NCSC Jobs in Central London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 176 223
Rank change year-on-year +35 +47 +78
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 14 12 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.56% 0.32% 0.45%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.49% 2.46% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 5
10th Percentile - - £41,400
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £63,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% -15.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £60,875 £73,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £86,750 -
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% - +6.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 401 488 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.18% 12.97% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 221 386 701
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £89,688 £92,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £105,000 £102,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Central London

NCSC
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for NCSC in Central London

NCSC
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in Central London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NCSC in Central London

NCSC
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
City of London +27 10 £47,000 -26.27% 2
Southwark - 4 - -
City of Westminster - 3 - -
NCSC
London

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.14%) Akamai
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) GCP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
1 5 (35.71%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (35.71%) IPsec
1 5 (35.71%) SSL
1 5 (35.71%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Law
1 5 (35.71%) Organisational Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (28.57%) Legal
3 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 3 (21.43%) Financial Institution
3 3 (21.43%) Games
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Security Analyst
2 1 (7.14%) Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Commercial Lawyer
2 1 (7.14%) IT Architect
2 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
2 1 (7.14%) IT Security Architect
2 1 (7.14%) IT Security Manager
2 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
2 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 5 (35.71%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) Security Architecture
4 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
4 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity Planning
4 5 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (35.71%) Information Security
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 5 (35.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (28.57%) Line Management
6 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (21.43%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (21.43%) Cryptography
6 3 (21.43%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
6 3 (21.43%) Risk Register
7 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
8 1 (7.14%) SABSA
8 1 (7.14%) SIEM
8 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CompTIA CySA+
1 5 (35.71%) CompTIA Security+
1 5 (35.71%) GIAC
1 5 (35.71%) MCSA
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) ACSA
2 1 (7.14%) ACSP
2 1 (7.14%) CCSK
2 1 (7.14%) CCSP
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ISSAP
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) COBIT
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) ISO 22301
2 1 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (7.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (7.14%) CyberArk
3 1 (7.14%) Netskope
3 1 (7.14%) Okta
3 1 (7.14%) Zscaler