CISSP Contract Job Trends in Newport

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CISSP 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.52% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 22.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South Wales median daily rate £613 £669 £475
% change year-on-year -8.41% +40.79% -29.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £85.00 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newport

CISSP 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 Newport.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9 46 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 42.86% 71.88% 74.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 16 73
10th Percentile £194 £226 £450
25th Percentile £245 £327 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -33.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £415 - £638
90th Percentile £466 £419 £675
South Wales median daily rate £433 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +8.31% -23.81% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 24 7
10th Percentile - £15.20 £13.03
25th Percentile - £20.12 £24.79
Median hourly rate £85.00 £23.68 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +258.95% -52.64% +150.56%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £55.25
90th Percentile - £52.63 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.02 £23.68 £37.50
% change year-on-year -11.25% -36.85% +87.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CISSP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

CISSP job vacancy trend in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing CISSP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing CISSP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) GCIH
1 1 (50.00%) SANS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) Zscaler