Cyber Threat Jobs in South Wales

Cyber Threats
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 104 74
Rank change year-on-year +48 -30 +43
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 7 1 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.91% 0.068% 2.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.02% 0.23% 6.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £52,236 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £35,107
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £36,879
75th Percentile £66,375 - £38,650
90th Percentile £82,050 - -
Wales median annual salary £62,500 - £36,879

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 232 438 460
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 30.29% 29.86% 40.64%
Number of salaries quoted 155 238 245
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,035 £31,569
25th Percentile £46,250 £35,093 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £47,052 £45,496
Median % change year-on-year +31.77% +3.42% -13.34%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,236 £68,497
90th Percentile £79,000 £70,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year +38.13% -0.25% -14.29%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in South Wales

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in South Wales.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in South Wales

Cyber Threat
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Threat in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Cyber Threat in South Wales

Cyber Threat
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 Cyber Threat within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Cardiff - 3 £77,125 -
Newport - 3 £58,750 - 4
Gwent - 1 £50,393 - 2
Cyber Threat
Wales

Cyber Threat
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Firewall
1 3 (42.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (14.29%) 802.11
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) VLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
1 3 (42.86%) Incident Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Resilience Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) IoT
2 2 (28.57%) SCADA
2 2 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Edge Computing
4 2 (28.57%) Network Segmentation
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (28.57%) CISSP
2 2 (28.57%) GCIH
2 2 (28.57%) GIAC
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) CCIE
3 1 (14.29%) CCNA
3 1 (14.29%) CCNP
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco