Threat Detection Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Threat Detection
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - -
Wales median daily rate £528 - -

All Process & 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 354 239 289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 74.84% 88.85% 76.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 163 183
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £400 £289 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £405 £438
Median % change year-on-year +17.28% -7.43% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £550
90th Percentile £750 £623 £625
Wales median daily rate £475 £405 £450
% change year-on-year +17.28% -10.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 25 38
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £15.39
25th Percentile £18.31 £14.23 £16.58
Median hourly rate £22.00 £16.00 £25.27
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -36.68% +29.66%
75th Percentile £48.42 £20.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £23.75 £77.13
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £20.50 £24.33
% change year-on-year +7.32% -15.74% +24.83%

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in South Wales

Threat Detection
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Threat Detection.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Threat Detection

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 22 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
Cardiff - 1 £240 - 1
Threat Detection
Wales

Threat Detection
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft