Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

Use this option to select the period over which the statistics are calculated.

There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 3 November 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

Exclude

Use this option to exclude results with historical job ad aggregates falling below the selected threshold during the period.

When used in combination with column sorting, this option can be used to display results of greater statistical significance.

Results 1 - 27 of 27

Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	2	Up 1 place+1	£550	+4.76%	116 17.42%	55
SC Cleared	4	Up 3 places+3	£550	-8.33%	108 16.22%	44
NVQ Level 3	20	New entry-	-	-	37 5.56%	1
Degree	40	Down 27 places-27	£503	+88.68%	16 2.40%	61
BPSS Clearance	41	Down 1 place-1	£413	-9.85%	15 2.25%	8
DBS Check	44	Down 4 places-4	£140	+16.66%	12 1.80%	6
CCNA	48	Down 5 places-5	£200	-40.29%	8 1.20%	16
Cisco Certification	48	Down 5 places-5	£200	-40.29%	8 1.20%	17
Azure Certification	49	Down 6 places-6	£450	-28.00%	7 1.05%	28
Microsoft Certification	49	New entry-	£500	-	7 1.05%	6
HNC	52	Down 8 places-8	-	-	4 0.60%	15
MCSE	52	New entry-	£525	-	4 0.60%
Computer Science Degree	52	Down 13 places-13	£530	+22.89%	4 0.60%	2
JNCIA	52	New entry-	£200	-	4 0.60%
CISM	52	Down 10 places-10	£800	-	4 0.60%
CCNP	53	Down 10 places-10	£363	+8.20%	3 0.45%	1
PRINCE2 Practitioner	54	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.30%	3
CIPD	55	Down 12 places-12	-	-	1 0.15%	1
IIBA	55	New entry-	£560	-	1 0.15%
CompTIA Security+	55	Down 11 places-11	-	-	1 0.15%	15
GWAPT	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
OSCP	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
CEH	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	7
DV Cleared	55	Down 14 places-14	-	-	1 0.15%	2
SAP Certification	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
CSSLP	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
APMG	55	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.15%	2