NCSC Job Trends in the East Midlands

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 - 103
Rank change year-on-year - - +75
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 16 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.69% - 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.36% - 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £48,429
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - £59,650
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% -11.43% +12.90%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 367 664 196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 15.75% 17.79% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 255 175 152
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,450
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £42,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -22.02% +14.74%
75th Percentile £50,125 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £58,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.27% -2.50% +4.68%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

NCSC
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing NCSC

NCSC
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Derbyshire - 15 - -
Leicestershire - 1 £60,000 - 1
NCSC
England

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 15 (93.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 15 (93.75%) Law
1 15 (93.75%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (6.25%) Consultant
1 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (93.75%) Creative Thinking
2 15 (93.75%) Line Management
3 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
3 1 (6.25%) Incident Response
3 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (6.25%) CISM
1 1 (6.25%) CISSP
1 1 (6.25%) CRISC
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GRC
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) PCI DSS