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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 32 49
Rank change year-on-year +19 +17 -10
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 223 36 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 7.50% 4.38% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.52% 5.35% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 116 25 30
10th Percentile £30,760 £32,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% -35.71%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,700 £53,904
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £87,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -7.08% -6.56%

All Process & 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 1,935 673 1,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.11% 81.97% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,356 508 710
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £28,113
25th Percentile £38,000 £29,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +7.78% -1.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £71,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Cybersecurity job vacancy trend 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 4 September 2026.

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 4 September 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
South Wales +20 170 £55,000 -21.43% 74
West Wales -32 32 £65,000 +91.18% 11
North Wales +14 20 £37,500 +108.33% 1
Dyfed - 1 - -
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 74 (33.18%) Azure
2 15 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.48%) AWS
4 8 (3.59%) GitHub
5 6 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
5 6 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (2.69%) Amazon S3
5 6 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (2.69%) CloudFront
5 6 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (2.69%) Serverless
6 5 (2.24%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (0.90%) dbt
8 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.45%) GCP
9 1 (0.45%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.17%) Firewall
2 5 (2.24%) LAN
2 5 (2.24%) WAN
3 4 (1.79%) Broadband
3 4 (1.79%) VLAN
4 3 (1.35%) Internet
4 3 (1.35%) RTP
4 3 (1.35%) VoIP
4 3 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.90%) DHCP
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) FTP
5 2 (0.90%) HTTP
5 2 (0.90%) SMTP
5 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.45%) DKIM
6 1 (0.45%) DMARC
6 1 (0.45%) Network Security
6 1 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.24%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) Git
General
1 88 (39.46%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.07%) Public Sector
3 10 (4.48%) Finance
3 10 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (4.48%) Telecoms
4 6 (2.69%) Retail
5 5 (2.24%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.79%) Advertising
7 2 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.90%) Welsh Language
8 1 (0.45%) Law
8 1 (0.45%) Legal
8 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.45%) Marketing
8 1 (0.45%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 48 (21.52%) Analyst
2 40 (17.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 35 (15.70%) Security Analyst
4 34 (15.25%) IT Manager
5 28 (12.56%) Junior
5 28 (12.56%) Junior Analyst
6 27 (12.11%) Ethical Hacker
6 27 (12.11%) Junior Security Analyst
7 26 (11.66%) Architect
8 24 (10.76%) Help Desk Manager
9 17 (7.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 17 (7.62%) Security Architect
9 17 (7.62%) Senior
10 14 (6.28%) Business Development Executive
10 14 (6.28%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 10 (4.48%) Penetration Tester
11 10 (4.48%) Tester
12 9 (4.04%) Security Manager
13 8 (3.59%) Developer
14 6 (2.69%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.59%) Spring Boot
2 7 (3.14%) Node.js
3 6 (2.69%) AWS CDK
3 6 (2.69%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.69%) REST
3 6 (2.69%) Ruby on Rails
3 6 (2.69%) Terraform
4 2 (0.90%) CSS
4 2 (0.90%) HTML
4 2 (0.90%) LDAP
4 2 (0.90%) Spring
5 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.45%) CSS3
5 1 (0.45%) Express.js
5 1 (0.45%) hapi
5 1 (0.45%) HTML5
5 1 (0.45%) NestJS
5 1 (0.45%) React
5 1 (0.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.11%) Cyberattack
2 14 (6.28%) Operational Technology
3 10 (4.48%) Security Posture
4 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.69%) Digital Wallet
4 6 (2.69%) Mainframe
5 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
9 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.45%) Robotics
9 1 (0.45%) SCADA
9 1 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.73%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.45%) Android
3 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (14.35%) Mentoring
2 27 (12.11%) Ethical Hacking
3 21 (9.42%) Risk Management
4 20 (8.97%) Incident Response
5 18 (8.07%) Penetration Testing
6 17 (7.62%) Service Delivery
6 17 (7.62%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (7.17%) Security Operations
8 15 (6.73%) Business Development
9 14 (6.28%) Agile
9 14 (6.28%) Customer Service
10 13 (5.83%) Coaching
11 12 (5.38%) Application Security
11 12 (5.38%) CRM
11 12 (5.38%) ITIL
12 11 (4.93%) Cloud Security
12 11 (4.93%) Threat Modelling
13 10 (4.48%) PRINCE2
13 10 (4.48%) Software Engineering
14 9 (4.04%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.59%) Java
2 6 (2.69%) COBOL
2 6 (2.69%) Ruby
3 4 (1.79%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.35%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.45%) C#
5 1 (0.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 58 (26.01%) Azure Certification
2 32 (14.35%) CompTIA CySA+
3 30 (13.45%) CompTIA Security+
4 27 (12.11%) CEH
5 17 (7.62%) Degree
6 9 (4.04%) Security Cleared
7 8 (3.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (3.14%) AWS Certification
9 6 (2.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (1.79%) SC Cleared
11 3 (1.35%) CISMP
11 3 (1.35%) CISSP
11 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.35%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.35%) PMP
12 2 (0.90%) CISM
13 1 (0.45%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.28%) GRC
2 12 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.14%) NCSC
4 6 (2.69%) Government Security Classifications
5 5 (2.24%) NIST
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (0.90%) PMO
6 2 (0.90%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) GDPR
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.90%) QRadar
Vendors
1 78 (34.98%) Microsoft
2 54 (24.22%) ForeScout
3 4 (1.79%) Splunk
4 3 (1.35%) Aruba
4 3 (1.35%) Draytek
4 3 (1.35%) Yealink
5 2 (0.90%) AlienVault
5 2 (0.90%) ArcSight
5 2 (0.90%) LogRhythm
5 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
5 2 (0.90%) VMware
6 1 (0.45%) Acronis
6 1 (0.45%) Cisco
6 1 (0.45%) Google
6 1 (0.45%) Zscaler