Cyber Essentials
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Cyber Essentials skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Essentials over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 104 | 126 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +22 | +11 |
| Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | - | 0.33% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 2.32% | 5.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £40,500 | - |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | - | -8.33% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales
Cyber Essentials falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Wales.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 220 | 302 | 299 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 13.26% | 14.07% | 17.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 143 | 196 | 130 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,800 | £26,125 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £32,500 | £32,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £45,000 | £43,284 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.44% | +3.97% | -17.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,600 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,900 | £62,200 | £64,550 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -8.70% | +4.55% |
Cyber Essentials
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Cyber Essentials as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Wales.