Cybersecurity Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Cybersecurity
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 -1 -
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 1.89% 7.14% 7.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 22.22% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £185 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £190 -
Median % change year-on-year +97.37% - -
75th Percentile £388 £195 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate £375 £190 -
% change year-on-year +97.37% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

Cybersecurity 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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 84.91% 32.14% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 9 4
10th Percentile £363 £178 £230
25th Percentile £375 £185 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -2.56% +132.14%
75th Percentile £497 £488 £506
90th Percentile £538 £608 £518
West Wales median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.11% - +126.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.75
Median hourly rate - - £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.42%
75th Percentile - - £15.25
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median hourly rate £15.91 - £13.50
% change year-on-year - - -12.42%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Swansea

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Cybersecurity.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft