Security Cleared Contract Job Trends in Wales

Security Clearance
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 6 3
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Security Cleared 108 47 90
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 16.51% 13.02% 20.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 58.70% 44.76% 58.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 24 34
10th Percentile £375 £206 £365
25th Percentile £475 £270 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +1.27% -5.95%
75th Percentile £775 £639 £550
90th Percentile £800 £676 £604
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £550
% change year-on-year +2.42% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 24
10th Percentile £24.37 - -
25th Percentile £44.78 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £25.93
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -3.01% -22.60%
75th Percentile - - £50.00
90th Percentile - - £68.13
UK median hourly rate £64.09 £25.15 £60.00
% change year-on-year +154.83% -58.08% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Security Cleared 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 184 105 155
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 28.13% 29.09% 35.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 62 72
10th Percentile £313 £195 £132
25th Percentile £413 £259 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £331 £400
Median % change year-on-year +66.08% -17.21% -20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £584 £527
90th Percentile £785 £673 £640
UK median daily rate £529 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +0.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 19 30
10th Percentile £13.77 £13.08 -
25th Percentile £14.10 £24.00 £20.12
Median hourly rate £17.40 £25.15 £25.93
Median % change year-on-year -30.82% -3.01% -22.60%
75th Percentile £43.96 - £49.69
90th Percentile £54.75 - £56.88
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £50.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -49.70% -7.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Security Cleared job vacancy trend in Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Cleared.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Cleared

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Cleared in Wales over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Cleared in Wales

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Cleared.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Security Cleared

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Wales

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Cleared in Wales over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Cleared in Wales

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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 Security Cleared within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. 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 +13 88 £600 +11.63% 45
West Wales +2 12 £525 -8.70% 20
North Wales -11 6 £200 -6.98% 3
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.70%) Confluence
2 3 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.93%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 25 (23.15%) Azure
2 13 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (10.19%) GitHub
4 7 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (5.56%) AWS
5 6 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (4.63%) GCP
6 5 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.70%) Cloud Run
7 4 (3.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 3 (2.78%) BrowserStack
8 3 (2.78%) Miro
8 3 (2.78%) SonarCloud
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.85%) Azure Databricks
9 2 (1.85%) dbt
9 2 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.85%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.93%) Cloud Functions
10 1 (0.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.70%) DNS
1 4 (3.70%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) DHCP
2 1 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (2.78%) Metadata
2 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.85%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.85%) Impala
3 2 (1.85%) Oracle Discoverer
3 2 (1.85%) Power BI
4 1 (0.93%) Adabas
4 1 (0.93%) Big Data
4 1 (0.93%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (0.93%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.56%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.93%) Git
2 1 (0.93%) GitLab
2 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 16 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.41%) Military
4 4 (3.70%) Finance
5 3 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.85%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.93%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Banking
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (19.44%) Senior
2 18 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (15.74%) Architect
4 13 (12.04%) Technical Architect
5 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Architect
5 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 10 (9.26%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
6 9 (8.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.41%) Developer
8 7 (6.48%) Storage Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Backup Engineer
9 6 (5.56%) Storage and Backup Engineer
10 5 (4.63%) Analyst
10 5 (4.63%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.63%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.70%) .NET Developer
11 4 (3.70%) .NET Software Developer
11 4 (3.70%) Deployment Engineer
11 4 (3.70%) Java Software Engineer
11 4 (3.70%) Senior Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.33%) Playwright
2 6 (5.56%) Terraform
3 5 (4.63%) .NET
3 5 (4.63%) RESTful
3 5 (4.63%) Spring
3 5 (4.63%) Spring Boot
4 4 (3.70%) Flask
4 4 (3.70%) Jinja
4 4 (3.70%) Web Services
5 3 (2.78%) ADO
5 3 (2.78%) Middleware
5 3 (2.78%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.85%) CSS
6 2 (1.85%) HTML
6 2 (1.85%) Next.js
7 1 (0.93%) Apache Beam
7 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.93%) Jest
7 1 (0.93%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.63%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (3.70%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.78%) PKI
3 3 (2.78%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.85%) CMDB
4 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.85%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.85%) NHS
4 2 (1.85%) Replication
4 2 (1.85%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.93%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (0.93%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.52%) Windows
2 8 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 6 (5.56%) Linux
4 4 (3.70%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.85%) Unix
5 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.93%) AIX
6 1 (0.93%) Data ONTAP
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (19.44%) CI/CD
2 20 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 19 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 17 (15.74%) Mentoring
5 15 (13.89%) Agile
5 15 (13.89%) ITSM
6 13 (12.04%) Decision-Making
6 13 (12.04%) DevOps
6 13 (12.04%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 11 (10.19%) Test Automation
7 11 (10.19%) User Research
8 10 (9.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 10 (9.26%) Service Delivery
8 10 (9.26%) Service Management
8 10 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (7.41%) Performance Tuning
9 8 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (7.41%) Roadmaps
10 7 (6.48%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.11%) SQL
2 10 (9.26%) Python
3 9 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.48%) Java
5 6 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 6 (5.56%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.70%) Ruby
7 2 (1.85%) Bash
8 1 (0.93%) C#
8 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.93%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (91.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.48%) CCNA
2 7 (6.48%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.70%) CISM
3 4 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 4 (3.70%) MCSE
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.93%) CCNP
4 1 (0.93%) Degree
4 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.19%) SLA
2 4 (3.70%) ISO 22301
2 4 (3.70%) NCSC
3 3 (2.78%) JSP 440
3 3 (2.78%) QA
4 2 (1.85%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.93%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (6.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.56%) Docker
4 5 (4.63%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.93%) NFS
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.93%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 5 (4.63%) Ansible
2 4 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.93%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.93%) Kibana
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.93%) SnapMirror
4 1 (0.93%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 10 (9.26%) VMware
4 9 (8.33%) NetApp
5 7 (6.48%) Cisco
6 5 (4.63%) Databricks
7 4 (3.70%) Oracle
8 3 (2.78%) Splunk
9 2 (1.85%) Adobe
9 2 (1.85%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.85%) Remedy
9 2 (1.85%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.93%) Google
10 1 (0.93%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.93%) OneLogin
10 1 (0.93%) PagerDuty
10 1 (0.93%) Veeam