Security Cleared Contracts 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 3 1
Rank change year-on-year -18 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 14 63 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 5.65% 17.55% 37.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 15.22% 60.58% 80.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 32 132
10th Percentile £230 £333 £413
25th Percentile £306 £400 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £649 £625 £638
90th Percentile £688 £721 £651
Wales median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 20 15
10th Percentile - £14.78 -
25th Percentile - £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £23.00 £46.25 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -50.27% +154.96% -49.44%
75th Percentile - £76.56 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.80 £37.44
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £46.25 £18.14
% change year-on-year -45.62% +154.96% -49.44%

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 92 104 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 37.10% 28.97% 46.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 64 161
10th Percentile £234 £137 £273
25th Percentile £301 £254 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £493 £549
Median % change year-on-year -21.32% -10.29% -0.18%
75th Percentile £486 £625 £625
90th Percentile £649 £666 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £498 £525
% change year-on-year -19.60% -5.24% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 24 16
10th Percentile - £12.28 -
25th Percentile £13.08 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +93.94% -28.86%
75th Percentile £45.00 £58.75 £20.10
90th Percentile - £87.26 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £25.15 £25.27 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.47% +39.31% -28.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Cleared in South Wales

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Security Cleared in South Wales

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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 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in South Wales

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Cleared in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend 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 3 July 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 10 £463 -11.90% 20
Newport -9 3 £563 +40.63% 31
Gwent 0 1 £540 - 18
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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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) VoIP
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Consultant
2 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Developer
2 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Developer
3 1 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Management Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Network Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Software Consultant
3 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) EntireX
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
2 3 (21.43%) Concurrent Programming
2 3 (21.43%) Containerisation
2 3 (21.43%) ITSM
2 3 (21.43%) Multithreading
2 3 (21.43%) Service Management
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
3 2 (14.29%) Agile
3 2 (14.29%) CRM
3 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 2 (14.29%) OO
3 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
4 1 (7.14%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Microservices
4 1 (7.14%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.14%) SOA
4 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) Python
2 3 (21.43%) C#
2 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (7.14%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Remedy
1 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Software AG
3 1 (7.14%) Sophos
3 1 (7.14%) webMethods