Security Analytics Job Trends in South Wales

Security Analytics
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Security Analytics skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Analytics 1 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.13% - 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,750 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £40,250 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - £49,000
Wales median annual salary £38,500 - £45,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Security Analytics 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 630 599 598
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 81.71% 69.49% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 471 350 464
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £47,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +1.31% +2.15% -7.00%

Security Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Security Analytics job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Analytics
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Analytics

Security Analytics
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 Analytics within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 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
Cardiff - 1 £38,500 - 4
Security Analytics
Wales

Security Analytics
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) SOAR
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) VMware