Cybersecurity Contracts in Wales

Cybersecurity
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity 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 18 28 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 +16
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 25 16 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 8.53% 4.05% 6.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.80% 5.14% 7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 30
10th Percentile £185 £225 £190
25th Percentile £325 £372 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +26.32% -9.52%
75th Percentile £593 £625 £575
90th Percentile £600 - £615
UK median daily rate £548 £583 £600
% change year-on-year -6.09% -2.83% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
Median hourly rate £45.00 £87.80 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.75% +575.38% -56.67%
UK median hourly rate £63.91 £83.77 £65.50
% change year-on-year -23.71% +27.89% +54.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 311 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.03% 78.73% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 212 421
10th Percentile £185 £168 £183
25th Percentile £285 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £573
90th Percentile £625 £667 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
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 Cybersecurity 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 +12 23 £488 -18.75% 41
West Wales - 2 £190 - 2
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.00%) SAS
1 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) Azure
2 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.00%) IaaS
4 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security
3 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (32.00%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Research Scientist
1 8 (32.00%) Senior
2 3 (12.00%) IT Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) IT Support
2 3 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (12.00%) Security Researcher
2 3 (12.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (8.00%) Tester
4 1 (4.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Data Scientist
4 1 (4.00%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Security Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Site Engineer
4 1 (4.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Algorithms
2 6 (24.00%) Cyberattack
3 3 (12.00%) Blog
4 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.00%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 10 (40.00%) Machine Learning
1 10 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (32.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (28.00%) Analytics
4 6 (24.00%) Cloud Security
5 5 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 4 (16.00%) Data Analytics
7 3 (12.00%) Ethical Hacking
7 3 (12.00%) Offensive Security
7 3 (12.00%) Red Team
7 3 (12.00%) Security Testing
8 2 (8.00%) Behavioural Analytics
8 2 (8.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (8.00%) Migration
8 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (8.00%) Psychology
8 2 (8.00%) Security Operations
8 2 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
8 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) Python
2 5 (20.00%) Rust
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) Degree
2 9 (36.00%) Master's Degree
2 9 (36.00%) PhD
3 4 (16.00%) CCNA
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (16.00%) Postgraduate
4 3 (12.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (12.00%) CREST Certified
5 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (8.00%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (4.00%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (4.00%) CSSLP
6 1 (4.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (4.00%) OSCE
6 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) NIST
2 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.00%) NCSC
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.00%) Autotask
3 1 (4.00%) Argo
3 1 (4.00%) Grafana
3 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.00%) Nagios
3 1 (4.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Cisco
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) ConnectWise
2 2 (8.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (8.00%) Sophos
3 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow