NCSC Job Trends in Cheltenham

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - 66
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 0.23% - 0.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.45% - 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £51,500
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £74,375
90th Percentile - - £81,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 - £60,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 29 7 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 6.56% 7.53% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 29 6 41
10th Percentile £49,750 £39,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £55,544 £58,125 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £81,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% +41.30% +0.44%
75th Percentile £75,754 £100,625 £67,500
90th Percentile - £104,375 £83,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary £57,591 £36,500 £40,482
% change year-on-year +57.78% -9.84% -22.89%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NCSC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

NCSC job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

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Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing NCSC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800