Security Analyst Job Trends in South Wales

Security Analyst
Wales > South Wales

The median Security Analyst salary in South Wales is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 65 61
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Analyst 12 2 10
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.53% 0.32% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 0.33% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £37,150 £43,188 £36,800
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,156 £40,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.99% +9.72% +9.09%
75th Percentile £41,750 £52,656 £47,500
90th Percentile £42,050 £54,063 £47,750
Wales median annual salary £40,000 £49,375 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.99% +9.72% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 699 614 587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 97.62% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 502 327 454
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,050 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £35,000 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.17%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,063
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,340 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,500 £49,000 £46,131
% change year-on-year -1.02% +6.22% -2.88%

Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Security Analyst job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Analyst
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Security Analyst job vacancies in South Wales

Security Analyst
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 Security Analyst 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 +18 6 £38,500 -30.00%
Newport -5 6 £41,500 -5.14%
Security Analyst
Wales

Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Security Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (91.67%) Azure
3 10 (83.33%) Azure Certification
3 10 (83.33%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (83.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (83.33%) ForeScout
3 10 (83.33%) Mentoring
3 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
4 2 (16.67%) SIEM
4 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (8.33%) AlienVault
5 1 (8.33%) Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (8.33%) Behavioural Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
5 1 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (8.33%) Digital Forensics
5 1 (8.33%) Firewall
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security
5 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (8.33%) Log Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
5 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (8.33%) NIST
5 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Security Analytics
5 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared

Security Analyst Skill Set
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 11 (91.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 12 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (83.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 2 (16.67%) SIEM
3 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (8.33%) Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Forensics
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security
4 1 (8.33%) Log Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analytics
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
4 1 (8.33%) SOAR
4 1 (8.33%) Social Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Threat Management
4 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
4 1 (8.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) Azure Certification
1 10 (83.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 10 (83.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (8.33%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) ForeScout
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) AlienVault
2 1 (8.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (8.33%) LogRhythm
2 1 (8.33%) Splunk
2 1 (8.33%) VMware