Network Security Job Trends in Bridgend

Network Security
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgend requiring Network Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 0.91% - 3.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.26% - 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,750 - £43,992
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - £44,886
75th Percentile £49,250 - £45,780
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £82,500 £65,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.92% +44.44% +39.10%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bridgend

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 19 2 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 17.27% 6.67% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 15
10th Percentile £29,750 - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.58% -
75th Percentile £42,500 - £45,780
90th Percentile £49,250 - -
South Wales median annual salary £43,000 £25,087 £40,784
% change year-on-year +71.40% -38.49% +1.96%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Network Security job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Network Security
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Network Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Network Security

Network Security
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%) Converged Networks
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco