Cybersecurity Jobs in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Wales > South Wales

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -51 -2 +18
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 29 98 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.80% 8.40% 8.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 8.73% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26 42 67
10th Percentile - £45,500 £39,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £55,625 £47,665
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% +16.67% +24.35%
75th Percentile £58,438 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £117,800 £80,000
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.67% +36.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,223 1,122 1,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.96% 96.23% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 806 560 881
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,391 £31,569
25th Percentile £35,700 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,014 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,466 £75,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,250
% change year-on-year - -6.74% +10.92%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Wales.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in South Wales

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -20 22 £37,500 -46.43% 5
Newport +3 3 £34,000 -38.18% 6
Bridgend -35 2 - -
Caerphilly - 1 £45,000 - 3
Monmouthshire - 1 - - 1
Cybersecurity
Wales

Cybersecurity
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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:

Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) AWS
1 4 (13.79%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) Network Security
2 3 (10.34%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
3 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.45%) DNS
4 1 (3.45%) FTP
4 1 (3.45%) HTTP
4 1 (3.45%) Internet
4 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.45%) LAN
4 1 (3.45%) NAS
4 1 (3.45%) SAN
4 1 (3.45%) SMTP
4 1 (3.45%) Sourcefire
4 1 (3.45%) VLAN
4 1 (3.45%) VoIP
4 1 (3.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.45%) Wireless
General
1 11 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Digital Health
3 3 (10.34%) Digital Healthcare
4 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Consultant
2 5 (17.24%) Senior
3 4 (13.79%) Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (6.90%) Head of Security
5 2 (6.90%) IT Trainer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.90%) Trainer
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Java Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Lead Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Project Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Recruitment Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
6 1 (3.45%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) LDAP
1 1 (3.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Onboarding
1 10 (34.48%) Social Media
2 2 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.90%) Public Cloud
2 2 (6.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Unix
2 1 (3.45%) VMS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) Analytics
2 10 (34.48%) Coaching
2 10 (34.48%) Customer Experience
2 10 (34.48%) Lead Generation
2 10 (34.48%) Software Engineering
3 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
3 5 (17.24%) SIEM
4 4 (13.79%) Information Security
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (10.34%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (6.90%) Agile
6 2 (6.90%) Application Security
6 2 (6.90%) Data Protection
6 2 (6.90%) DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (6.90%) ISMS
6 2 (6.90%) Kanban
6 2 (6.90%) Runbook
6 2 (6.90%) Scrum
6 2 (6.90%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.90%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CISSP
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) CCNP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISMP
3 1 (3.45%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.45%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (3.45%) GDPR
1 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.45%) NIST
1 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) CSIRT
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) FortiGate
2 1 (3.45%) SCCM
2 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Sage
1 10 (34.48%) SAP
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Apple
4 1 (3.45%) ArcSight
4 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.45%) F5
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Splunk
4 1 (3.45%) Thales
4 1 (3.45%) TippingPoint
4 1 (3.45%) Trend Micro
4 1 (3.45%) VMware