Cybersecurity Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Consultant
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Cybersecurity Consultant daily rate in Cardiff is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
South Wales median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 238 168 227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 93.33% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 137 188
10th Percentile £207 £185 £174
25th Percentile £291 £244 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -3.41%
75th Percentile £507 £550 £531
90th Percentile £638 £635 £600
South Wales median daily rate £413 £420 £425
% change year-on-year -1.79% -1.18% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 2
10th Percentile - £21.25 £21.33
25th Percentile £12.21 £21.31 £26.31
Median hourly rate £13.50 £24.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% -31.91% +127.46%
75th Percentile £17.10 £27.25 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.53 £40.63 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £25.27 £33.50
% change year-on-year -15.91% -24.57% +85.49%

Cybersecurity Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cybersecurity Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cybersecurity Consultant job vacancies in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, Cybersecurity Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Cybersecurity Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence

Cybersecurity Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence