Cyber Defence Job Trends in Bridgend

Cyber Defence
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Defence in permanent job vacancies in Bridgend. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Defence over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Defence 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 1.39% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 -

All Generic Skills
Bridgend

Cyber Defence falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7 10 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 9.72% 58.82% 29.94%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 30
10th Percentile £29,750 - £29,035
25th Percentile £30,813 £25,750 £32,861
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £26,500 £36,476
Median % change year-on-year +44.34% -27.35% +18.62%
75th Percentile £41,563 £39,875 £45,780
90th Percentile £51,748 £47,450 £48,356
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +15.79% +2.15%

Cyber Defence
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SMTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Swim Lanes
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk