Information Security Job Trends in Cardiff

Information Security (InfoSec)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 44 37
Rank change year-on-year +14 -7 +17
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 7 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.99% 1.41% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 1.75% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 11
10th Percentile - £51,706 £41,250
25th Percentile £24,950 £52,500 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £64,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -56.25% +21.90% -19.23%
75th Percentile £29,000 £66,375 £56,250
90th Percentile £32,600 £71,037 £61,000
South Wales median annual salary £31,500 £64,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -50.78% +21.90% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Information Security 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 252 286 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 71.79% 80.56% 90.45%
Number of salaries quoted 173 177 306
10th Percentile £30,050 £29,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £51,389
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,122 £67,226
90th Percentile £78,694 £79,600 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Information Security
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Information Security

Information Security
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) HR Assistant
2 2 (28.57%) Junior
2 2 (28.57%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Head of Technology
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) PMI
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Data Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
2 2 (28.57%) ISMS
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Mathematics
2 2 (28.57%) Quality Management
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) DBS Check
2 2 (28.57%) CISMP
2 2 (28.57%) GSEC
2 2 (28.57%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) MCSE
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) GMP
1 2 (28.57%) ISO 9001
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft