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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 25 62
Rank change year-on-year +21 +37 -21
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 221 41 50
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 12.89% 7.64% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.91% 8.74% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 64 26 37
10th Percentile £29,750 £45,853 -
25th Percentile £36,750 £51,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +11.90% -25.00%
75th Percentile £72,892 £87,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £94,100 £89,375 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
% change year-on-year - +0.84% -8.46%

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 1,169 469 1,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 68.16% 87.34% 75.30%
Number of salaries quoted 770 276 1,063
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,715 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £37,170 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,449 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +14.33% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,269 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.97% +5.94% -10.10%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 +11 156 £55,000 -14.06% 37
West Wales +7 43 £55,000 +32.36% 3
North Wales - 19 £37,500 - 8
Dyfed - 3 - -
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 6 (2.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 122 (55.20%) Azure
2 17 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (6.33%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (3.62%) AWS
5 5 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.26%) SaaS
6 4 (1.81%) GCP
7 1 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.45%) Datadog
7 1 (0.45%) dbt
7 1 (0.45%) GitHub
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.24%) Internet
2 10 (4.52%) Firewall
3 8 (3.62%) DNS
4 4 (1.81%) DHCP
4 4 (1.81%) SSL
4 4 (1.81%) VLAN
5 1 (0.45%) FTP
5 1 (0.45%) HTTP
5 1 (0.45%) LAN
5 1 (0.45%) SMTP
5 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.45%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Cucumber
1 1 (0.45%) Git
1 1 (0.45%) JMeter
1 1 (0.45%) Locust
General
1 143 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (6.33%) Banking
4 7 (3.17%) Telecoms
5 4 (1.81%) Advertising
5 4 (1.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (1.81%) Finance
6 3 (1.36%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.90%) Back Office
7 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.90%) Multimedia
7 2 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (0.90%) Welsh Language
8 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.45%) Law
8 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (28.96%) Analyst
2 60 (27.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 60 (27.15%) Junior
2 60 (27.15%) Junior Analyst
2 60 (27.15%) Junior Security Analyst
2 60 (27.15%) Security Analyst
3 45 (20.36%) Ethical Hacker
4 23 (10.41%) Senior
5 14 (6.33%) Architect
5 14 (6.33%) Security Architect
6 13 (5.88%) Security Manager
7 12 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 12 (5.43%) IT Manager
7 12 (5.43%) Lecturer
8 11 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 9 (4.07%) Help Desk Manager
10 8 (3.62%) Help Desk Technician
10 8 (3.62%) IT Technician
10 8 (3.62%) Senior IT Technician
10 8 (3.62%) Senior Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.90%) Spring
1 2 (0.90%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.45%) CSS
2 1 (0.45%) Gherkin
2 1 (0.45%) HTML
2 1 (0.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.36%) Cyberattack
2 14 (6.33%) IoT
3 4 (1.81%) Digital Media
3 4 (1.81%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.36%) Operational Technology
5 2 (0.90%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.90%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.45%) Industry 4.0
6 1 (0.45%) Robotics
6 1 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.43%) Windows
2 4 (1.81%) Windows Server
2 4 (1.81%) Windows Server 2016
2 4 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (28.51%) Mentoring
2 46 (20.81%) Ethical Hacking
3 14 (6.33%) AI
3 14 (6.33%) Machine Learning
3 14 (6.33%) User Experience
3 14 (6.33%) Web Development
4 11 (4.98%) Customer Service
4 11 (4.98%) Incident Response
4 11 (4.98%) Risk Management
5 10 (4.52%) Service Delivery
6 9 (4.07%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (3.62%) B2B
7 8 (3.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (3.17%) Analytics
8 7 (3.17%) Cyber Resilience
8 7 (3.17%) Information Governance
8 7 (3.17%) Security Operations
9 6 (2.71%) Coaching
9 6 (2.71%) IT Strategy
9 6 (2.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.36%) Java
1 3 (1.36%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.90%) Python
2 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.45%) C#
Qualifications
1 106 (47.96%) Azure Certification
2 61 (27.60%) CompTIA Security+
3 60 (27.15%) CompTIA CySA+
4 50 (22.62%) CEH
5 25 (11.31%) Degree
6 14 (6.33%) Master's Degree
6 14 (6.33%) PhD
6 14 (6.33%) Postgraduate
7 10 (4.52%) CISSP
8 7 (3.17%) CISM
8 7 (3.17%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.81%) SC Cleared
10 2 (0.90%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.45%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.45%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (3.62%) NIST
3 7 (3.17%) GRC
4 5 (2.26%) GDPR
5 4 (1.81%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.90%) SLA
7 1 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.45%) COBIT
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (1.81%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.81%) Hyper-V
1 4 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.45%) Grafana
1 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.45%) QRadar
1 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 123 (55.66%) Microsoft
2 105 (47.51%) ForeScout
3 4 (1.81%) VMware
4 2 (0.90%) Cisco
5 1 (0.45%) ArcSight
5 1 (0.45%) Splunk