Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 August 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 18 August 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Information Security (InfoSec)
Wales > South Wales
6 months to
18 Aug 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 92 89 105
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +8
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 22 28 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales 1.51% 1.84% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 2.02% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 31
South Wales median annual salary £43,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +1.18% -5.56% -21.74%
10th Percentile £35,325 £19,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £57,625 £54,375 £86,250
Wales median annual salary £40,210 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.39% -5.56% -25.00%

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,309 1,389 2,016
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.72% 91.32% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,109 1,222 1,769
South Wales median annual salary £41,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year +3.75% +6.67% +1.35%
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £22,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Wales median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +6.67% +1.35%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Information Security as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in South Wales

Information Security
Salary Trend in South Wales

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Information Security in South Wales.

Salary trend for Information Security in South Wales

Information Security
Salary Histogram in South Wales

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Information Security in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 August 2018.

Salary histogram for Information Security in South Wales

Information Security
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 Information Security within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 18 August 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
Cardiff -4 17 £43,000 -9.47% 3
Bridgend - 2 £28,000 -
Newport +5 1 £37,500 +56.25%
Torfaen 0 1 £55,000 -
Information Security
Wales

For the 6 months to 18 August 2018, IT jobs citing Information Security also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Information Security.

1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (40.91%) Security Management
3 8 (36.36%) Information Security Management
3 8 (36.36%) CISSP
4 7 (31.82%) Management Information System
4 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
5 6 (27.27%) Degree
5 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 6 (27.27%) GDPR
5 6 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (22.73%) ISMS
6 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
6 5 (22.73%) Finance
6 5 (22.73%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) Legal
7 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 4 (18.18%) GIAC
7 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
7 4 (18.18%) Information Assurance
7 4 (18.18%) IT Governance
7 4 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
8 3 (13.64%) Network Security
8 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
8 3 (13.64%) CISM
9 2 (9.09%) Firewall
9 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (9.09%) Unix

Information Security
Co-occurring IT Skills in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.55%) Internet
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (22.73%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Information Manager
1 5 (22.73%) Information Officer
1 5 (22.73%) Information Security Officer
1 5 (22.73%) Security Manager
1 5 (22.73%) Security Officer
2 4 (18.18%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Administrator
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Information Security Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Security Specialist
3 2 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Information Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) IT Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Principal Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
3 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.09%) PKI
4 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Security Management
2 8 (36.36%) Information Security Management
3 7 (31.82%) Risk Management
4 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
4 6 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (22.73%) Data Protection
5 5 (22.73%) ISMS
5 5 (22.73%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Information Assurance
6 4 (18.18%) IT Governance
7 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (13.64%) Security Architecture
8 2 (9.09%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
8 2 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
8 2 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
8 2 (9.09%) Security Testing
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.09%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) CISSP
2 6 (27.27%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (18.18%) GIAC
4 3 (13.64%) CISM
5 2 (9.09%) GISP
5 2 (9.09%) GPEN
5 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
5 2 (9.09%) SANS
6 1 (4.55%) CISA
6 1 (4.55%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (27.27%) GDPR
3 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) COBIT
5 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
1 2 (9.09%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) LexisNexis