Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Sep 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%	107 16.64%	44
SC Cleared	4	Up 5 places+5	£550	+2.32%	97 15.09%	34
CCNA	37	New entry-	£363	-	16 2.49%	4
Cisco Certification	37	No change0	£363	-14.70%	16 2.49%	7
Degree	39	Down -32 places-32	£530	+71.66%	14 2.18%	123
BPSS Clearance	41	Down -7 places-7	£413	-28.26%	12 1.87%	14
Microsoft Certification	41	Down -6 places-6	£500	+177.77%	12 1.87%	9
NVQ Level 3	42	New entry-	-	-	11 1.71%	19
HNC	44	Down -7 places-7	-	-	9 1.40%	25
MCSE	44	New entry-	£525	-	9 1.40%	2
DBS Check	45	Down -14 places-14	£140	-12.50%	8 1.24%	17
A+ Certification	48	Down -12 places-12	-	-	5 0.78%	22
Network+ Certification	48	New entry-	-	-	5 0.78%	10
Computer Science Degree	49	Down -21 places-21	£530	+14.59%	4 0.62%	11
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%	1
Azure Certification	49	Down -19 places-19	£450	-6.25%	4 0.62%	13
CCNP	50	Down -13 places-13	£363	-14.70%	3 0.47%	3
ISTQB	50	Down -18 places-18	£700	+77.77%	3 0.47%	1
ISTQB Foundation Certification	50	New entry-	£700	-	3 0.47%
JNCIA	51	New entry-	£200	-	2 0.31%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	52	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
HND	52	Down -16 places-16	£475	+111.11%	1 0.16%	19
CCA	52	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.16%	1
APMG	52	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.16%
GIAC	52	New entry-	£815	-	1 0.16%
IIBA	52	Down -15 places-15	£560	+24.44%	1 0.16%	1
CompTIA Security+	52	Down -15 places-15	£815	+242.43%	1 0.16%	12