Security Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Security Engineer salary in Cardiff is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
30 |
51 |
64 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+21 |
+13 |
+22 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Security Engineer |
2 |
12 |
2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff |
1.06% |
1.79% |
0.36% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.08% |
1.90% |
0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
10 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£32,925 |
| 25th Percentile |
£52,500 |
£39,250 |
£36,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£40,500 |
£43,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+35.80% |
-6.36% |
-30.80% |
| 75th Percentile |
£57,500 |
£50,750 |
£51,188 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
£67,500 |
£54,975 |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£54,500 |
£40,500 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+34.57% |
-26.36% |
-12.00% |
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 |
630 |
504 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
98.40% |
93.89% |
91.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
133 |
547 |
389 |
| 10th Percentile |
£24,600 |
£27,157 |
£30,500 |
| 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 |
£65,383 |
£67,070 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
£77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary |
£48,500 |
£46,099 |
£45,498 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.21% |
+1.32% |
-9.00% |
