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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 25 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 -21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 90 60 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 8.22% 5.57% 6.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.37% 7.19% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 43 36 31
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,309 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +5.91% +5.56%
75th Percentile £74,533 £66,562 £70,750
90th Percentile £81,792 £91,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -3.85%

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 868 834 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.27% 77.44% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 621 450 621
10th Percentile £25,200 £30,725 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,103
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £73,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 6 December 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 6 December 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 +21 77 £55,000 +6.80% 52
West Wales -1 6 £28,000 -25.33% 8
Dyfed - 4 - -
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 - 1
North Wales -1 1 £45,000 - 4
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 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (33.33%) Azure
2 21 (23.33%) Cloud Computing
3 15 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (6.67%) AWS
5 4 (4.44%) Google Workspace
5 4 (4.44%) SaaS
5 4 (4.44%) SurveyMonkey
6 3 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.33%) GCP
7 2 (2.22%) GitHub
7 2 (2.22%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.22%) PaaS
8 1 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.11%) Datadog
8 1 (1.11%) dbt
8 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.11%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.11%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (27.78%) Internet
2 8 (8.89%) Firewall
3 7 (7.78%) Network Security
4 6 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.67%) VLAN
5 4 (4.44%) Bluetooth
5 4 (4.44%) DNS
5 4 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (4.44%) Modbus
5 4 (4.44%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (4.44%) Wireshark
5 4 (4.44%) ZigBee
6 2 (2.22%) DHCP
6 2 (2.22%) LAN
6 2 (2.22%) SSL
6 2 (2.22%) VoIP
6 2 (2.22%) VPN
6 2 (2.22%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Burp Suite
1 4 (4.44%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.22%) Git
2 2 (2.22%) JIRA
2 2 (2.22%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.11%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.11%) JMeter
3 1 (1.11%) Locust
3 1 (1.11%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (62.22%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (23.33%) Banking
4 10 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.44%) Aerospace
6 4 (4.44%) Finance
6 4 (4.44%) Law
6 4 (4.44%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.22%) Back Office
7 2 (2.22%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.11%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.11%) Marketing
8 1 (1.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (20.00%) Lecturer
2 15 (16.67%) Analyst
3 14 (15.56%) Security Analyst
4 13 (14.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 12 (13.33%) Junior
5 12 (13.33%) Junior Analyst
5 12 (13.33%) Junior Security Analyst
5 12 (13.33%) Senior
6 8 (8.89%) Architect
6 8 (8.89%) IT Support
6 8 (8.89%) Security Architect
6 8 (8.89%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 5 (5.56%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.56%) Lead
8 4 (4.44%) Hardware Engineer
8 4 (4.44%) IT Technician
8 4 (4.44%) Senior IT Technician
8 4 (4.44%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.22%) CSS
1 2 (2.22%) HTML
2 1 (1.11%) Express.js
2 1 (1.11%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.11%) koa
2 1 (1.11%) Node.js
2 1 (1.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (27.78%) IoT
2 7 (7.78%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.78%) Onboarding
2 7 (7.78%) Operational Technology
3 5 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.44%) CAN bus
4 4 (4.44%) SCADA
4 4 (4.44%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.22%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.11%) Blog
6 1 (1.11%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.11%) CMDB
6 1 (1.11%) Social Media
6 1 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.67%) Windows
2 5 (5.56%) Linux
3 4 (4.44%) Android
3 4 (4.44%) Kali Linux
3 4 (4.44%) Ubuntu
4 3 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (27.78%) AI
1 25 (27.78%) Machine Learning
1 25 (27.78%) User Experience
2 21 (23.33%) Web Development
3 14 (15.56%) Decision-Making
3 14 (15.56%) Mentoring
4 13 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (12.22%) Data Protection
6 10 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (8.89%) Cloud Security
7 8 (8.89%) Incident Response
7 8 (8.89%) Security Architecture
8 7 (7.78%) Customer Service
8 7 (7.78%) Risk Management
9 6 (6.67%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.56%) ITIL
11 4 (4.44%) Ergonomics
11 4 (4.44%) Identity Management
11 4 (4.44%) Psychology
11 4 (4.44%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.78%) Python
2 5 (5.56%) Java
2 5 (5.56%) R
3 4 (4.44%) C++
3 4 (4.44%) Rust
4 3 (3.33%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 31 (34.44%) Degree
2 21 (23.33%) Master's Degree
2 21 (23.33%) PhD
2 21 (23.33%) Postgraduate
3 14 (15.56%) Azure Certification
4 12 (13.33%) CompTIA CySA+
4 12 (13.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 9 (10.00%) SC Cleared
6 6 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (4.44%) CISM
7 4 (4.44%) CISSP
7 4 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (2.22%) CEH
8 2 (2.22%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (2.22%) CISA
8 2 (2.22%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.11%) NIST
2 7 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (5.56%) SLA
4 4 (4.44%) GDPR
4 4 (4.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 2 (2.22%) SOC 2
6 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.11%) GRC
6 1 (1.11%) QA
6 1 (1.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.11%) Docker
2 1 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (4.44%) Nessus
1 4 (4.44%) Nmap
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.11%) Grafana
3 1 (1.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (31.11%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.33%) ForeScout
3 6 (6.67%) Cisco
4 5 (5.56%) Splunk
5 4 (4.44%) Google
5 4 (4.44%) Qualtrics
5 4 (4.44%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.22%) IBM
6 2 (2.22%) VMware
7 1 (1.11%) AlienVault
7 1 (1.11%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.11%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.11%) Qualys
7 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow