Cyber Security Posture Job Trends in Wales

Cybersecurity Posture
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.19% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,400 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 - -
75th Percentile £78,800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £74,600 £37,935 £42,500
% change year-on-year +96.65% -10.74% -42.37%

All Generic Skills
Wales

Cyber Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 266 343 413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 24.68% 40.21% 35.39%
Number of salaries quoted 168 159 276
10th Percentile £29,225 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £33,426
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £47,500 £46,131
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% +2.97% +2.51%
75th Percentile £65,118 £65,000 £61,299
90th Percentile £84,563 £71,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,900
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.63% -10.92%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in Wales

Cyber Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
West Wales - 2 £74,600 - 1
Cyber Security Posture
UK

Cyber Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001