CISSP Contract Job Trends in Wales

(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (ISC2 CISSP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for CISSP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 41 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing CISSP 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.84% 1.17% 0.84%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.25% 3.11% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £369 £635 £453
25th Percentile £516 £641 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +47.37% -29.63%
75th Percentile £725 £856 £506
90th Percentile £744 £920 £518
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £610
% change year-on-year - -1.64% -1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £85.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £84.50 £78.40 £73.31
% change year-on-year +7.78% +6.94% +10.24%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

CISSP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 112 161 204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.40% 37.62% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 75 163
10th Percentile £195 £133 £182
25th Percentile £261 £215 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £631
90th Percentile £688 £629 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 29 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.20 £13.48
25th Percentile £20.29 £20.12 £19.65
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.36 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -28.56% +77.50%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £53.19
90th Percentile £31.95 £53.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.68
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.52% +19.29%

CISSP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

CISSP job vacancy trend in Wales

CISSP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISSP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISSP

CISSP
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CISSP in Wales over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for CISSP in Wales

CISSP
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISSP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing CISSP

CISSP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CISSP within the 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
South Wales +7 5 £613 -8.41% 14
West Wales - 1 £625 -
CISSP
UK

CISSP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) NGFW
1 1 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Security Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (14.29%) CSOC
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) TOGAF
2 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) SABSA
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) BPR
4 2 (28.57%) Change Advisory Board
4 2 (28.57%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Security Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISM
2 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) GCIH
2 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
2 1 (14.29%) SANS
2 1 (14.29%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (28.57%) ITGC
2 2 (28.57%) NCSC
2 2 (28.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
3 1 (14.29%) JSP 440
3 1 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (14.29%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Zscaler