Security Cleared Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 2 1
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 6 42 124
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 16.22% 44.21% 78.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.22% 87.50% 96.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 18 94
10th Percentile £521 £322 £450
25th Percentile £534 - £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £400 £563
Median % change year-on-year +40.63% -28.89% +2.27%
75th Percentile £584 £625 £638
90th Percentile £594 - £675
South Wales median daily rate £533 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -11.25% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 14
10th Percentile - £14.78 -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £23.00 £46.25 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -50.27% +154.96% -60.78%
75th Percentile - £76.56 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.80 £40.27
South Wales median hourly rate £23.00 £46.25 £18.14
% change year-on-year -50.27% +154.96% -49.44%

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 27 48 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 72.97% 50.53% 81.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 95
10th Percentile £152 £256 £450
25th Percentile £223 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £519 £625 £638
90th Percentile £563 - £675
South Wales median daily rate £388 £495 £549
% change year-on-year -21.72% -9.84% -0.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 15
10th Percentile £27.40 £15.26 -
25th Percentile £34.00 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £45.00 £35.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% +93.94% -60.78%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £20.23
90th Percentile - £87.62 £49.50
South Wales median hourly rate £23.00 £35.18 £18.14
% change year-on-year -34.62% +93.94% -28.86%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in Newport

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in Newport

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Cleared in Newport

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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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (33.33%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
1 2 (33.33%) Miro
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (16.67%) Metadata
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior User Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Reference Data
1 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Concurrent Programming
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Service Design
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) User Research
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Lineage
3 1 (16.67%) Data Privacy
3 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Google
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft