Cybersecurity Jobs in Wales

Cybersecurity
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Cybersecurity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cybersecurity over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 29 63
Rank change year-on-year -46 +34 -41
Permanent jobs citing Cybersecurity 53 125 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.66% 7.53% 4.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 7.82% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 35 48 74
10th Percentile - £35,107 £31,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,000 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £69,750 £51,336
Median % change year-on-year -24.72% +35.87% +17.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £73,438
90th Percentile £67,500 £117,800 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% - +5.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Cybersecurity is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,598 1,599 1,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 80.30% 96.27% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 810 1,135
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,391 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cybersecurity
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Cybersecurity in Wales

Cybersecurity
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cybersecurity in Wales over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

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 18 April 2024. 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 -52 26 £37,500 -46.43% 20
West Wales +10 9 £52,508 - 4
North Wales +14 8 £65,000 +36.84% 5
Cybersecurity
UK

Cybersecurity
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.32%) Azure
3 5 (9.43%) AWS
4 3 (5.66%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.66%) SaaS
5 2 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.89%) Cloudflare
6 1 (1.89%) IaaS
6 1 (1.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) Firewall
2 5 (9.43%) Network Security
3 4 (7.55%) VPN
4 3 (5.66%) FTP
4 3 (5.66%) HTTP
4 3 (5.66%) Internet
4 3 (5.66%) LAN
4 3 (5.66%) SMTP
4 3 (5.66%) Sourcefire
4 3 (5.66%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.66%) WAN
5 1 (1.89%) DNS
5 1 (1.89%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.89%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.89%) Redis
1 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
2 12 (22.64%) Games
3 9 (16.98%) Banking
4 7 (13.21%) Retail
5 5 (9.43%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) Consultant
2 10 (18.87%) Architect
3 9 (16.98%) Security Architect
4 6 (11.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 6 (11.32%) Vulnerability Management Manager
4 6 (11.32%) Vulnerability Manager
5 5 (9.43%) Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) Head of IT
5 5 (9.43%) Senior
6 4 (7.55%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (5.66%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.66%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.66%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (3.77%) IT Technician
8 2 (3.77%) IT Trainer
8 2 (3.77%) Security Consultant
8 2 (3.77%) Senior IT Technician
8 2 (3.77%) Senior Technician
8 2 (3.77%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) LDAP
1 3 (5.66%) SAML
2 1 (1.89%) CSS
2 1 (1.89%) Django
2 1 (1.89%) Flask
2 1 (1.89%) HTML
2 1 (1.89%) Jinja
2 1 (1.89%) Pyramid
2 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.87%) Onboarding
1 10 (18.87%) Social Media
2 7 (13.21%) Driving Licence
3 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.55%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.77%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.77%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.77%) PKI
4 2 (3.77%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Android
2 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.77%) Linux
3 1 (1.89%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.89%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) VMS
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) Vulnerability Management
2 15 (28.30%) SIEM
3 13 (24.53%) Actionable Insight
3 13 (24.53%) Coaching
4 12 (22.64%) Software Engineering
5 11 (20.75%) Analytics
5 11 (20.75%) Asset Management
6 10 (18.87%) Containerisation
6 10 (18.87%) Customer Experience
6 10 (18.87%) Identity Access Management
6 10 (18.87%) Lead Generation
7 9 (16.98%) IT Asset Management
7 9 (16.98%) Network Segmentation
7 9 (16.98%) RBAC
8 7 (13.21%) Project Management
9 5 (9.43%) Agile
9 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (9.43%) Security Operations
10 4 (7.55%) Incident Response
10 4 (7.55%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (5.66%) Python
3 1 (1.89%) C++
3 1 (1.89%) Java
3 1 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.55%) CISSP
2 4 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.77%) CISM
3 2 (3.77%) Degree
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.89%) CCNA
4 1 (1.89%) CCNP
4 1 (1.89%) CISA
4 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.89%) CISMP
4 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.89%) CRISC
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) GIAC
4 1 (1.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) GDPR
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.89%) NIST
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (11.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.89%) Docker
3 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) FortiGate
1 3 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
2 2 (3.77%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.77%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.89%) Ansible
3 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.89%) Puppet
3 1 (1.89%) SCCM
3 1 (1.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (20.75%) SAP
2 10 (18.87%) Sage
3 7 (13.21%) Cisco
4 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.66%) ArcSight
5 3 (5.66%) CheckPoint
5 3 (5.66%) F5
5 3 (5.66%) Fortinet
5 3 (5.66%) IBM
5 3 (5.66%) Juniper
5 3 (5.66%) Okta
5 3 (5.66%) Splunk
5 3 (5.66%) TippingPoint
5 3 (5.66%) Trend Micro
6 1 (1.89%) Apple
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.89%) Thales
6 1 (1.89%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.89%) VMware