Postgraduate Contracts in Wales

Postgraduate
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Postgraduate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 40 53
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 +19
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Postgraduate 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.29% 0.75% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.92% 2.29% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £162 £320
Median % change year-on-year +46.51% -49.23% -
UK median daily rate £480 £460 £366
% change year-on-year +4.35% +25.82% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.36 -
UK median hourly rate £36.26 £35.50 £30.05
% change year-on-year +2.13% +18.14% +20.20%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Postgraduate 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 109 131 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 31.23% 32.83% 42.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 71 156
10th Percentile £226 £131 £189
25th Percentile £290 £215 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -23.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £488 £528 £638
90th Percentile £649 £638 £688
UK median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 32 12
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.26 -
25th Percentile £21.47 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.36 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +39.80% -14.45%
75th Percentile - £49.06 £44.06
90th Percentile - £54.88 £49.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -21.82% +22.22%

Postgraduate
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Postgraduate in Wales

Postgraduate
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Postgraduate

Postgraduate
DemandTrendContract 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 Postgraduate within the Wales region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +6 1 £238 +46.51% 1
Postgraduate
UK

Postgraduate
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC