Risk Assessment Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Risk Assessment
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Risk Assessment skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 42 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Risk Assessment 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.38% 0.88% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 1.08% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -
Wales median daily rate £750 £700 £575
% change year-on-year +7.14% +21.74% -17.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Risk Assessment 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 236 279 357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.39% 81.82% 87.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 145 271
10th Percentile £190 £150 £190
25th Percentile £283 £210 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £495 £544 £594
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -4.48% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 40 22
10th Percentile - £15.48 £16.98
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.61 £25.36 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.39% -2.46% +30.00%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.81 £47.19
90th Percentile - £53.88 £54.98
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.16% -2.46% +44.44%

Risk Assessment
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Risk Assessment in South Wales

Risk Assessment
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Assessment

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Assessment.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment
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 Risk Assessment within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 17 September 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 0 1 £750 +7.14% 2
Risk Assessment
Wales

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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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared