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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 33 38
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 -23
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 74 54 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 7.39% 4.36% 5.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.06% 6.21% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 40 33 31
10th Percentile - £34,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +3.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £74,114 £53,904 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,224 £91,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £61,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.70% -1.60% -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 817 870 871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 81.54% 70.22% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 598 498 690
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £47,500 £46,210
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +2.79% -7.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,455
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,299 £72,439
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.68% - -

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 14 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 14 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 +23 64 £51,250 +1.87% 52
Dyfed - 4 - - 1
West Wales +1 2 £28,000 -25.33% 9
North Wales -3 2 £31,500 -30.00% 5
Mid Wales - 2 £38,750 -
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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.68%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (21.62%) Azure
3 15 (20.27%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (5.41%) AWS
4 4 (5.41%) Google Workspace
4 4 (5.41%) SurveyMonkey
5 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.70%) GitHub
6 2 (2.70%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.70%) PaaS
6 2 (2.70%) SaaS
7 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.35%) Datadog
7 1 (1.35%) dbt
7 1 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.35%) GCP
7 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.35%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (31.08%) Internet
2 9 (12.16%) Network Security
3 8 (10.81%) Firewall
4 6 (8.11%) TCP/IP
4 6 (8.11%) VLAN
5 4 (5.41%) Bluetooth
5 4 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (5.41%) Modbus
5 4 (5.41%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (5.41%) Wireshark
5 4 (5.41%) ZigBee
6 2 (2.70%) DHCP
6 2 (2.70%) DNS
6 2 (2.70%) LAN
6 2 (2.70%) VoIP
6 2 (2.70%) VPN
6 2 (2.70%) WAN
7 1 (1.35%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (5.41%) Burp Suite
1 4 (5.41%) Metasploit
2 2 (2.70%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) JIRA
2 2 (2.70%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.35%) JMeter
3 1 (1.35%) Locust
3 1 (1.35%) SonarQube
General
1 42 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 21 (28.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (25.68%) Banking
4 10 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (9.46%) Finance
6 5 (6.76%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.76%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.41%) Aerospace
7 4 (5.41%) Law
8 2 (2.70%) Back Office
8 2 (2.70%) Marketing
8 2 (2.70%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.35%) Brand Awareness
9 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (21.62%) Lecturer
2 10 (13.51%) Senior
3 8 (10.81%) IT Support
3 8 (10.81%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Lead
5 5 (6.76%) Architect
5 5 (6.76%) IT Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (5.41%) IT Technician
6 4 (5.41%) Senior IT Technician
6 4 (5.41%) Senior Technician
7 3 (4.05%) Design Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) FPGA Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Architect
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (4.05%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) CSS
1 2 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (1.35%) Express.js
2 1 (1.35%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.35%) koa
2 1 (1.35%) Node.js
2 1 (1.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) IoT
2 7 (9.46%) Driving Licence
3 6 (8.11%) Operational Technology
4 5 (6.76%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (6.76%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.41%) CAN bus
5 4 (5.41%) SCADA
5 4 (5.41%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.05%) e-Learning
6 3 (4.05%) FPGA
7 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.35%) Blog
7 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.35%) CMDB
7 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.35%) Social Media
7 1 (1.35%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Android
3 4 (5.41%) Kali Linux
3 4 (5.41%) Ubuntu
4 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.70%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.35%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.08%) AI
1 23 (31.08%) Machine Learning
1 23 (31.08%) User Experience
2 19 (25.68%) Web Development
3 14 (18.92%) Decision-Making
4 13 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (14.86%) Data Protection
5 11 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (10.81%) Risk Management
6 8 (10.81%) Security Architecture
7 7 (9.46%) Cloud Security
7 7 (9.46%) Customer Service
7 7 (9.46%) Innovative Thinking
8 5 (6.76%) Incident Response
8 5 (6.76%) Information Security
9 4 (5.41%) Agile
9 4 (5.41%) Cryptography
9 4 (5.41%) Ergonomics
9 4 (5.41%) Psychology
9 4 (5.41%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.46%) Python
2 5 (6.76%) Java
2 5 (6.76%) R
3 4 (5.41%) C++
3 4 (5.41%) Rust
4 3 (4.05%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.35%) C#
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) Degree
2 19 (25.68%) Master's Degree
2 19 (25.68%) PhD
2 19 (25.68%) Postgraduate
3 15 (20.27%) Security Cleared
4 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
5 6 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
7 2 (2.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.70%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) CISA
7 2 (2.70%) CISM
7 2 (2.70%) CISSP
7 2 (2.70%) CRISC
7 2 (2.70%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) NIST
2 5 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.76%) SLA
3 3 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.70%) GDPR
4 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.35%) GRC
5 1 (1.35%) NCSC
5 1 (1.35%) QA
5 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Nessus
1 4 (5.41%) Nmap
2 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.35%) Grafana
3 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Cisco
3 5 (6.76%) Splunk
4 4 (5.41%) Google
4 4 (5.41%) Qualtrics
4 4 (5.41%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.70%) IBM
5 2 (2.70%) VMware
6 1 (1.35%) AlienVault
6 1 (1.35%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.35%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.35%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.35%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.35%) Qualys
6 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow