Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Security Clearance
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 20 4
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 -3
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 82 17 58
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 17.45% 6.44% 16.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 62.60% 20.00% 54.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 11 27
10th Percentile £375 £230 £302
25th Percentile £472 £388 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £775 £649 £600
90th Percentile - £688 £625
Wales median daily rate £550 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 20
10th Percentile £39.55 - £15.75
25th Percentile £53.13 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £23.00 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +139.13% -50.27% +154.96%
75th Percentile - - £50.94
90th Percentile - - £74.88
Wales median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £46.25
% change year-on-year +118.69% -45.62% +154.96%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

Security Cleared 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 131 85 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 27.87% 32.20% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 54 62
10th Percentile £364 £232 £131
25th Percentile £413 £305 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% +4.69% -23.81%
75th Percentile £669 £488 £569
90th Percentile £775 £650 £625
Wales median daily rate £530 £434 £463
% change year-on-year +22.26% -6.27% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 6 25
10th Percentile £14.17 - £15.45
25th Percentile £40.54 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £13.08 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +236.09% -48.42% +39.80%
75th Percentile £54.38 £20.40 £50.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £22.92 £66.25
Wales median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £25.18
% change year-on-year +73.72% -0.12% +38.81%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in South Wales

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in South Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in South Wales

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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 Security Cleared within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 July 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
Newport +2 41 £525 - 3
Cardiff +15 33 £750 +57.89% 9
Bridgend - 8 £600 - 2
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Wales

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.66%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (3.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (1.22%) Apache
3 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.44%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.22%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.61%) Azure
2 13 (15.85%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (14.63%) GitHub
4 6 (7.32%) GCP
5 5 (6.10%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 4 (4.88%) Cloud Run
6 4 (4.88%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (3.66%) BrowserStack
7 3 (3.66%) Miro
7 3 (3.66%) SonarCloud
8 1 (1.22%) Cloud Functions
8 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.22%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.88%) DNS
1 4 (4.88%) SAN
2 1 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.22%) DHCP
2 1 (1.22%) Firewall
2 1 (1.22%) LAN
2 1 (1.22%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.66%) Metadata
3 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.22%) Big Data
4 1 (1.22%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (1.22%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) JMeter
2 2 (2.44%) MSTest
2 2 (2.44%) Selenium
2 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (24.39%) Public Sector
2 10 (12.20%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.76%) Military
4 3 (3.66%) Finance
5 2 (2.44%) Digital Health
6 1 (1.22%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.22%) Billing
6 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (26.83%) Senior
2 18 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 12 (14.63%) Architect
3 12 (14.63%) Technical Architect
4 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Architect
4 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
4 9 (10.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
5 7 (8.54%) Storage Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Backup Engineer
6 6 (7.32%) Storage and Backup Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.10%) Developer
8 4 (4.88%) .NET Developer
8 4 (4.88%) Analyst
8 4 (4.88%) Java Software Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Senior Storage Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.88%) Software Engineer
8 4 (4.88%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.20%) Playwright
2 6 (7.32%) Web Services
3 4 (4.88%) .NET
3 4 (4.88%) Flask
3 4 (4.88%) Jinja
3 4 (4.88%) RESTful
3 4 (4.88%) Spring
3 4 (4.88%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.66%) ADO
4 3 (3.66%) Middleware
5 2 (2.44%) CSS
5 2 (2.44%) HTML
6 1 (1.22%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.88%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.66%) PKI
3 2 (2.44%) CMDB
3 2 (2.44%) Fat Client
3 2 (2.44%) NHS
3 2 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.44%) Replication
3 2 (2.44%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.22%) Clustering
4 1 (1.22%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Windows
2 8 (9.76%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.66%) Linux
4 2 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.22%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.22%) Unix
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (20.73%) CI/CD
2 17 (20.73%) ITSM
3 16 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (18.29%) Mentoring
4 15 (18.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 14 (17.07%) DevOps
5 14 (17.07%) Test Automation
6 13 (15.85%) Agile
6 13 (15.85%) Decision-Making
7 11 (13.41%) User Research
8 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
9 9 (10.98%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (10.98%) Service Management
10 7 (8.54%) Coaching
10 7 (8.54%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
10 7 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
10 7 (8.54%) User Experience
11 6 (7.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.20%) SQL
2 9 (10.98%) PowerShell
3 8 (9.76%) JavaScript
4 7 (8.54%) Python
4 7 (8.54%) TypeScript
5 5 (6.10%) Java
6 3 (3.66%) C#
7 1 (1.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (90.24%) SC Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) CCNA
2 7 (8.54%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.88%) DV Cleared
3 4 (4.88%) MCSE
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.66%) CISM
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.22%) CCNP
6 1 (1.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.41%) SLA
2 3 (3.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (3.66%) ISO 22301
2 3 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.66%) JSP 440
2 3 (3.66%) NCSC
3 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (7.32%) Docker
3 5 (6.10%) Hyper-V
4 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.22%) NFS
5 1 (1.22%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (1.22%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) Ansible
1 5 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.22%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.22%) Forefront Identity Manager
3 1 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.22%) SCCM
3 1 (1.22%) SnapMirror
3 1 (1.22%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 11 (13.41%) Salesforce
1 11 (13.41%) VMware
2 9 (10.98%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) NetApp
3 7 (8.54%) Cisco
4 3 (3.66%) Remedy
5 2 (2.44%) Adobe
5 2 (2.44%) Google
6 1 (1.22%) Apple
6 1 (1.22%) BMC
6 1 (1.22%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.22%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.22%) Oracle
6 1 (1.22%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.22%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.22%) Veeam