Cybersecurity Job Trends in Bridgend

Cybersecurity
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 3 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 +24 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 9 10 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 15.79% 35.71% 6.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.95% 41.67% 6.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile £52,500 - -
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +18.92% -3.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bridgend

Cybersecurity falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 24 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 71.93% 85.71% 99.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 6 44
10th Percentile £29,850 £30,000 £37,159
25th Percentile £38,438 £30,188 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £36,250 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -10.61% +17.54%
75th Percentile £57,500 £40,000 £44,813
90th Percentile £60,000 £41,875 £64,625
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Bridgend

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Bridgend over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Bridgend

Cybersecurity
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Azure API Management
1 1 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
1 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SonarQube
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Brand Awareness
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) IT Technician
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior IT Technician
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Technician
2 3 (33.33%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 3 (33.33%) Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Express.js
1 1 (11.11%) koa
1 1 (11.11%) Node.js
1 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Blog
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
1 1 (11.11%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Coaching
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) API Management
2 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security
2 1 (11.11%) Content Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
2 1 (11.11%) Lead Generation
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Multichannel Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Sales Enablement
2 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
2 1 (11.11%) Social Media Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Storytelling
2 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Qualys