Cybersecurity Manager Jobs in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Cybersecurity Manager salary in Cardiff is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Manager 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £43,630
25th Percentile £83,750 - £44,331
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - £46,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.33%
75th Percentile £91,250 - £46,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £75,750 - £46,000
% change year-on-year - - -23.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

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 185 631 517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.88% 93.76% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 132 548 396
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,018
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,875
South Wales median annual salary £50,221 £46,138 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.85% +2.53% -8.16%

Cybersecurity Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Manager
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cybersecurity Manager in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Cybersecurity Manager in Cardiff

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Cybersecurity Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Cybersecurity Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

Cybersecurity Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP