Threat Detection Job Trends in Wales

Threat Detection
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Threat Detection skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 - 90
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Threat Detection 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.095% - 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +20.83% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Threat Detection 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 845 885 813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 80.02% 74.43% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 620 494 646
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,313 £35,838
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,052 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +3.27% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,144 £73,024
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Threat Detection
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Threat Detection relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Threat Detection job vacancy trend in Wales

Threat Detection
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Threat Detection.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Threat Detection

Threat Detection
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Threat Detection within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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 - 1 £85,000 - 3
Threat Detection
UK

Threat Detection
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2