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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 32 42
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 -28
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 53 52 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.54% 4.21% 5.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.79% 6.13% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 37 31 31
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% +3.26%
75th Percentile £74,258 £53,904 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,780 £90,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year -19.03% -1.20% -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 781 848 886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 81.69% 68.66% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 577 488 705
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £27,700
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +2.15% -7.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,331 £61,445
90th Percentile £74,807 £74,144 £72,433
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 +18 48 £54,250 +7.83% 81
North Wales -1 2 £31,500 -30.00% 7
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 - 1
West Wales 0 1 £28,000 -25.33% 9
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 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (26.42%) Azure
2 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.55%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) Entra ID
3 4 (7.55%) Google Workspace
3 4 (7.55%) SurveyMonkey
4 2 (3.77%) GitHub
4 2 (3.77%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.77%) PaaS
4 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure API Management
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.89%) Datadog
5 1 (1.89%) dbt
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.64%) Network Security
2 9 (16.98%) Firewall
3 6 (11.32%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.32%) VLAN
4 4 (7.55%) Bluetooth
4 4 (7.55%) Internet
4 4 (7.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (7.55%) Modbus
4 4 (7.55%) Wireshark
4 4 (7.55%) ZigBee
5 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.77%) DHCP
6 2 (3.77%) DNS
6 2 (3.77%) IP Telephony
6 2 (3.77%) LAN
6 2 (3.77%) VoIP
6 2 (3.77%) VPN
6 2 (3.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Burp Suite
1 4 (7.55%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.77%) Git
2 2 (3.77%) JIRA
2 2 (3.77%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.89%) JMeter
3 1 (1.89%) Locust
3 1 (1.89%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.87%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.43%) Manufacturing
4 5 (9.43%) Telecoms
5 4 (7.55%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.55%) Law
6 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (5.66%) Marketing
7 2 (3.77%) Back Office
7 2 (3.77%) Multimedia
7 2 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (13.21%) Senior
2 6 (11.32%) IT Support
2 6 (11.32%) Support Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Design Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) FPGA Design Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) FPGA Engineer
3 5 (9.43%) Lead
4 4 (7.55%) Architect
4 4 (7.55%) IT Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.55%) IT Support Engineer
4 4 (7.55%) IT Technician
4 4 (7.55%) Security Architect
4 4 (7.55%) Senior IT Technician
4 4 (7.55%) Senior Technician
5 3 (5.66%) Analyst
6 2 (3.77%) Desktop Support
6 2 (3.77%) Developer
6 2 (3.77%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.77%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) CSS
1 2 (3.77%) HTML
2 1 (1.89%) Express.js
2 1 (1.89%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.89%) koa
2 1 (1.89%) Node.js
2 1 (1.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Driving Licence
1 6 (11.32%) Operational Technology
2 5 (9.43%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.43%) e-Learning
2 5 (9.43%) FPGA
3 4 (7.55%) CAN bus
3 4 (7.55%) IoT
3 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.55%) SCADA
3 4 (7.55%) Security Posture
4 2 (3.77%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Blog
5 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.89%) CMDB
5 1 (1.89%) Social Media
5 1 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Android
3 4 (7.55%) Kali Linux
3 4 (7.55%) Ubuntu
4 3 (5.66%) Windows Server
5 2 (3.77%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Decision-Making
2 12 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (18.87%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (18.87%) Security Architecture
4 9 (16.98%) Cloud Security
4 9 (16.98%) Data Protection
4 9 (16.98%) Innovative Thinking
4 9 (16.98%) Risk Management
5 6 (11.32%) Customer Service
5 6 (11.32%) Information Security
6 5 (9.43%) FPGA Design
6 5 (9.43%) Incident Response
6 5 (9.43%) Risk Assessment
7 4 (7.55%) Agile
7 4 (7.55%) Analytics
7 4 (7.55%) Cryptography
7 4 (7.55%) Machine Learning
7 4 (7.55%) Prototyping
7 4 (7.55%) User Experience
7 4 (7.55%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 7 (13.21%) Python
2 5 (9.43%) Java
2 5 (9.43%) R
3 4 (7.55%) C++
3 4 (7.55%) Rust
4 3 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.89%) C#
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Security Cleared
2 15 (28.30%) SC Cleared
3 8 (15.09%) Degree
4 6 (11.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (5.66%) CISSP
7 2 (3.77%) AWS Certification
7 2 (3.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.77%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) CISA
7 2 (3.77%) CISM
7 2 (3.77%) CRISC
7 2 (3.77%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.89%) GCIH
8 1 (1.89%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) NIST
2 6 (11.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (7.55%) SLA
4 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (3.77%) GDPR
5 2 (3.77%) NCSC
5 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (3.77%) QA
6 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.89%) GRC
6 1 (1.89%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Docker
2 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.89%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Nessus
1 4 (7.55%) Nmap
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.89%) Grafana
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) Cisco
3 5 (9.43%) Splunk
4 4 (7.55%) Google
4 4 (7.55%) Qualtrics
4 4 (7.55%) Red Hat
5 2 (3.77%) HubSpot
5 2 (3.77%) IBM
5 2 (3.77%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.77%) VMware
6 1 (1.89%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.89%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.89%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.89%) Qualys
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.89%) Zscaler