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 13 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 4 39 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 21.05% 54.93% 75.35%
As % of the Qualifications category 57.14% 82.98% 96.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 12 81
10th Percentile - £355 £413
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile - - £644
90th Percentile - - £688
South Wales median daily rate £600 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +50.00% -30.43% +2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 24 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate - £25.93 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year - -30.85% +88.35%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - £68.13 £55.25
South Wales median hourly rate £38.70 £25.93 £35.00
% change year-on-year +49.25% -25.91% +75.79%

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 7 47 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 36.84% 66.20% 78.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 82
10th Percentile - £226 £401
25th Percentile - £327 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% -33.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £330 - £644
90th Percentile £432 £419 £686
South Wales median daily rate £331 £400 £550
% change year-on-year -17.21% -27.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 25 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate - £25.36 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - -40.33% +113.46%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £51.08
90th Percentile - £66.25 £55.25
South Wales median hourly rate £13.08 £25.36 £37.50
% change year-on-year -48.42% -32.37% +87.92%

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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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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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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 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (75.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Miro
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) User Researcher
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Reference Data
1 1 (25.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Sprint Planning
2 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lineage
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft