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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 648 580 924
Rank change year-on-year -68 +344 -203
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 249 441 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.42% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.85% 2.19% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 189 242 194
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,566 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,750 £45,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £71,500 £87,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,950 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% +25.00% -8.20%

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 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

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 27 April 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 27 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
England -9 232 £65,000 -7.14% 36
UK excluding London -36 174 £62,783 -10.31% 30
Work from Home +26 103 £60,202 -14.00% 14
London +28 59 £70,000 - 8
South West +12 58 £68,500 -8.67% 11
North of England +28 35 £62,783 -0.90% 3
South East -9 29 £67,500 -3.57% 7
Midlands +4 28 £60,000 -4.00% 1
West Midlands +28 21 £60,000 -4.00% 1
North West +6 20 £62,783 +39.52% 3
East of England +20 15 £65,000 -7.14% 4
North East - 11 £62,783 -
Scotland -67 9 £55,500 - 4
East Midlands -19 7 £61,439 -2.86%
Yorkshire +65 4 £55,000 -26.67%

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 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.40%) Apache
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) Drupal
2 1 (0.40%) nginx
2 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.47%) Azure
2 32 (12.85%) AWS
3 19 (7.63%) IaaS
3 19 (7.63%) PaaS
3 19 (7.63%) SaaS
4 16 (6.43%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (5.22%) GitHub
5 13 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.21%) GCP
8 5 (2.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.01%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.61%) AWS CodeBuild
9 4 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.80%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.24%) Network Security
2 24 (9.64%) Firewall
2 24 (9.64%) TCP/IP
3 16 (6.43%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (3.21%) 5G
4 8 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.81%) Cisco IPT
5 7 (2.81%) DMZ
5 7 (2.81%) VPN
6 6 (2.41%) DNS
6 6 (2.41%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.01%) BGP
7 5 (2.01%) IPsec
7 5 (2.01%) LAN
7 5 (2.01%) MPLS
7 5 (2.01%) SSL
7 5 (2.01%) VLAN
7 5 (2.01%) WAN
7 5 (2.01%) Wireless
7 5 (2.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (4.42%) JIRA
2 8 (3.21%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.61%) Terragrunt
4 3 (1.20%) Git
5 2 (0.80%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.40%) JMeter
General
1 40 (16.06%) Finance
2 39 (15.66%) Social Skills
3 30 (12.05%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.84%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.22%) Aerospace
8 11 (4.42%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.81%) Legal
9 7 (2.81%) Military
10 6 (2.41%) Law
10 6 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.20%) Retail
12 2 (0.80%) Public Speaking
12 2 (0.80%) Publishing
13 1 (0.40%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Marketing
13 1 (0.40%) Police
13 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (17.67%) Consultant
1 44 (17.67%) Security Manager
2 39 (15.66%) Security Consultant
3 36 (14.46%) Analyst
4 35 (14.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 34 (13.65%) Security Analyst
6 31 (12.45%) Information Manager
6 31 (12.45%) Information Security Manager
6 31 (12.45%) Security Assurance Manager
7 30 (12.05%) Information Assurance Manager
8 29 (11.65%) Senior
9 26 (10.44%) Lead
10 20 (8.03%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 20 (8.03%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 14 (5.62%) Security Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Managing Consultant
13 11 (4.42%) Architect
14 9 (3.61%) Coordinator
14 9 (3.61%) Product Owner
14 9 (3.61%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.21%) ARM Templates
1 8 (3.21%) Azure Blueprints
2 7 (2.81%) ModSecurity
2 7 (2.81%) XML
3 6 (2.41%) JSON
3 6 (2.41%) JSON Schema
3 6 (2.41%) KML
3 6 (2.41%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) REST
4 1 (0.40%) SOAP
4 1 (0.40%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 72 (28.92%) Management Information System
2 46 (18.47%) Cyberattack
3 37 (14.86%) Operational Technology
4 22 (8.84%) Cyber Defence
5 18 (7.23%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (3.61%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.61%) SCADA
7 9 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.21%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.21%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.41%) NHS
9 6 (2.41%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (2.01%) Driving Licence
10 5 (2.01%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.01%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (0.80%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.83%) Linux
2 13 (5.22%) Windows
3 5 (2.01%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.61%) Android
4 4 (1.61%) DC/OS
4 4 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (82.33%) Cybersecurity
2 90 (36.14%) Risk Management
3 81 (32.53%) Information Security
4 58 (23.29%) Mentoring
5 54 (21.69%) Information Assurance
6 45 (18.07%) Security Management
6 45 (18.07%) Stakeholder Management
7 41 (16.47%) SIEM
8 39 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (15.26%) Security Architecture
10 35 (14.06%) Incident Response
11 32 (12.85%) Project Management
11 32 (12.85%) Security Operations
12 27 (10.84%) Agile
13 24 (9.64%) Coaching
14 23 (9.24%) Data Protection
15 22 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 21 (8.43%) Line Management
17 20 (8.03%) Cyber Assurance
17 20 (8.03%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.61%) Python
2 7 (2.81%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.41%) Bash
4 5 (2.01%) C
5 4 (1.61%) C#
5 4 (1.61%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.40%) Java
6 1 (0.40%) PHP
6 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (48.19%) Security Cleared
2 91 (36.55%) SC Cleared
3 53 (21.29%) CISSP
4 49 (19.68%) CISM
5 48 (19.28%) Degree
6 21 (8.43%) CRISC
7 20 (8.03%) CESG Certified Professional
8 18 (7.23%) DV Cleared
9 17 (6.83%) CASP
9 17 (6.83%) CEH
9 17 (6.83%) Master's Degree
10 14 (5.62%) CISA
11 10 (4.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (3.61%) GIAC
12 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (3.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (3.21%) PCI QSA
14 6 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (2.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (2.01%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (41.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (32.93%) NIST
3 39 (15.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 34 (13.65%) GDPR
5 29 (11.65%) GRC
6 25 (10.04%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.03%) NIST 800
8 19 (7.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (3.61%) JSP 440
10 8 (3.21%) RMADS
11 7 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (1.61%) ISO 31000
13 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.20%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.80%) ISA99
15 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.40%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 15 (6.02%) Docker
2 3 (1.20%) 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 15 (6.02%) Terraform
2 14 (5.62%) Ansible
3 12 (4.82%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.41%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
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%) Nessus
6 1 (0.40%) QRadar
6 1 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.02%) Splunk
3 9 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.41%) Cisco
4 6 (2.41%) Qualys
5 5 (2.01%) BT
5 5 (2.01%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.01%) Google
5 5 (2.01%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.61%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.20%) VMware
8 2 (0.80%) BMC
8 2 (0.80%) Facebook
9 1 (0.40%) CA
9 1 (0.40%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.40%) Databricks
9 1 (0.40%) Juniper
9 1 (0.40%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.40%) Meraki
9 1 (0.40%) Red Hat