National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South Wales > Cardiff
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 30 | - | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing NCSC | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 1.04% | - | 1.28% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 5.56% | - | 12.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £65,733 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £67,569 | - | £43,162 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,574 | - | £44,666 |
| 75th Percentile | £83,647 | - | £46,169 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,524 | - | - |
| South Wales median annual salary | £75,574 | - | £44,666 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -35.03% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cardiff
NCSC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cardiff.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 36 | 76 | 58 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 18.75% | 11.23% | 10.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 66 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,170 | £30,172 | £30,690 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,980 | £40,000 | £41,583 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £48,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | +8.81% | -3.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,563 | £62,425 | £61,650 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £77,500 | £75,000 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £65,000 | £42,500 | £43,067 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.94% | -1.32% | -13.87% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
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Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Cardiff.
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Salary Histogram in Cardiff
Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in Cardiff over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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: