National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 587 909
Rank change year-on-year -71 +322 -131
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 251 391 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.41% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.83% 2.25% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 191 216 213
10th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £41,528
25th Percentile £55,625 £56,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £71,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,671 £98,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £68,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% +19.57% -6.88%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

NCSC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,751 17,364 29,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 18.32% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 8,453 13,464
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,100 £93,650 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC.

Salary trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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
England -15 232 £65,000 -7.14% 42
UK excluding London -69 171 £62,783 -8.68% 26
Work from Home +13 108 £60,202 -14.00% 21
London +20 64 £70,000 - 14
South West -13 59 £68,500 -8.67% 10
North of England +17 32 £61,391 -18.15% 5
South East -36 29 £67,500 - 4
Midlands -17 27 £60,000 -4.00% 4
West Midlands -7 22 £60,000 -4.00% 4
North West -12 20 £60,000 +33.33% 3
East of England -1 14 £65,000 -7.14% 1
Scotland -71 10 £58,500 +82.81%
North East - 10 £62,783 -
East Midlands -23 5 £61,439 +8.74%
Yorkshire +35 2 £50,000 -41.18% 2

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (19.52%) Azure
2 32 (12.75%) AWS
3 24 (9.56%) IaaS
3 24 (9.56%) PaaS
4 22 (8.76%) SaaS
5 14 (5.58%) GitHub
5 14 (5.58%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.19%) Entra ID
8 8 (3.19%) GCP
9 5 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.59%) AWS CodeBuild
10 4 (1.59%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.96%) Network Security
2 24 (9.56%) Firewall
3 23 (9.16%) TCP/IP
4 14 (5.58%) Intrusion Detection
5 13 (5.18%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (3.59%) 5G
6 9 (3.59%) Cisco IPT
6 9 (3.59%) DNS
7 8 (3.19%) DMZ
7 8 (3.19%) VPN
8 6 (2.39%) BGP
8 6 (2.39%) Cisco ISE
8 6 (2.39%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (2.39%) Internet
8 6 (2.39%) LAN
8 6 (2.39%) MPLS
8 6 (2.39%) Unified Communications
8 6 (2.39%) VLAN
8 6 (2.39%) Wireless
8 6 (2.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.80%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (4.38%) JIRA
2 10 (3.98%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.59%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 41 (16.33%) Finance
2 34 (13.55%) Social Skills
3 30 (11.95%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.76%) Telecoms
5 20 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.18%) Aerospace
7 13 (5.18%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (3.19%) Military
9 7 (2.79%) Legal
10 6 (2.39%) Law
11 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.59%) Retail
13 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.80%) Publishing
15 1 (0.40%) Games
15 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.40%) Marketing
15 1 (0.40%) Police
15 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (19.12%) Security Manager
2 40 (15.94%) Consultant
3 38 (15.14%) Analyst
4 36 (14.34%) Security Analyst
5 35 (13.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 34 (13.55%) Security Consultant
7 32 (12.75%) Security Assurance Manager
8 31 (12.35%) Information Manager
8 31 (12.35%) Information Security Manager
9 30 (11.95%) Information Assurance Manager
10 28 (11.16%) Lead
10 28 (11.16%) Senior
11 20 (7.97%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 17 (6.77%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 12 (4.78%) Security Engineer
14 11 (4.38%) Managing Consultant
15 9 (3.59%) Product Owner
15 9 (3.59%) Security Assurance Coordinator
15 9 (3.59%) Security Officer
15 9 (3.59%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.98%) ARM Templates
1 10 (3.98%) Azure Blueprints
2 9 (3.59%) ModSecurity
3 6 (2.39%) JSON
3 6 (2.39%) JSON Schema
3 6 (2.39%) KML
3 6 (2.39%) Regular Expression
3 6 (2.39%) XML
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 74 (29.48%) Management Information System
2 45 (17.93%) Cyberattack
3 33 (13.15%) Operational Technology
4 22 (8.76%) Cyber Defence
5 17 (6.77%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (4.38%) Data Centre
7 10 (3.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 10 (3.98%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.59%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.19%) SCADA
10 6 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.39%) NHS
11 5 (1.99%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.99%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (1.99%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
12 3 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (0.80%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.58%) Windows
2 13 (5.18%) Linux
3 7 (2.79%) Apple iOS
4 6 (2.39%) Android
5 5 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.59%) DC/OS
7 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (83.67%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (36.25%) Risk Management
3 82 (32.67%) Information Security
4 56 (22.31%) Mentoring
5 53 (21.12%) Information Assurance
6 45 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (17.53%) Security Management
8 42 (16.73%) SIEM
9 38 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (13.94%) Incident Response
11 34 (13.55%) Security Architecture
12 33 (13.15%) Project Management
12 33 (13.15%) Security Operations
13 27 (10.76%) Agile
14 25 (9.96%) Data Protection
15 23 (9.16%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (8.76%) Coaching
17 21 (8.37%) Line Management
18 20 (7.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 20 (7.97%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.79%) Python
2 6 (2.39%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.99%) Bash
3 5 (1.99%) C
4 4 (1.59%) C#
4 4 (1.59%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (47.81%) Security Cleared
2 89 (35.46%) SC Cleared
3 56 (22.31%) CISSP
4 52 (20.72%) CISM
5 45 (17.93%) Degree
6 21 (8.37%) CRISC
7 20 (7.97%) CESG Certified Professional
8 19 (7.57%) DV Cleared
9 17 (6.77%) CASP
9 17 (6.77%) CEH
10 16 (6.37%) CISA
10 16 (6.37%) Master's Degree
11 12 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (3.19%) GIAC
14 7 (2.79%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (2.39%) PCI QSA
16 5 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
16 5 (1.99%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (43.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (30.28%) NIST
3 44 (17.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (14.34%) GDPR
5 26 (10.36%) GRC
6 23 (9.16%) PCI DSS
7 21 (8.37%) NIST 800
8 20 (7.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (3.59%) JSP 440
10 8 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 7 (2.79%) RMADS
12 6 (2.39%) ISO 31000
13 4 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (1.59%) SOC 2
14 3 (1.20%) ISO 22301
14 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.98%) Docker
2 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.80%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.37%) Ansible
2 14 (5.58%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.58%) Terraform
3 6 (2.39%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.80%) Nessus
5 2 (0.80%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.40%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 32 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.98%) ServiceNow
2 10 (3.98%) Splunk
3 7 (2.79%) Cisco
4 6 (2.39%) CheckPoint
4 6 (2.39%) Palo Alto
4 6 (2.39%) Qualys
5 5 (1.99%) BT
5 5 (1.99%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.59%) Google
6 4 (1.59%) VMware
7 2 (0.80%) BMC
7 2 (0.80%) Facebook
8 1 (0.40%) CA
8 1 (0.40%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Dell
8 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.40%) Juniper
8 1 (0.40%) NetApp