4
NVQ Level 4	48	New entry-	-	-	4 0.62%
DV Cleared	48	Down -10 places-10	-	-	4 0.62%	1
A+ Certification	48	Down -9 places-9	-	-	4 0.62%	22
CISM	48	New entry-	£800	-	4 0.62%
Network+ Certification	48	New entry-	-	-	4 0.62%	11
CCNP	49	Down -9 places-9	£363	-14.70%	3 0.46%	3
ISTQB	49	Down -14 places-14	£700	+77.77%	3 0.46%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	49	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.46%
JNCIA	50	New entry-	£200	-	2 0.31%
CompTIA Security+	51	Down -11 places-11	£815	+242.43%	1 0.15%	12
PRINCE2 Practitioner	51	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	3
HND	51	Down -12 places-12	£475	+111.11%	1 0.15%	14
CCA	51	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.15%	1
APMG	51	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.15%
CIPD	51	Down -11 places-11	-	-	1 0.15%
GIAC	51	New entry-	£815	-	1 0.15%
IIBA	51	Down -11 places-11	£560	+24.44%	1 0.15%