Contract Academic & Professional Certification Statistics in Wales

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Security Cleared	3	No change0	£550	-2.22%	111 16.72%	118
SC Cleared	4	Up 4 places+4	£550	-12.00%	103 15.51%	95
NVQ Level 3	22	New entry-	-	-	40 6.02%	5
Degree	42	Down 28 places-28	£503	+88.68%	17 2.56%	165
BPSS Clearance	44	Up 1 place+1	£413	-9.85%	15 2.26%	8
DBS Check	47	Down 2 places-2	£140	+16.66%	12 1.81%	13
Azure Certification	52	Down 4 places-4	£500	-20.00%	7 1.05%	18
Microsoft Certification	52	New entry-	£500	-	7 1.05%	7
CCNA	53	Down 5 places-5	£200	-40.29%	6 0.90%	7
Cisco Certification	53	Down 5 places-5	£200	-40.29%	6 0.90%	9
CISM	55	Down 8 places-8	£800	-	4 0.60%	2
HNC	55	Down 6 places-6	-	-	4 0.60%	19
MCSE	55	New entry-	£525	-	4 0.60%	1
Computer Science Degree	55	Down 11 places-11	£530	+22.89%	4 0.60%	13
JNCIA	55	New entry-	£200	-	4 0.60%
PRINCE2 Practitioner	57	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.30%	3
CCNP	57	Down 9 places-9	£363	+8.20%	2 0.30%	2
CSSLP	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
APMG	58	New entry-	£650	-	1 0.15%	1
CIPD	58	Down 10 places-10	-	-	1 0.15%
IIBA	58	New entry-	£560	-	1 0.15%
CompTIA Security+	58	Down 9 places-9	-	-	1 0.15%	8
GWAPT	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
OSCP	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	2
CEH	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	5
SAP Certification	58	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%	1