NCSC Jobs in the UK excluding London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 584 538 669
Rank change year-on-year -46 +131 -119
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 173 223 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.37% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.80% 1.80% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 121 110 104
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £41,142
25th Percentile £54,250 £52,111 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £70,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +25.00% -9.31%
75th Percentile £70,250 £80,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £91,375 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +11.11% -3.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,632 12,373 12,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.58% 20.57% 17.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6,357 4,612 6,881
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,650
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.93% +0.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West -4 58 £68,500 -8.67% 9
North of England +33 35 £62,783 +22.50% 2
South East -41 29 £67,500 -6.90% 7
Midlands -16 27 £60,000 -4.00%
North West +9 21 £61,391 +36.43% 2
West Midlands +12 20 £60,000 -4.00%
East of England +26 15 £65,000 -7.14% 4
North East - 11 £62,783 -
Scotland -69 9 £55,500 - 2
East Midlands -21 7 £61,439 +8.74%
Yorkshire +63 3 £52,500 -30.00%
NCSC
UK

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.45%) Azure
2 13 (7.51%) AWS
3 11 (6.36%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.20%) IaaS
4 9 (5.20%) PaaS
4 9 (5.20%) SaaS
5 8 (4.62%) GitHub
5 8 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (4.05%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.73%) GCP
8 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.58%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.58%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.98%) Network Security
2 13 (7.51%) TCP/IP
3 11 (6.36%) Firewall
4 8 (4.62%) Cisco IPT
5 7 (4.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.31%) 5G
6 4 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.73%) 3GPP
7 3 (1.73%) DMZ
8 2 (1.16%) NAS
9 1 (0.58%) 4G
9 1 (0.58%) DHCP
9 1 (0.58%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.58%) DNS
9 1 (0.58%) HTTP
9 1 (0.58%) SAN
9 1 (0.58%) SCTP
9 1 (0.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 9 (5.20%) JIRA
2 8 (4.62%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.73%) Git
4 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (14.45%) Finance
2 15 (8.67%) Telecoms
3 13 (7.51%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.36%) Social Skills
5 10 (5.78%) Aerospace
6 8 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.62%) Military
7 5 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Law
8 2 (1.16%) Legal
8 2 (1.16%) Publishing
8 2 (1.16%) Retail
9 1 (0.58%) Games
9 1 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.58%) Marketing
9 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 40 (23.12%) Security Manager
2 35 (20.23%) Consultant
3 34 (19.65%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 33 (19.08%) Security Consultant
5 31 (17.92%) Information Manager
5 31 (17.92%) Information Security Manager
5 31 (17.92%) Security Assurance Manager
6 30 (17.34%) Information Assurance Manager
7 21 (12.14%) Lead
8 19 (10.98%) Senior
9 18 (10.40%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 13 (7.51%) Analyst
10 13 (7.51%) Security Analyst
11 12 (6.94%) Managing Consultant
12 9 (5.20%) Product Owner
12 9 (5.20%) Senior Product Owner
13 8 (4.62%) Security Officer
14 7 (4.05%) Information Analyst
14 7 (4.05%) Security Specialist
14 7 (4.05%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.62%) ARM Templates
1 8 (4.62%) Azure Blueprints
1 8 (4.62%) ModSecurity
2 6 (3.47%) JSON
2 6 (3.47%) JSON Schema
2 6 (3.47%) KML
2 6 (3.47%) Regular Expression
2 6 (3.47%) XML
3 1 (0.58%) EDI
3 1 (0.58%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 48 (27.75%) Management Information System
2 35 (20.23%) Cyberattack
3 27 (15.61%) Operational Technology
4 9 (5.20%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.62%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.62%) SCADA
6 7 (4.05%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (3.47%) NHS
8 5 (2.89%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.89%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.31%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.16%) CMDB
11 2 (1.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.16%) PKI
11 2 (1.16%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.16%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.05%) Linux
2 5 (2.89%) Windows
3 4 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (82.66%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (42.77%) Risk Management
3 58 (33.53%) Information Security
4 48 (27.75%) Information Assurance
5 43 (24.86%) Mentoring
6 42 (24.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 38 (21.97%) Security Management
8 29 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (15.03%) Project Management
9 26 (15.03%) Security Architecture
10 17 (9.83%) Coaching
10 17 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (9.83%) SIEM
11 16 (9.25%) Data Protection
12 15 (8.67%) Cyber Assurance
13 14 (8.09%) DevOps
13 14 (8.09%) Incident Response
13 14 (8.09%) Project Delivery
14 13 (7.51%) Architectural Patterns
14 13 (7.51%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.16%) Python
3 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (57.23%) Security Cleared
2 77 (44.51%) SC Cleared
3 36 (20.81%) CISSP
4 34 (19.65%) CISM
5 27 (15.61%) Degree
6 14 (8.09%) CASP
7 13 (7.51%) CRISC
8 12 (6.94%) CEH
8 12 (6.94%) CESG Certified Professional
8 12 (6.94%) DV Cleared
9 11 (6.36%) CISA
10 8 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (3.47%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.31%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.31%) PCI QSA
13 3 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (1.16%) GCIH
14 2 (1.16%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (46.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (30.64%) NIST
3 37 (21.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (14.45%) GDPR
5 19 (10.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 19 (10.98%) GRC
6 17 (9.83%) NIST 800
7 13 (7.51%) PCI DSS
8 9 (5.20%) JSP 440
9 7 (4.05%) RMADS
10 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.73%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.16%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 8 (4.62%) Docker
2 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.16%) vSphere
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Ansible
2 10 (5.78%) Terraform
3 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.16%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.58%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.58%) QRadar
Vendors
1 14 (8.09%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.78%) Splunk
3 9 (5.20%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.89%) BT
5 3 (1.73%) VMware
6 2 (1.16%) BMC
6 2 (1.16%) Facebook
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco
7 1 (0.58%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.58%) Databricks
7 1 (0.58%) Dell
7 1 (0.58%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.58%) Juniper
7 1 (0.58%) NetApp
7 1 (0.58%) SolarWinds