Cybersecurity Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Cybersecurity Engineer salary in Cardiff is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
30 |
63 |
68 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+33 |
+5 |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Engineer |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff |
0.55% |
0.30% |
0.17% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.57% |
0.32% |
0.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£52,500 |
£62,500 |
£52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£65,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-15.38% |
+18.18% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£57,500 |
£67,500 |
£57,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£65,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-15.38% |
+18.18% |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title |
175 |
619 |
525 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
96.69% |
93.79% |
90.99% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
124 |
539 |
400 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,436 |
£27,157 |
£30,738 |
| 25th Percentile |
£35,438 |
£36,750 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£50,205 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-0.41% |
-4.37% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,344 |
£65,766 |
£67,070 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£52,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,496 |
| % change year-on-year |
+15.56% |
-1.09% |
-9.01% |
