Cybersecurity Analyst Job Trends in South Wales

Cybersecurity Analyst
Wales > South Wales

The median Cybersecurity Analyst salary in South Wales 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 57 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Cybersecurity Analyst 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.15% 0.094% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,750 £36,250 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £37,500 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -7.41% +23.68%
75th Percentile £42,250 £38,750 £41,750
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £41,500 £37,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +10.67% -7.41% +23.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 597 988 630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.28% 92.68% 92.65%
Number of salaries quoted 440 657 500
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,571 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -0.86% -3.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £73,300
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,267
% change year-on-year +7.78% -0.59% -9.47%

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Cybersecurity Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity Analyst in South Wales

Cybersecurity Analyst
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Cybersecurity Analyst job vacancies in South Wales

Cybersecurity Analyst
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity Analyst within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport - 1 £41,500 - 1
Cybersecurity Analyst
Wales

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 26 September 2025, Cybersecurity 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 South Wales region featuring Cybersecurity 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

Cybersecurity Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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