Security Operations Jobs in Cardiff

Security Operations (SecOps)
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 55 84
Rank change year-on-year -7 +29 -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 1 12 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.15% 2.09% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 2.14% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 6
10th Percentile - £35,107 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,643 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.13% -14.81% -10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,613 £57,125
90th Percentile - £62,360 £58,750
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 523 560 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 80.09% 97.39% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 469 392 609
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £34,100
25th Percentile £39,250 £40,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,496 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% -9.01% +11.11%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Cardiff

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Cardiff

Security Operations
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISMP
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco