Cybersecurity Job Trends in Newport

Cybersecurity
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 10 18
Rank change year-on-year +5 +8 -13
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 27 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 17.31% 13.11% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.77% 18.60% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 1
10th Percentile £28,750 £46,563 -
25th Percentile £47,375 £53,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,925 £73,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +13.46% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,938 £67,500
90th Percentile - £98,250 -
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year - +18.92% -3.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

Cybersecurity 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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 43 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 79.49% 70.49% 83.10%
Number of salaries quoted 73 32 50
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,275 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,518 £50,552
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -4.02% +0.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £91,125 £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cybersecurity relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend in Newport

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Newport over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Newport

Cybersecurity
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) Google Workspace
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.81%) SurveyMonkey
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Bluetooth
1 4 (14.81%) Firewall
1 4 (14.81%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (14.81%) Modbus
1 4 (14.81%) Network Security
1 4 (14.81%) TCP/IP
1 4 (14.81%) VLAN
1 4 (14.81%) Wireshark
1 4 (14.81%) ZigBee
2 1 (3.70%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Burp Suite
1 4 (14.81%) Metasploit
2 1 (3.70%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
2 1 (3.70%) Rational DOORS
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Aerospace
3 4 (14.81%) Law
4 3 (11.11%) Back Office
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Finance
5 2 (7.41%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) Architect
1 7 (25.93%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 7 (25.93%) Security Architect
2 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Junior
3 5 (18.52%) Junior Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Junior Security Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Senior
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Senior Security Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support
5 3 (11.11%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Site Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Trainee
7 1 (3.70%) IT Governance Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Trainee Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Operational Technology
2 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (14.81%) CAN bus
3 4 (14.81%) IoT
3 4 (14.81%) SCADA
4 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 1 (3.70%) CMDB
5 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 4 (14.81%) Android
2 4 (14.81%) Kali Linux
2 4 (14.81%) Ubuntu
2 4 (14.81%) Windows
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Mentoring
1 7 (25.93%) Security Architecture
2 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (18.52%) Decision-Making
3 5 (18.52%) Incident Response
3 5 (18.52%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.81%) AI
4 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
4 4 (14.81%) Cognitive Science
4 4 (14.81%) Cryptography
4 4 (14.81%) Data Science
4 4 (14.81%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Machine Learning
4 4 (14.81%) Prototyping
4 4 (14.81%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (14.81%) Smart Manufacturing
4 4 (14.81%) Statistics
4 4 (14.81%) User Experience
4 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) C++
2 4 (14.81%) Java
2 4 (14.81%) R
2 4 (14.81%) Rust
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (29.63%) Degree
4 6 (22.22%) Azure Certification
4 6 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (18.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (18.52%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (11.11%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
8 1 (3.70%) AWS Certification
8 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (3.70%) CEH
8 1 (3.70%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) NIST
2 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (11.11%) SLA
4 1 (3.70%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Nessus
1 4 (14.81%) Nmap
2 2 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Cisco
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) ForeScout
2 5 (18.52%) Splunk
3 4 (14.81%) Google
3 4 (14.81%) Qualtrics
3 4 (14.81%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.70%) AlienVault
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) VMware