Ethical Hacking Job Trends in Cardiff

Ethical Hacking
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 18 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 2.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.54% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Ethical Hacking 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 509 185 622
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 74.42% 90.69% 75.76%
Number of salaries quoted 378 130 546
10th Percentile £29,710 £26,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,685
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +8.51% -7.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,942
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,014
% change year-on-year -4.76% +11.67% -3.36%

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethical Hacking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 15 (83.33%) Azure
General
1 15 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Ethical Hacker
2 3 (16.67%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 15 (83.33%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Azure Certification
1 15 (83.33%) CEH
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) ForeScout
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft