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 26 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 10 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -1
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 33 3 37
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 43.42% 8.57% 41.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 75.00% 12.00% 88.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 2 14
10th Percentile £373 £521 -
25th Percentile £375 £534 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £550 £584 £625
90th Percentile £635 £594 -
South Wales median daily rate £600 £540 £600
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 19
10th Percentile £39.55 - £14.36
25th Percentile £53.13 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +139.13% -48.89% +148.07%
75th Percentile - - £79.38
90th Percentile - - £87.80
South Wales median hourly rate £52.50 £23.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +128.26% -48.89% +148.07%

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 44 25 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 57.89% 71.43% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 7 15
10th Percentile £364 £152 -
25th Percentile £375 £223 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £290 £500
Median % change year-on-year +66.38% -42.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £519 £625
90th Percentile £611 £563 -
South Wales median daily rate £550 £369 £500
% change year-on-year +49.15% -26.25% -8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 21
10th Percentile £33.86 £26.23 £15.20
25th Percentile £42.90 £31.06 £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £41.25 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +62.66% +39.80%
75th Percentile £55.00 £45.00 £73.75
90th Percentile - - £87.80
South Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £30.25 £25.36
% change year-on-year +45.32% +19.28% +39.80%

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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 26 June 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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Hourly Rate Histogram in Newport

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Newport over the 6 months to 26 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Newport

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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 (6.06%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (15.15%) GitHub
3 4 (12.12%) GCP
3 4 (12.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 3 (9.09%) Cloud Run
4 3 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.03%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) SAN
2 3 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (3.03%) DHCP
3 1 (3.03%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.03%) Cloud Spanner
3 1 (3.03%) Db2
3 1 (3.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) JMeter
1 2 (6.06%) MSTest
1 2 (6.06%) Selenium
1 2 (6.06%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 7 (21.21%) Military
1 7 (21.21%) Public Sector
2 3 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.03%) Billing
3 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.03%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (24.24%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) GCP Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Java Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Java Software Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) NOC Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Storage Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Automation Tester
5 2 (6.06%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) GCP Software Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Automation Tester
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Test Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Tester
5 2 (6.06%) Storage and Backup Engineer
5 2 (6.06%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Web Services
2 3 (9.09%) Flask
2 3 (9.09%) Jinja
2 3 (9.09%) RESTful
2 3 (9.09%) Spring
2 3 (9.09%) Spring Boot
3 1 (3.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 3 (9.09%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (6.06%) Fat Client
2 2 (6.06%) PKI
2 2 (6.06%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.03%) Clustering
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Replication
3 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
2 4 (12.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) ITSM
2 14 (42.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (21.21%) Service Delivery
4 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
4 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
4 5 (15.15%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
4 5 (15.15%) Statistics
5 4 (12.12%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (12.12%) Containerisation
5 4 (12.12%) Continuous Deployment
5 4 (12.12%) Database Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Microservices
5 4 (12.12%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (12.12%) Service Management
5 4 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.12%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.12%) Test Strategy
5 4 (12.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 5 (15.15%) Python
3 4 (12.12%) C#
4 3 (9.09%) Java
5 2 (6.06%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (93.94%) SC Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) CCNA
2 7 (21.21%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.12%) DV Cleared
4 3 (9.09%) MCSE
4 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.06%) ISTQB
5 2 (6.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (3.03%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) SLA
2 3 (9.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (15.15%) Docker
1 5 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.03%) NFS
3 1 (3.03%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.06%) Ansible
2 2 (6.06%) SCCM
2 2 (6.06%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.03%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (3.03%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 1 (3.03%) SnapMirror
3 1 (3.03%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) NetApp
3 5 (15.15%) Microsoft
3 5 (15.15%) VMware
4 2 (6.06%) Remedy
4 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Apple
5 1 (3.03%) BMC
5 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle
5 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Veeam