Cyber Essentials Jobs in Wales

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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 115 106
Rank change year-on-year +35 -9 +27
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Essentials 2 5 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.18% 0.24% 1.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.99% 1.77% 6.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £52,750 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 £38,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -32.50% +31.95%
75th Percentile £56,875 £42,250 -
90th Percentile £57,250 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 202 283 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.99% 13.69% 18.64%
Number of salaries quoted 135 165 138
10th Percentile £40,600 £25,128 £26,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £40,000 £43,067
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -7.12% -9.65%
75th Percentile £70,600 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £66,500 £61,634
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.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Essentials in Wales

Cyber Essentials
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Essentials in Wales.

Salary trend for Cyber Essentials in Wales

Cyber Essentials
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Essentials within the Wales region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
South Wales +38 2 £55,000 +35.80% 4
Cyber Essentials
UK

Cyber Essentials
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) VMware