Cyber Defence
South Wales > Gwent
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in contract job vacancies in Gwent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Nov 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Cyber Defence | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Gwent | 14.29% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 50.00% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £75.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £80.00 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Gwent
Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Gwent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gwent | 28.57% | 8.33% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £285 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £290 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £295 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Wales median daily rate | £330 | £413 | £390 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +5.77% | -13.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £75.00 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £80.00 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £85.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South Wales median hourly rate | £20.50 | £25.60 | £46.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.92% | -45.24% | +159.72% |
Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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: