Cyberattack Contracts in South Wales

Cyberattack
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyberattack in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyberattack over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing Cyberattack 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.48% 0.30% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.38% 0.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
Wales median daily rate £600 £450 -
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
Wales median hourly rate £45.00 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Cyberattack falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 122 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.84% 36.42% 41.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 85 152
10th Percentile £160 £160 £165
25th Percentile £250 £406 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £480 £540 £549
90th Percentile £600 £573 £613
Wales median daily rate £400 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
10th Percentile £24.70 £18.78 £12.59
25th Percentile £33.75 £29.31 £14.78
Median hourly rate £37.50 £48.75 £18.10
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +169.34% +27.64%
75th Percentile £45.00 £68.31 £21.24
90th Percentile £47.50 £78.93 £32.93
Wales median hourly rate £33.38 £13.50 £17.03
% change year-on-year +147.22% -20.73% +17.23%

Cyberattack
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyberattack in South Wales

Cyberattack
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Cyberattack in South Wales

Cyberattack
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 Cyberattack within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
Newport - 4 - - 1
Cardiff +7 2 £600 +33.33%
Cyberattack
Wales

Cyberattack
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (16.67%) Research Scientist
2 1 (16.67%) Security Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blog
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 3 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Ethical Hacking
4 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (33.33%) Offensive Security
4 2 (33.33%) Red Team
4 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CCNA
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 4 (66.67%) PhD
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) CREST Certified
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Scheme
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco