Ethical Hacking Job Trends in South Wales

Ethical Hacking
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Ethical Hacking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Ethical Hacking 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.88% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - -
75th Percentile £36,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £33,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Ethical Hacking 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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 577 463 768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 72.40% 88.36% 85.81%
Number of salaries quoted 369 213 619
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +1.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,875
90th Percentile £78,790 £77,043 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -

Ethical Hacking
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Ethical Hacking relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Ethical Hacking job vacancy trend in South Wales

Ethical Hacking
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Ethical Hacking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Ethical Hacking

Ethical Hacking
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 Ethical Hacking within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 16 February 2026. 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 - 4 £33,000 - 3
Cardiff - 3 - -
Ethical Hacking
Wales

Ethical Hacking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Ethical Hacker
2 1 (14.29%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Line Management
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
2 6 (85.71%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) A+ Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) ForeScout
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft