Cyber Threat Jobs in Wales

Cyber Threats
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Threat in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Threat over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 107
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Threat 3 0 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.25% - 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.98% - 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £50,854 - -
25th Percentile £51,545 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,697 - -
75th Percentile £53,848 - -
90th Percentile £54,539 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -14.96%

All Generic Skills
Wales

Cyber Threat falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 305 642 708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 25.40% 29.34% 41.92%
Number of salaries quoted 184 340 314
10th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £49,633 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £44,943 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.95% -0.13% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,600 £57,500 £62,988
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,625 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Threat
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Cyber Threat as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Threat in Wales

Cyber Threat
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Threat in Wales.

Salary trend for Cyber Threat in Wales

Cyber Threat
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Threat within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 May 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 - 3 £52,697 - 14
Cyber Threat
UK

Cyber Threat
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
1 2 (66.67%) GIAC
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared