Threat Detection Contracts in South Wales

Threat Detection
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Threat Detection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Threat Detection over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.40% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Threat Detection 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 226 264 362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.68% 80.49% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 151 274
10th Percentile £190 £143 £183
25th Percentile £270 £204 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £412 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -17.60% -3.85%
75th Percentile £488 £541 £600
90th Percentile £650 £600 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £419 £475
% change year-on-year -4.48% -11.84% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 39 19
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £13.94 £19.50 £16.98
Median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.00% +11.11% +13.01%
75th Percentile £20.75 £48.13 £40.63
90th Percentile £22.21 £54.00 £50.29
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.87% -1.11% +25.00%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Threat Detection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Threat Detection in South Wales

Threat Detection
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 Threat Detection within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 August 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 - 1
Threat Detection
Wales

Threat Detection
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
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
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