NCSC Jobs in the South West

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 227 268
Rank change year-on-year -4 +41 +4
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 58 44 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.63% 0.64% 0.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.60% 3.49% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 50 33 34
10th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £41,706
25th Percentile £58,520 £57,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £75,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% +42.86% -23.64%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,000 £69,750
90th Percentile - £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,261 1,261 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.77% 18.26% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 838 631 846
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,625 £38,500 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,838 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for NCSC in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +23 39 £68,500 -10.46% 7
Wiltshire -13 8 £50,000 -33.33% 1
Gloucestershire -17 8 £57,500 - 1
Dorset - 2 £71,500 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.72%) AWS
1 1 (1.72%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (1.72%) 4G
2 1 (1.72%) 5G
2 1 (1.72%) Firewall
General
1 6 (10.34%) Military
2 2 (3.45%) Aerospace
2 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.72%) Finance
Job Titles
1 30 (51.72%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 30 (51.72%) Information Assurance Manager
1 30 (51.72%) Information Manager
1 30 (51.72%) Information Security Manager
1 30 (51.72%) Security Assurance Manager
1 30 (51.72%) Security Manager
2 7 (12.07%) Consultant
2 7 (12.07%) Security Officer
3 6 (10.34%) Coordinator
3 6 (10.34%) Lead
3 6 (10.34%) Security Assurance Coordinator
4 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (8.62%) Linux Engineer
4 5 (8.62%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 3 (5.17%) Information Assurance Consultant
7 2 (3.45%) Architect
7 2 (3.45%) IT Security Officer
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.45%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.07%) ModSecurity
2 6 (10.34%) JSON
2 6 (10.34%) JSON Schema
2 6 (10.34%) KML
2 6 (10.34%) Regular Expression
2 6 (10.34%) XML
3 1 (1.72%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 30 (51.72%) Cyberattack
2 7 (12.07%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.72%) Insider Threat
4 1 (1.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Linux
2 1 (1.72%) Windows
2 1 (1.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (75.86%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (63.79%) Risk Management
3 35 (60.34%) Information Assurance
4 31 (53.45%) Security Management
5 30 (51.72%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (24.14%) Information Security
7 8 (13.79%) Data Protection
8 7 (12.07%) Data Governance
9 6 (10.34%) CAD
9 6 (10.34%) Information Management
10 5 (8.62%) Configuration Management
11 3 (5.17%) Systems Engineering
12 2 (3.45%) Migration
13 1 (1.72%) Business Continuity
13 1 (1.72%) Change Management
13 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Architecture
13 1 (1.72%) Information Security Management
13 1 (1.72%) Penetration Testing
13 1 (1.72%) Risk Assessment
13 1 (1.72%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 56 (96.55%) Security Cleared
2 49 (84.48%) SC Cleared
3 15 (25.86%) CISSP
4 14 (24.14%) CISM
5 8 (13.79%) CISA
6 7 (12.07%) CESG Certified Professional
6 7 (12.07%) DV Cleared
7 6 (10.34%) Degree
8 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.72%) CLAS
9 1 (1.72%) GIAC
9 1 (1.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (70.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (15.52%) JSP 440
3 8 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (13.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (12.07%) RMADS
5 6 (10.34%) NIST
6 1 (1.72%) GRC
6 1 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Ansible
2 1 (1.72%) Check_MK
2 1 (1.72%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (1.72%) Cisco
1 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
1 1 (1.72%) Juniper
1 1 (1.72%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.72%) Splunk