NCSC Jobs in England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 598 578 897
Rank change year-on-year -20 +319 -161
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 228 372 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.42% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.91% 2.18% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 178 209 151
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.75% -6.15%
75th Percentile £71,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,575 £97,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,908 17,049 22,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.78% 19.31% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 8,312 7,855 11,801
10th Percentile £27,000 £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% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,915 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in England

NCSC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
London +21 63 £70,000 - 14
South West 0 58 £68,500 -8.67% 7
North of England +27 33 £62,783 +9.19% 2
South East -45 29 £67,500 -6.90% 10
Midlands -13 25 £60,000 -4.00% 3
North West -6 21 £61,391 +36.43% 1
West Midlands +16 20 £60,000 -4.00% 2
East of England +17 14 £65,000 -7.14% 2
North East - 10 £62,783 -
East Midlands -17 5 £61,439 +8.74% 1
Yorkshire +46 2 £50,000 -33.33% 1
NCSC
UK

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.42%) Azure
2 29 (12.72%) AWS
3 21 (9.21%) IaaS
3 21 (9.21%) PaaS
4 20 (8.77%) SaaS
5 12 (5.26%) GitHub
5 12 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (3.95%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (3.07%) Entra ID
7 7 (3.07%) GCP
8 5 (2.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (1.75%) AWS CodeBuild
9 4 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.88%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.88%) Serverless
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.44%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.96%) Network Security
2 23 (10.09%) Firewall
2 23 (10.09%) TCP/IP
3 14 (6.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (3.95%) 5G
6 8 (3.51%) Cisco IPT
6 8 (3.51%) DMZ
6 8 (3.51%) DNS
6 8 (3.51%) VPN
7 6 (2.63%) BGP
7 6 (2.63%) Internet
7 6 (2.63%) LAN
7 6 (2.63%) MPLS
7 6 (2.63%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.63%) VLAN
7 6 (2.63%) WAN
7 6 (2.63%) Wireless
7 6 (2.63%) Wireshark
7 6 (2.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (4.39%) JIRA
2 8 (3.51%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.75%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.44%) Git
General
1 38 (16.67%) Finance
2 30 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.28%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.65%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.26%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.07%) Military
9 6 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.63%) Law
10 5 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.75%) Retail
12 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.88%) Legal
13 2 (0.88%) Publishing
14 1 (0.44%) Games
14 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.44%) Marketing
14 1 (0.44%) Police
14 1 (0.44%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 46 (20.18%) Security Manager
2 36 (15.79%) Analyst
3 35 (15.35%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 35 (15.35%) Security Analyst
4 32 (14.04%) Security Assurance Manager
5 31 (13.60%) Consultant
5 31 (13.60%) Information Manager
5 31 (13.60%) Information Security Manager
6 30 (13.16%) Information Assurance Manager
7 27 (11.84%) Lead
8 26 (11.40%) Security Consultant
8 26 (11.40%) Senior
9 20 (8.77%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (4.82%) Managing Consultant
11 10 (4.39%) Architect
11 10 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 10 (4.39%) Security Engineer
12 9 (3.95%) Coordinator
12 9 (3.95%) Product Owner
12 9 (3.95%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.51%) ARM Templates
1 8 (3.51%) Azure Blueprints
1 8 (3.51%) ModSecurity
2 6 (2.63%) JSON
2 6 (2.63%) JSON Schema
2 6 (2.63%) KML
2 6 (2.63%) Regular Expression
2 6 (2.63%) XML
3 1 (0.44%) EDI
3 1 (0.44%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 66 (28.95%) Management Information System
2 44 (19.30%) Cyberattack
3 27 (11.84%) Operational Technology
4 17 (7.46%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (4.82%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (3.95%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.51%) Onboarding
9 8 (3.51%) SCADA
10 6 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.63%) NHS
11 5 (2.19%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (2.19%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.88%) PKI
13 2 (0.88%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.88%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.14%) Linux
2 13 (5.70%) Windows
3 5 (2.19%) Android
3 5 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.75%) DC/OS
4 4 (1.75%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (82.89%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (35.53%) Risk Management
3 72 (31.58%) Information Security
4 50 (21.93%) Mentoring
5 47 (20.61%) Information Assurance
6 46 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (19.30%) Security Management
8 39 (17.11%) SIEM
9 36 (15.79%) Security Architecture
10 35 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (14.91%) Incident Response
12 31 (13.60%) Project Management
13 30 (13.16%) Security Operations
14 25 (10.96%) Agile
15 23 (10.09%) Data Protection
16 22 (9.65%) Coaching
16 22 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (8.77%) Architectural Patterns
17 20 (8.77%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 19 (8.33%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.07%) Python
2 6 (2.63%) Bash
2 6 (2.63%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.75%) C
3 4 (1.75%) C#
3 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (46.93%) Security Cleared
2 80 (35.09%) SC Cleared
3 53 (23.25%) CISSP
4 50 (21.93%) CISM
5 37 (16.23%) Degree
6 21 (9.21%) CRISC
7 19 (8.33%) CESG Certified Professional
8 17 (7.46%) CASP
8 17 (7.46%) DV Cleared
9 16 (7.02%) CEH
9 16 (7.02%) Master's Degree
10 15 (6.58%) CISA
11 9 (3.95%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.51%) GIAC
13 7 (3.07%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (3.07%) PCI QSA
14 6 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (2.19%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (44.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (29.39%) NIST
3 36 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (12.72%) GDPR
5 27 (11.84%) GRC
6 24 (10.53%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.77%) NIST 800
8 19 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (3.95%) JSP 440
10 7 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 7 (3.07%) RMADS
11 5 (2.19%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.88%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.44%) ISA99
15 1 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.44%) QA
15 1 (0.44%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (6.14%) Docker
2 4 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.88%) vSphere
4 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.14%) Ansible
2 12 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 12 (5.26%) Terraform
3 6 (2.63%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.88%) Nessus
5 2 (0.88%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.44%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.39%) Splunk
3 9 (3.95%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.07%) Cisco
5 6 (2.63%) CheckPoint
5 6 (2.63%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.63%) Qualys
6 5 (2.19%) BT
6 5 (2.19%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.75%) Google
7 4 (1.75%) VMware
8 2 (0.88%) BMC
8 2 (0.88%) Facebook
9 1 (0.44%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.44%) Databricks
9 1 (0.44%) Dell
9 1 (0.44%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.44%) Juniper
9 1 (0.44%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.44%) NetApp