SANS Job Trends in South Wales

SANS Institute
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SANS 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.13% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 180 174 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 22.61% 20.23% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 81 96 143
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,594 £32,620
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £38,803
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +25.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £76,000 £65,000 £61,223
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,144 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £54,537 £56,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.05% +25.00% -5.26%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

SANS job vacancy trend in South Wales

SANS
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing SANS

SANS
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 SANS within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 £52,500 - 1
SANS
Wales

SANS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) GCIH
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Zscaler