Security Architecture Job Trends in South Wales

Security Architecture
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Security Architecture 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 56 66 63
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Architecture 8 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 1.02% 0.16% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 0.19% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £55,375 - £42,545
25th Percentile £61,563 £66,250 £50,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,963 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +28.57% -24.40%
75th Percentile £76,666 £68,750 £67,125
90th Percentile £77,166 - £76,450
Wales median annual salary £70,000 £49,104 £52,500
% change year-on-year +42.55% -6.47% -24.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Security Architecture 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% -

Security Architecture
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Security Architecture job vacancy trend in South Wales

Security Architecture
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Security Architecture

Security Architecture
Salary Histogram in South Wales

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

Salary histogram for Security Architecture in South Wales

Security Architecture
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 Architecture 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
Newport - 8 £71,963 - 1
Security Architecture
Wales

Security Architecture
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 4 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 4 (50.00%) SurveyMonkey
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (50.00%) Modbus
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (50.00%) VLAN
1 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (50.00%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 4 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (50.00%) Law
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 4 (50.00%) CAN bus
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (50.00%) IoT
2 4 (50.00%) SCADA
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
1 4 (50.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Cryptography
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 4 (50.00%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Cognitive Science
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Data Science
3 4 (50.00%) Ergonomics
3 4 (50.00%) Human Factors
3 4 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 4 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 4 (50.00%) Psychology
3 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 4 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing
3 4 (50.00%) Statistics
3 4 (50.00%) User Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) R
1 4 (50.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (12.50%) GRC
3 1 (12.50%) NCSC
3 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nessus
1 4 (50.00%) Nmap
2 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco
1 4 (50.00%) Google
1 4 (50.00%) Qualtrics
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) Splunk