Cybersecurity Contracts in Newport

Cybersecurity
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 13 18
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 15 12 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 26.79% 13.04% 8.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.61% 14.46% 8.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 7
10th Percentile - £470 £406
25th Percentile £394 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +20.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £431 £625 £650
90th Percentile - - £800
South Wales median daily rate £488 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -18.75% +26.32% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 £87.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.75% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £45.00 £87.80 £13.00
% change year-on-year -48.75% +575.38% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 83 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 87.50% 90.22% 97.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 39 85
10th Percentile £161 £133 £274
25th Percentile £285 £188 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -19.05% -1.64%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £638 £638 £695
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 18 17
10th Percentile - £13.35 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £16.98 £16.98
Median hourly rate £24.75 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% +31.92% -27.44%
75th Percentile £41.25 £75.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.25
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Newport

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Newport.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Newport

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Newport.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Newport

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (13.33%) Network Security
3 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (46.67%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Marketing
5 1 (6.67%) Aerospace
5 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Research Scientist
1 8 (53.33%) Senior
2 3 (20.00%) Security Researcher
3 1 (6.67%) Data Scientist
3 1 (6.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Algorithms
2 4 (26.67%) Cyberattack
3 3 (20.00%) Blog
4 2 (13.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Mac OS
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 10 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 8 (53.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 6 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Behavioural Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Psychology
5 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Change Management
6 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.67%) Data Science
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) Python
2 5 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) Master's Degree
2 9 (60.00%) PhD
3 4 (26.67%) CCNA
3 4 (26.67%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (26.67%) Postgraduate
4 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow