GSEC Contracts in South Wales

GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for GSEC qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing GSEC 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.42% - 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.08% - 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median daily rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

GSEC 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 93 95 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 38.91% 26.84% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 57 167
10th Percentile £235 £134 £273
25th Percentile £288 £220 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £503 £549
Median % change year-on-year -25.37% -8.47% -0.18%
75th Percentile £484 £625 £625
90th Percentile £649 £681 £650
Wales median daily rate £388 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -22.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 22 16
10th Percentile £13.08 £11.45 -
25th Percentile £15.56 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £30.25 £25.27 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +19.71% +39.31% -28.86%
75th Percentile £44.06 £68.75 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £24.42 £18.14
% change year-on-year +2.99% +34.62% -28.86%

GSEC
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for GSEC in South Wales

GSEC
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 GSEC within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 June 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 - 1 - - 2
GSEC
Wales

GSEC
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft