NCSC Jobs in England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 611 602 904
Rank change year-on-year -9 +302 -166
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 232 381 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.41% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.96% 2.08% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 181 214 142
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,275
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,554 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £71,500 £83,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £95,000 £82,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,826 18,317 21,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.94% 19.65% 16.41%
Number of salaries quoted 8,354 8,390 11,772
10th Percentile £27,015 £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% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,915 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in England

NCSC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the England region 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
London +28 59 £70,000 - 9
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 -
East Midlands -19 7 £61,439 -2.86%
Yorkshire +65 4 £55,000 -26.67%
NCSC
UK

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Apache
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) Drupal
2 1 (0.43%) nginx
2 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.53%) Azure
2 32 (13.79%) AWS
3 19 (8.19%) IaaS
3 19 (8.19%) PaaS
3 19 (8.19%) SaaS
4 13 (5.60%) GitHub
4 13 (5.60%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (3.45%) GCP
7 5 (2.16%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (2.16%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.72%) AWS CodeBuild
8 4 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (0.86%) Serverless
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Control Tower
10 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (11.64%) Network Security
2 24 (10.34%) Firewall
2 24 (10.34%) TCP/IP
3 16 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 8 (3.45%) 5G
4 8 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (3.02%) Cisco IPT
5 7 (3.02%) DMZ
5 7 (3.02%) VPN
6 6 (2.59%) Wireshark
7 5 (2.16%) BGP
7 5 (2.16%) DNS
7 5 (2.16%) IPsec
7 5 (2.16%) LAN
7 5 (2.16%) MPLS
7 5 (2.16%) SSL
7 5 (2.16%) VLAN
7 5 (2.16%) WAN
7 5 (2.16%) Wireless
7 5 (2.16%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (4.74%) JIRA
2 8 (3.45%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.72%) Terragrunt
4 3 (1.29%) Git
5 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) JMeter
General
1 38 (16.38%) Finance
2 33 (14.22%) Social Skills
3 29 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.48%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.17%) Aerospace
8 6 (2.59%) Law
8 6 (2.59%) Military
8 6 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.29%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.29%) Retail
11 2 (0.86%) Legal
11 2 (0.86%) Public Speaking
11 2 (0.86%) Publishing
12 1 (0.43%) Aviation
12 1 (0.43%) Games
12 1 (0.43%) Police
12 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (18.53%) Security Manager
2 37 (15.95%) Consultant
3 35 (15.09%) Analyst
3 35 (15.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 34 (14.66%) Security Analyst
5 32 (13.79%) Security Consultant
6 31 (13.36%) Information Manager
6 31 (13.36%) Information Security Manager
6 31 (13.36%) Security Assurance Manager
7 30 (12.93%) Information Assurance Manager
8 27 (11.64%) Senior
9 26 (11.21%) Lead
10 20 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 13 (5.60%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 12 (5.17%) Managing Consultant
12 12 (5.17%) Security Engineer
13 11 (4.74%) Architect
14 9 (3.88%) Coordinator
14 9 (3.88%) Product Owner
14 9 (3.88%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.45%) ARM Templates
1 8 (3.45%) Azure Blueprints
2 7 (3.02%) ModSecurity
2 7 (3.02%) XML
3 6 (2.59%) JSON
3 6 (2.59%) JSON Schema
3 6 (2.59%) KML
3 6 (2.59%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.43%) EDI
4 1 (0.43%) REST
4 1 (0.43%) SOAP
4 1 (0.43%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 68 (29.31%) Management Information System
2 45 (19.40%) Cyberattack
3 30 (12.93%) Operational Technology
4 17 (7.33%) Cyber Defence
5 13 (5.60%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (3.88%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.88%) SCADA
7 9 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.45%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.45%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.59%) NHS
9 6 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (2.16%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.16%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.86%) CMDB
11 2 (0.86%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.86%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.33%) Linux
2 12 (5.17%) Windows
3 4 (1.72%) Android
3 4 (1.72%) Apple iOS
3 4 (1.72%) DC/OS
4 3 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (81.90%) Cybersecurity
2 81 (34.91%) Risk Management
3 73 (31.47%) Information Security
4 52 (22.41%) Mentoring
5 48 (20.69%) Information Assurance
6 45 (19.40%) Security Management
6 45 (19.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (16.81%) SIEM
8 38 (16.38%) Security Architecture
9 37 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (15.09%) Incident Response
11 32 (13.79%) Project Management
12 30 (12.93%) Security Operations
13 26 (11.21%) Agile
14 23 (9.91%) Data Protection
15 22 (9.48%) Coaching
16 21 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (8.62%) Architectural Patterns
17 20 (8.62%) Cyber Assurance
18 19 (8.19%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.45%) Python
2 7 (3.02%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.59%) Bash
4 4 (1.72%) C
4 4 (1.72%) C#
4 4 (1.72%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.43%) Java
5 1 (0.43%) PHP
5 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 84 (36.21%) SC Cleared
3 52 (22.41%) CISSP
4 48 (20.69%) CISM
5 39 (16.81%) Degree
6 21 (9.05%) CRISC
7 19 (8.19%) CESG Certified Professional
8 17 (7.33%) CASP
8 17 (7.33%) DV Cleared
8 17 (7.33%) Master's Degree
9 16 (6.90%) CEH
10 14 (6.03%) CISA
11 9 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (3.88%) GIAC
11 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (3.45%) PCI QSA
13 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (2.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (2.16%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (42.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 72 (31.03%) NIST
3 34 (14.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (12.50%) GDPR
4 29 (12.50%) GRC
5 25 (10.78%) PCI DSS
6 19 (8.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 19 (8.19%) NIST 800
7 9 (3.88%) JSP 440
8 8 (3.45%) RMADS
9 6 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (1.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (1.72%) ISO 31000
11 3 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.86%) ISA99
13 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.43%) QA
13 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (6.47%) Docker
2 3 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.86%) vSphere
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (6.47%) Terraform
2 14 (6.03%) Ansible
3 12 (5.17%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.59%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.43%) Nessus
6 1 (0.43%) QRadar
6 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 30 (12.93%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.31%) Splunk
3 9 (3.88%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.59%) Cisco
4 6 (2.59%) Qualys
5 5 (2.16%) BT
5 5 (2.16%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.16%) Google
5 5 (2.16%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.72%) SolarWinds
7 3 (1.29%) VMware
8 2 (0.86%) BMC
8 2 (0.86%) Facebook
9 1 (0.43%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks
9 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.43%) Juniper
9 1 (0.43%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.43%) Red Hat