Cybersecurity Jobs in Cardiff

Cybersecurity
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Cybersecurity skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 44 19
Rank change year-on-year +20 -25 +29
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 10 20 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 5.46% 2.97% 9.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% 3.76% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 43
10th Percentile - - £41,632
25th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £56,985
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,250 £37,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +71.33% -46.43% +29.63%
75th Percentile £86,776 £57,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £71,750 £117,800
South Wales median annual salary £64,125 £37,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +71.00% -46.43% +19.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 532 547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 90.16% 78.93% 97.16%
Number of salaries quoted 118 476 392
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,063 £37,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,685 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% -3.46% -
75th Percentile £67,029 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £78,750 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £45,498
% change year-on-year +9.47% +4.40% -9.00%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Cardiff

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Cardiff

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Cardiff over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Cardiff

Cybersecurity
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (10.00%) 802.11
4 1 (10.00%) DMARC
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (10.00%) VLAN
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Resilience Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (30.00%) Operational Technology
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (10.00%) IoT
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (30.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (30.00%) Information Security
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) Information Assurance
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (10.00%) Scrum
4 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Security Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CCIE
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCNP
4 1 (10.00%) CISA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) CRISC
4 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (10.00%) NCSC
3 1 (10.00%) NIST
3 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Ariba
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Okta
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) VMware