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 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 25 62
Rank change year-on-year +21 +37 -28
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 248 38 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 15.32% 7.01% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.48% 8.05% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 72 27 35
10th Percentile £28,000 £44,956 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £50,572 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,508
Median % change year-on-year - +4.75% -24.99%
75th Percentile £75,347 £87,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £67,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.80% -8.42%

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 1,103 472 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 68.13% 87.08% 77.61%
Number of salaries quoted 685 280 1,061
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,733 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +14.44% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.90%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 +13 182 £55,000 -12.00% 27
West Wales +10 45 £51,709 +5.31% 5
North Wales - 15 £37,500 - 6
Dyfed - 6 - - 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 4 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 130 (52.42%) Azure
2 33 (13.31%) Cloud Computing
3 23 (9.27%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.03%) AWS
5 5 (2.02%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.02%) GCP
5 5 (2.02%) SaaS
6 2 (0.81%) GitHub
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.40%) Datadog
7 1 (0.40%) dbt
7 1 (0.40%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.40%) PaaS
7 1 (0.40%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.11%) Internet
2 10 (4.03%) Firewall
3 8 (3.23%) DNS
4 5 (2.02%) VLAN
5 4 (1.61%) DHCP
5 4 (1.61%) SSL
6 2 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.40%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.40%) Modbus
7 1 (0.40%) Network Security
7 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.40%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.40%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Git
2 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.40%) JMeter
2 1 (0.40%) Locust
2 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 172 (69.35%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 33 (13.31%) Banking
4 9 (3.63%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.02%) Finance
7 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.21%) Back Office
8 3 (1.21%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.21%) Public Sector
9 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.81%) Retail
9 2 (0.81%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (26.21%) Analyst
2 64 (25.81%) Security Analyst
3 63 (25.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 63 (25.40%) Junior
3 63 (25.40%) Junior Analyst
3 63 (25.40%) Junior Security Analyst
4 45 (18.15%) Ethical Hacker
5 30 (12.10%) Senior
6 28 (11.29%) Lecturer
7 16 (6.45%) Architect
7 16 (6.45%) Security Architect
8 13 (5.24%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 13 (5.24%) Security Manager
9 12 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 12 (4.84%) IT Technician
9 12 (4.84%) Senior IT Technician
9 12 (4.84%) Senior Technician
10 9 (3.63%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.23%) Help Desk Technician
12 6 (2.42%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.81%) CSS
1 2 (0.81%) HTML
1 2 (0.81%) Spring
1 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.40%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 45 (18.15%) Cyberattack
2 34 (13.71%) IoT
3 6 (2.42%) Driving Licence
3 6 (2.42%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.61%) Digital Media
4 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.61%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.81%) SCADA
5 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.40%) CAN bus
6 1 (0.40%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.40%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.84%) Windows
2 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.21%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Android
5 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.02%) Mentoring
2 46 (18.55%) Ethical Hacking
3 34 (13.71%) AI
3 34 (13.71%) Machine Learning
3 34 (13.71%) User Experience
4 33 (13.31%) Web Development
5 14 (5.65%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (5.24%) Incident Response
7 12 (4.84%) Customer Service
8 11 (4.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (3.23%) Risk Management
9 8 (3.23%) Service Delivery
10 7 (2.82%) Application Security
10 7 (2.82%) Computer Science
10 7 (2.82%) Cyber Resilience
10 7 (2.82%) Decision-Making
10 7 (2.82%) ITIL
10 7 (2.82%) Security Operations
11 6 (2.42%) Coaching
11 6 (2.42%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.61%) Java
1 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
1 4 (1.61%) Python
2 2 (0.81%) R
2 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.40%) C#
3 1 (0.40%) C++
3 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 110 (44.35%) Azure Certification
2 64 (25.81%) CompTIA Security+
3 63 (25.40%) CompTIA CySA+
4 50 (20.16%) CEH
5 45 (18.15%) Degree
6 33 (13.31%) Master's Degree
6 33 (13.31%) PhD
6 33 (13.31%) Postgraduate
7 10 (4.03%) CISSP
8 9 (3.63%) Security Cleared
9 7 (2.82%) CISM
9 7 (2.82%) SC Cleared
10 3 (1.21%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.03%) NIST
3 5 (2.02%) GDPR
3 5 (2.02%) SLA
4 4 (1.61%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.40%) COBIT
6 1 (0.40%) GRC
6 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.40%) QA
6 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.61%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Docker
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (0.40%) Grafana
1 1 (0.40%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.40%) Nessus
1 1 (0.40%) Nmap
1 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 131 (52.82%) Microsoft
2 108 (43.55%) ForeScout
3 5 (2.02%) VMware
4 4 (1.61%) Cisco
5 1 (0.40%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.40%) Google
5 1 (0.40%) Qualtrics
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.40%) Splunk