Security Specialist Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Security Specialist
Wales > South Wales

The median Security Specialist daily rate in South Wales is £238, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Security Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 262 319 378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.40% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 178 296
10th Percentile £190 £136 £157
25th Percentile £271 £209 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £588
90th Percentile £628 £638 £644
Wales median daily rate £405 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.88% -13.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 44 23
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £16.00
25th Percentile £16.72 £20.12 £19.63
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.48 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.54% -2.00% +30.59%
75th Percentile £22.00 £48.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £31.50 £52.50 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £25.60 £24.96
% change year-on-year -17.97% +2.57% +55.98%

Security Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Security Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Security Specialist job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Security Specialist job vacancies in South Wales

Security Specialist
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 Specialist within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 October 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 £238 - 3
Security Specialist
Wales

Security Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Security Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Security Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC

Security Specialist Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC