Information Security Job Trends in South Wales

Information Security (InfoSec)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 60 61
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 10 7 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.28% 1.11% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.33% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 10
10th Percentile £24,950 £51,706 £41,050
25th Percentile £26,488 £52,500 £43,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £64,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.78% +21.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £50,688 £66,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,450 £71,037 £61,000
Wales median annual salary £31,500 £54,059 £52,500
% change year-on-year -41.73% +2.97% -12.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Information Security 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 587 525 554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.06% 83.47% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 407 267 426
10th Percentile £25,032 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,460
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,825 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in South Wales

Information Security
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in South Wales over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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
Cardiff +15 7 £28,000 -56.25% 3
Newport - 3 £74,000 - 5
Information Security
Wales

Information Security
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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) HR Assistant
2 2 (20.00%) Junior
2 2 (20.00%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Governance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Head of Technology
3 1 (10.00%) IT Governance Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Risk Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (20.00%) PMI
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (30.00%) ISMS
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Behavioural Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (20.00%) Logistics
2 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Application Security
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (10.00%) RBAC
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (10.00%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) CISMP
2 2 (20.00%) GSEC
2 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) MCSE
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) NIST
2 2 (20.00%) GDPR
2 2 (20.00%) GMP
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (10.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) AlienVault
2 1 (10.00%) LogRhythm
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk