Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Newport

Security Clearance
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 4 2
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 22 14 27
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 33.33% 24.56% 28.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 64.71% 34.15% 84.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 13
10th Percentile £366 £145 £495
25th Percentile £375 £337 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £631 £625
90th Percentile £688 £773 £758
South Wales median daily rate £550 £525 £615
% change year-on-year +4.76% -14.63% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 10
10th Percentile - - £11.00
25th Percentile £82.50 £20.12 £15.35
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.24 £52.24
Median % change year-on-year +320.06% -61.26% +187.95%
75th Percentile £87.50 £21.75 £87.35
90th Percentile - £22.40 £87.82
South Wales median hourly rate £25.77 £20.24 £52.24
% change year-on-year +27.35% -61.26% +187.95%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 34 41 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 51.52% 71.93% 34.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 15
10th Percentile £363 £146 £434
25th Percentile £375 £192 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £419 £600
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% -30.21% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £625
90th Percentile £638 £634 £728
South Wales median daily rate £515 £400 £550
% change year-on-year +28.80% -27.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 13
10th Percentile £37.67 - £11.84
25th Percentile £40.54 £20.12 £15.81
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +117.39% -8.66% +38.81%
75th Percentile - £41.25 £86.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £44.25 £87.80
South Wales median hourly rate £38.85 £22.50 £23.93
% change year-on-year +72.64% -5.98% +31.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Newport over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Newport

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (4.55%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (9.09%) GitHub
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (4.55%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) NX-OS
3 1 (4.55%) VSAN
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
3 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (4.55%) DB2
2 1 (4.55%) MariaDB
2 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JMeter
1 2 (9.09%) MSTest
1 2 (9.09%) Selenium
1 2 (9.09%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (18.18%) Military
1 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.55%) Billing
2 1 (4.55%) Finance
2 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior
3 5 (22.73%) Network Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Automation Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Automation Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Tester
4 2 (9.09%) Test Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Tester
5 1 (4.55%) Administrator
5 1 (4.55%) Build Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) DBA
5 1 (4.55%) Firewall Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) GCP Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) LDAP
2 1 (4.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Clustering
1 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (4.55%) PKI
1 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (22.73%) ITSM
3 4 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
3 4 (18.18%) Continuous Deployment
3 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
3 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
3 4 (18.18%) User Experience
4 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (13.64%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Agile
5 2 (9.09%) Architectural Design
5 2 (9.09%) Design Patterns
5 2 (9.09%) Non-Functional Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) Statistics
5 2 (9.09%) Unit Testing
5 2 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 3 (13.64%) Python
4 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.55%) Bash
5 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (86.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) CCNA
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.09%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (13.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Docker
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.55%) Sendmail
3 1 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Check_MK
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.55%) vCenter Server
2 1 (4.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) VMware
3 2 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) Apple
4 1 (4.55%) BMC
4 1 (4.55%) Google
4 1 (4.55%) IBM
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle
4 1 (4.55%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.55%) Remedy
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Tenable