Cyber Threat Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Cyber Threats
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs citing Cyber Threat 5 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 1.04% - 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.31% - 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £658 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £800 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Cyber Threat 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 151 105 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 31.46% 37.50% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 66 76
10th Percentile £300 £193 £150
25th Percentile £306 £265 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £493
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.86% +31.33%
75th Percentile £550 £473 £575
90th Percentile £750 £526 £659
Wales median daily rate £413 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.76% +17.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 11
10th Percentile £26.39 - £21.50
25th Percentile - £13.08 £23.93
Median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% -36.00%
75th Percentile - £22.84 £27.00
90th Percentile £66.79 £33.00 £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% -22.42%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cyber Threat relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Cyber Threat job vacancy trend in South Wales

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cyber Threat.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Cyber Threat

Cyber Threat
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cyber Threat in South Wales

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 October 2026. 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 - 5 £800 - 10
Cyber Threat
Wales

Cyber Threat
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (80.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 4 (80.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Impact Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 22301
1 4 (80.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker