Data Security Job Trends in Swansea

Data Security
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 0.41% - 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.20%
75th Percentile £76,201 - £42,747
90th Percentile - - £58,940
West Wales median annual salary £69,973 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -48.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

Data Security 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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 51 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 68.72% 89.47% 84.85%
Number of salaries quoted 96 30 124
10th Percentile £35,000 £21,250 -
25th Percentile £35,663 £33,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,104 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +0.73% +21.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,762 £57,500
90th Percentile £79,400 £60,371 £70,000
West Wales median annual salary £45,000 £49,104 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.36% +9.12% +12.50%

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Swansea.

Data Security job vacancy trend in Swansea

Data Security
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Data Security

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft