Cybersecurity Contracts in Wales

Cybersecurity
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 22 36
Rank change year-on-year -1 +14 +3
Contract jobs citing Cybersecurity 19 41 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.19% 6.73% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.74% 7.71% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 29 33
10th Percentile £257 £190 £401
25th Percentile £453 £203 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £548
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.32% -2.58%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £601
90th Percentile £638 £643 £685
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £85.84 - -
25th Percentile £87.10 - £29.00
Median hourly rate £87.80 £13.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +575.38% -56.67% +114.29%
75th Percentile £87.85 - £31.00
90th Percentile £87.94 - -
UK median hourly rate £83.77 £65.50 £41.95
% change year-on-year +27.89% +56.14% -11.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 532 807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 77.05% 87.36% 84.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 409 585
10th Percentile £160 £188 £211
25th Percentile £350 £350 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £563 £583 £575
90th Percentile £678 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 26 28
10th Percentile £11.57 £14.63 £14.40
25th Percentile £13.71 £16.98 £19.46
Median hourly rate £19.82 £18.14 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -23.62% +15.57%
75th Percentile £51.75 £22.93 £34.97
90th Percentile £86.54 £49.38 £47.40
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 2024. 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 18 £600 +26.32% 23
Dyfed - 1 £925 -
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 12 (63.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) Acrobat
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Cloudflare
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Firewall
1 2 (10.53%) Network Security
2 1 (5.26%) VPN
General
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (57.89%) Local Government
2 11 (57.89%) Marketing
3 10 (52.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (26.32%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Legal
6 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.26%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Bid Manager
2 9 (47.37%) Senior
2 9 (47.37%) Senior Bid Manager
2 9 (47.37%) Senior Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) CCTV Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Risk Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Security Officer
4 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Acoustics
1 1 (5.26%) CCTV
1 1 (5.26%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) AIX
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (63.16%) Project Management
3 11 (57.89%) PRINCE2
3 11 (57.89%) Risk Management
3 11 (57.89%) Value Proposition
4 10 (52.63%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (52.63%) Psychology
5 9 (47.37%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (21.05%) Bill of Materials
6 4 (21.05%) Budget Management
6 4 (21.05%) Work Breakdown Structure
7 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (10.53%) Information Security
8 2 (10.53%) People Management
9 1 (5.26%) Agile
9 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
9 1 (5.26%) Penetration Testing
9 1 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 1 (5.26%) Video Analytics
9 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) SC Cleared
1 12 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 11 (57.89%) PMI Certification
2 11 (57.89%) PMP
3 2 (10.53%) CISM
3 2 (10.53%) CISSP
4 1 (5.26%) CISA
4 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.26%) CRISC
4 1 (5.26%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco
3 1 (5.26%) Citrix
3 1 (5.26%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.26%) Splunk