Information Security Job Trends in Newport

Information Security (InfoSec)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 1.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £47,000 - -
25th Percentile £56,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 - -
75th Percentile £76,750 - -
90th Percentile £77,200 - -
South Wales median annual salary £31,500 £64,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -50.78% +21.90% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

Information Security 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 123 43 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 79.87% 70.49% 83.33%
Number of salaries quoted 72 32 51
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,275 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,046
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,518 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -2.97% -0.52%
75th Percentile £75,250 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £91,125 £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Newport

Information Security
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Newport

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Newport over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Newport

Information Security
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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Governance Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Risk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Behavioural Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) IT Governance
3 1 (33.33%) RBAC
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Social Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Management
3 1 (33.33%) UML
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (33.33%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) AlienVault
1 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk