Security Analyst Job Trends in Newport

Security Analyst
South Wales > Newport

The median Security Analyst salary in Newport is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 0.81% - 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.88%
75th Percentile £42,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £41,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.67% -16.67% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 118 103 88
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 96.26% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 78 83 81
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,750 £40,778
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £49,053
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +1.93% +1.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,571 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% -0.86% -3.85%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings that featured Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Security Analyst in Newport

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Newport.

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in Newport

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Newport region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Behavioural Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Social Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk