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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 1
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 19 31 28
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 42.22% 50.82% 37.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 82.61% 75.61% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 18
10th Percentile - £149 £575
25th Percentile £525 £340 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £638
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -35.29% +11.84%
75th Percentile £713 £628 £684
90th Percentile £720 £739 £788
South Wales median daily rate £550 £526 £615
% change year-on-year +4.51% -14.43% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 21 6
10th Percentile £82.75 £15.20 £12.96
25th Percentile £83.13 £20.12 £19.06
Median hourly rate £85.00 £20.24 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +320.06% -55.53% +128.01%
75th Percentile £86.88 £25.36 £55.25
90th Percentile £87.25 £48.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £59.35 £20.24 £35.50
% change year-on-year +193.30% -43.00% +78.30%

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 23 41 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 51.11% 67.21% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 13 20
10th Percentile £489 £171 £567
25th Percentile £525 £210 £594
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £413 £625
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -34.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £678 £560 £678
90th Percentile £715 £635 £788
South Wales median daily rate £488 £425 £515
% change year-on-year +14.71% -17.48% -6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 8
10th Percentile £78.50 £15.20 £13.11
25th Percentile £80.00 £20.12 £19.34
Median hourly rate £85.00 £22.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +286.36% -49.71% +118.75%
75th Percentile £86.25 £28.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £87.00 £45.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £31.25 £21.59 £35.50
% change year-on-year +44.74% -39.18% +77.50%

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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 7 January 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 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.26%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
1 7 (36.84%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (26.32%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (21.05%) GitHub
3 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) Azure App Service
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (5.26%) Miro
4 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) LAN
2 1 (5.26%) NX-OS
2 1 (5.26%) VSAN
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
2 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.26%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) JMeter
1 5 (26.32%) MSTest
1 5 (26.32%) Selenium
1 5 (26.32%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.53%) Git
3 1 (5.26%) JIRA
3 1 (5.26%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
1 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Military
2 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Automation Tester
2 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Security Architect
2 4 (21.05%) Tester
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Automation Tester
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Tester
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Developer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Automation Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.26%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) Web Services
2 2 (10.53%) ModSecurity
3 1 (5.26%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (5.26%) LDAP
3 1 (5.26%) Node.js
3 1 (5.26%) React
3 1 (5.26%) RESTful
3 1 (5.26%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) PKI
2 1 (5.26%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Windows
1 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.26%) Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Agile
1 7 (36.84%) DevOps
2 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
3 5 (26.32%) Architectural Design
3 5 (26.32%) Design Patterns
3 5 (26.32%) Test Strategy
4 4 (21.05%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (21.05%) AI
4 4 (21.05%) Data Modelling
4 4 (21.05%) Machine Learning
4 4 (21.05%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.53%) Information Assurance
6 2 (10.53%) Information Security
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
6 2 (10.53%) SABSA
6 2 (10.53%) Security Architecture
6 2 (10.53%) Security Management
6 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) C#
1 6 (31.58%) JavaScript
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
4 2 (10.53%) Bash
5 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) SC Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) CCNA
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
3 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
3 3 (15.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (10.53%) CISM
4 2 (10.53%) CISSP
5 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (10.53%) Def Stans
3 2 (10.53%) JSP 440
3 2 (10.53%) NCSC
3 2 (10.53%) NIST
3 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (5.26%) Sendmail
2 1 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Check_MK
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (5.26%) Nessus
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
1 1 (5.26%) vCenter Server
1 1 (5.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.26%) Splunk
3 1 (5.26%) Tenable