Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Bridgend

Security Clearance
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bridgend with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgend 13.04% - 71.43%
As % of the Qualifications category 42.86% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £580 - £671
25th Percentile £588 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +43.59%
75th Percentile £613 - £725
90th Percentile £620 - -
South Wales median daily rate £600 £540 £600
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bridgend

Security Cleared falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bridgend.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7 0 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgend 30.43% - 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile £439 - £671
25th Percentile £527 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.56%
75th Percentile £606 - £725
90th Percentile £618 - -
South Wales median daily rate £550 £388 £498
% change year-on-year +41.94% -22.11% -9.38%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Cleared relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Bridgend

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Daily Rate Trend in Bridgend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bridgend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Security Cleared

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Server Building
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow Management
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) Server Patching
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) VMware