Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 4 places+4	£550	+10.00%	103 15.92%	25
SC Cleared	4	Up 6 places+6	£550	+8.37%	92 14.22%	20
CCNA	36	New entry-	£281	-	17 2.63%	13
Cisco Certification	36	Down -5 places-5	£281	-33.82%	17 2.63%	13
Degree	39	Down -31 places-31	£530	+73.49%	14 2.16%	47
Microsoft Certification	39	Down -5 places-5	£500	+177.77%	14 2.16%	7
BPSS Clearance	41	Down -7 places-7	£413	-28.26%	12 1.85%	1
MCSE	42	New entry-	£525	-	11 1.70%
HNC	44	Down -8 places-8	-	-	9 1.39%	10
DBS Check	46	Down -15 places-15	£140	-12.50%	7 1.08%	20
NVQ Level 3	46	New entry-	-	-	7 1.08%	11
A+ Certification	46	Down -11 places-11	-	-	7 1.08%	28
Network+ Certification	46	New entry-	-	-	7 1.08%	22
Azure Certification	49	Down -20 places-20	£450	-6.25%	4 0.62%	19
Computer Science Degree	49	Down -25 places-25	£530	+14.59%	4 0.62%	4
NVQ Level 4	49	New entry-	-	-	4 0.62%
DV Cleared	49	Down -14 places-14	-	-	4 0.62%	1
CISM	49	New entry-	£800	-	4 0.62%
ISTQB Foundation Certification	50	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.46%
ISTQB	50	Down -19 places-19	£700	+77.77%	3 0.46%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	51	New entry-	£550	-	2 0.31%	2
CCNP	51	Down -20 places-20	£363	-14.70%	2 0.31%	2
JNCIA	51	New entry-	£200	-	2 0.31%
CompTIA Security+	52	Down -16 places-16	£815	+242.43%	1 0.15%	13
HND	52	Down -17 places-17	£475	+111.11%	1 0.15%	7
CCA	52	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.15%	1
PMP	52	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.15%	7
PMI Certification	52	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.15%	5
APMG	52	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.15%
GIAC	52	New entry-	£815	-	1 0.15%
IIBA	52	Down -16 places-16	£560	+24.44%	1 0.15%