Cloud Security Contracts in South Wales

Cloud Security
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 38 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 +17 +14
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 12 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 4.92% 0.60% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.50% 0.74% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 1
10th Percentile £417 - -
25th Percentile £446 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £650 £375
Median % change year-on-year -26.54% +73.33% -44.44%
75th Percentile £528 - £388
90th Percentile £650 - -
Wales median daily rate £478 £650 £375
% change year-on-year -26.54% +73.33% -44.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
Wales median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 269 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.34% 80.06% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 190 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £285 £356 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £630 £668 £650
Wales median daily rate £420 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in South Wales

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in South Wales

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in South Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in South Wales

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +10 7 £480 -26.15% 25
Newport - 4 - - 15
Bridgend - 1 £350 -
Cloud Security
Wales

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) AWS
2 5 (41.67%) GCP
3 2 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) IaaS
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) DNS
3 1 (8.33%) VPN
3 1 (8.33%) Wireless
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Digital Health
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Architect
2 4 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Migration Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Principal Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Research Scientist
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (33.33%) Cyberattack
3 2 (16.67%) Blog
3 2 (16.67%) NHS
4 1 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (8.33%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (8.33%) IoT
4 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (8.33%) SCADA
4 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Data Privacy
3 5 (41.67%) DevSecOps
3 5 (41.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 3 (25.00%) Migration
5 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Analytics
6 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (16.67%) Ethical Hacking
6 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 2 (16.67%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
1 8 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 6 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 4 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 4 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 4 (33.33%) CCNA
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (33.33%) CITP
3 4 (33.33%) PhD
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) CREST Certified
4 2 (16.67%) OSCE
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Google
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) Sophos