Data Security Job Trends in West Wales

Data Security
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring Data Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Security 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in West Wales 0.37% - 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,744 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,973 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.20%
75th Percentile £76,201 - £42,747
90th Percentile - - £58,940
Wales median annual salary £39,511 £80,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year -50.61% +71.66% -17.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Wales

Data Security 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 West Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 193 65 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Wales 70.96% 85.53% 77.83%
Number of salaries quoted 116 30 147
10th Percentile £30,000 £21,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,563 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,104 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% +9.12% +12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,762 £54,744
90th Percentile £80,000 £60,371 £66,894
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -

Data Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Wales.

Data Security job vacancy trend in West Wales

Data Security
Salary Trend in West Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Data Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Wales citing Data Security

Data Security
Job Locations in West Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Security within the West Wales region over the 6 months to 5 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
Swansea - 1 £69,973 - 2
Data Security
Wales

Data Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft