Head of Cybersecurity Job Trends in Gwent

Head of Cybersecurity
South Wales > Gwent

The median Head of Cybersecurity salary in Gwent is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Cybersecurity 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gwent 3.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
South Wales median annual salary £85,000 - £150,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gwent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gwent. 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 Gwent with a recognized job title 27 73 1
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.43% 100.00% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 18 1
10th Percentile £27,000 £41,500 -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £49,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +50.77% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £63,773 £33,750
90th Percentile £54,200 £78,427 -
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, Head of Cybersecurity job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gwent region featuring Head of Cybersecurity in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

Head of Cybersecurity Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gwent 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2