Network Security Jobs in South Wales

Network Security
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 59 99
Rank change year-on-year -28 +40 -21
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 19 44 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.30% 3.87% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.41% 21.78% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 18
10th Percentile £37,390 £21,800 -
25th Percentile £42,994 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £23,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +95.16% -56.19% +90.91%
75th Percentile £52,813 £32,978 £75,000
90th Percentile £57,125 £35,162 -
Wales median annual salary £44,886 £40,333 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.29% -23.17% +68.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South Wales

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 202 202 228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 13.79% 17.77% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 102 54 110
10th Percentile £24,500 £23,000 £26,875
25th Percentile £28,290 £30,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,067 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.51% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £45,780 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,125 £72,833 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £40,500 £37,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +7.28% -16.11% +28.57%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in South Wales.

Salary trend for Network Security in South Wales

Network Security
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in South Wales over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in South Wales

Network 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 Network Security within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Bridgend -18 9 £44,886 -
Cardiff +3 7 £50,000 +117.39% 7
Newport +4 3 - -
Network Security
Wales

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) Firewall
2 13 (68.42%) LAN
2 13 (68.42%) WAN
3 11 (57.89%) VPN
4 8 (42.11%) VLAN
5 7 (36.84%) MPLS
6 6 (31.58%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (31.58%) Wireless
7 5 (26.32%) WLAN
8 3 (15.79%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (15.79%) DNS
8 3 (15.79%) IPsec
9 2 (10.53%) BGP
9 2 (10.53%) EIGRP
9 2 (10.53%) FTP
9 2 (10.53%) HTTP
9 2 (10.53%) Internet
9 2 (10.53%) SMTP
9 2 (10.53%) Sourcefire
9 2 (10.53%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (42.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Local Government
3 5 (26.32%) Police
4 3 (15.79%) Automotive
4 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 3 (15.79%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) Games
5 2 (10.53%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Welsh Language
6 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Network Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Senior
2 7 (36.84%) Senior Network Engineer
3 5 (26.32%) ICT Engineer
4 3 (15.79%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Project Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (10.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) CatOS
3 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.26%) Unix
4 1 (5.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Network Management
2 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
4 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
4 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (26.32%) High Availability
4 5 (26.32%) Migration
5 4 (21.05%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (15.79%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
6 3 (15.79%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (15.79%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (15.79%) Security Operations
6 3 (15.79%) SIEM
7 2 (10.53%) Change Advisory Board
7 2 (10.53%) Compliance Audit
7 2 (10.53%) Line Management
7 2 (10.53%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 2 (10.53%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 13 (68.42%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (42.11%) CCNA
2 8 (42.11%) Degree
3 7 (36.84%) CCNP
4 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
5 3 (15.79%) CCIE
5 3 (15.79%) Check Point Certification
5 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (5.26%) CISMP
6 1 (5.26%) CISSP
6 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
2 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) FortiGate
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (10.53%) WhatsUp Gold
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
3 1 (5.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (89.47%) Cisco
2 6 (31.58%) CheckPoint
3 3 (15.79%) Juniper
4 2 (10.53%) ArcSight
4 2 (10.53%) F5
4 2 (10.53%) IBM
4 2 (10.53%) Splunk
4 2 (10.53%) TippingPoint
4 2 (10.53%) Trend Micro
5 1 (5.26%) Apple
5 1 (5.26%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (5.26%) Forcepoint
5 1 (5.26%) McAfee
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.26%) VMware