Cybersecurity Job Trends in Wales

Cybersecurity
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Cybersecurity skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 47 41
Rank change year-on-year +17 -6 -30
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 40 43 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.83% 2.82% 5.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.86% 4.29% 5.93%
Number of salaries quoted 26 25 38
10th Percentile £32,375 £33,700 £38,950
25th Percentile £51,250 £34,000 £45,080
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,192 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +49.32% -35.71% +25.20%
75th Percentile £84,900 £53,904 -
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £64,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -6.98% -0.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Cybersecurity 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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 683 1,002 961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 82.49% 65.66% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 511 646 748
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,875 £35,700 £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,014 £45,017
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% +4.44% -9.97%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,900 £71,884
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Cybersecurity as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cybersecurity.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wales over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cybersecurity within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 September 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 +24 36 £70,000 +54.70% 66
Mid Wales - 2 £32,500 -
West Wales +9 1 £34,000 -9.33% 6
North Wales -1 1 £18,000 -63.08% 6
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
1 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.50%) Google Workspace
2 3 (7.50%) SurveyMonkey
3 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.50%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.50%) PaaS
4 1 (2.50%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.50%) SaaS
4 1 (2.50%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.00%) Network Security
2 7 (17.50%) Firewall
3 6 (15.00%) VLAN
4 5 (12.50%) IP Telephony
4 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.50%) Bluetooth
5 3 (7.50%) Internet
5 3 (7.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (7.50%) Modbus
5 3 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (7.50%) Wireshark
5 3 (7.50%) ZigBee
6 2 (5.00%) DHCP
6 2 (5.00%) DNS
6 2 (5.00%) LAN
6 2 (5.00%) VoIP
6 2 (5.00%) VPN
6 2 (5.00%) WAN
7 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Burp Suite
1 3 (7.50%) Metasploit
2 2 (5.00%) JIRA
2 2 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.50%) SonarQube
General
1 16 (40.00%) Finance
2 14 (35.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.00%) Marketing
3 6 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 5 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.50%) Aerospace
6 3 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (7.50%) Law
6 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.00%) Back Office
8 1 (2.50%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (22.50%) Design Engineer
1 9 (22.50%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 9 (22.50%) FPGA Engineer
2 8 (20.00%) IT Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Development Manager
3 5 (12.50%) IT Development Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Telecoms Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Compliance Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (5.00%) Desktop Technician
4 2 (5.00%) IT Risk Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Lead
4 2 (5.00%) Risk Manager
4 2 (5.00%) Security Architect
4 2 (5.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (5.00%) System Design Authority
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (5.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) Express.js
1 1 (2.50%) koa
1 1 (2.50%) Node.js
1 1 (2.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (22.50%) e-Learning
1 9 (22.50%) FPGA
2 5 (12.50%) Private Cloud
2 5 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.50%) CAN bus
4 3 (7.50%) IoT
4 3 (7.50%) Operational Technology
4 3 (7.50%) SCADA
5 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.50%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.50%) Blog
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Linux
3 3 (7.50%) Android
3 3 (7.50%) Kali Linux
3 3 (7.50%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 11 (27.50%) Cloud Security
3 9 (22.50%) FPGA Design
3 9 (22.50%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (17.50%) Customer Acquisition
5 7 (17.50%) Security Architecture
6 6 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (15.00%) CRM
6 6 (15.00%) Decision-Making
6 6 (15.00%) Lead Generation
7 5 (12.50%) Business Development
7 5 (12.50%) Business Strategy
7 5 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.00%) Information Security
8 4 (10.00%) ITIL
8 4 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (7.50%) Cryptography
9 3 (7.50%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.50%) C++
1 3 (7.50%) Java
1 3 (7.50%) Python
1 3 (7.50%) R
1 3 (7.50%) Rust
2 1 (2.50%) C#
2 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) SC Cleared
1 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 9 (22.50%) Degree
3 5 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (7.50%) CISSP
4 3 (7.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) CISA
5 2 (5.00%) CISM
5 2 (5.00%) CRISC
5 2 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (5.00%) GCIH
6 1 (2.50%) GIAC
6 1 (2.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (2.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (5.00%) GDPR
2 2 (5.00%) GRC
2 2 (5.00%) NCSC
2 2 (5.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (5.00%) SLA
3 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.50%) Nessus
1 3 (7.50%) Nmap
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco
2 5 (12.50%) HubSpot
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.50%) Google
3 3 (7.50%) Qualtrics
3 3 (7.50%) Red Hat
3 3 (7.50%) Splunk
4 2 (5.00%) IBM
4 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.50%) Qualys
5 1 (2.50%) VMware
5 1 (2.50%) Zscaler