Security Analyst
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Security Analyst salary in Cardiff is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | 62 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +29 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 0.55% | 0.30% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.56% | 0.32% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £41,250 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.33% | - | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | £55,000 | £41,250 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | +17.86% | +6.88% |
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 | 179 | 632 | 515 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 97.81% | 93.77% | 91.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 127 | 549 | 396 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,600 | £27,157 | £30,565 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,750 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,766 | £67,178 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £76,875 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £50,000 | £46,244 | £45,496 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.12% | +1.64% | -9.01% |
Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Analyst in Cardiff.
Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Security Analyst 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 Security Analyst in the job title.
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Security Analyst 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:
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