Security Posture Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Security Posture
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 35 39
Rank change year-on-year -8 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing Security Posture 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.83% 0.35% 0.86%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.63% 0.94% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £516 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year -23.21% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £566 - £750
90th Percentile £571 - -
Wales median daily rate £550 £700 £700
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +40.00%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Security Posture 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 152 106 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 31.54% 37.32% 35.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 67 76
10th Percentile £300 £194 £150
25th Percentile £306 £266 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £493
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.86% +31.33%
75th Percentile £550 £472 £575
90th Percentile £750 £526 £659
Wales median daily rate £413 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.76% +21.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 11
10th Percentile £28.59 - £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 £81.08 £33.00 £53.75
Wales median hourly rate £43.96 £20.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year +114.44% -19.92% -22.42%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

Security Posture
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 Posture within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 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 +2 3 £550 -21.43% 6
Newport - 1 £525 - 1
Security Posture
Wales

Security Posture
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 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) dbt
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Military
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Compliance Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Assurance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Compliance Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Application Security
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (25.00%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (50.00%) GDPR
1 2 (50.00%) GRC
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) VMware