Cyber Scheme Contracts in Wales

Cyber Scheme
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Cyber Scheme qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cyber Scheme 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.68% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
UK median daily rate £600 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Cyber Scheme 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 128 100 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.69% 25.32% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 74 163
10th Percentile £193 £253 £186
25th Percentile £285 £471 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £494 £638 £613
90th Percentile £600 £724 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 17
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.51 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.50 £20.47
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Cyber Scheme
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Cyber Scheme as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Scheme in Wales

Cyber Scheme
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 Cyber Scheme within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 2 £600 - 10
Cyber Scheme
UK

Cyber Scheme
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 2 (100.00%) Offensive Security
1 2 (100.00%) Red Team
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified