NCSC Jobs in England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 579 621 924
Rank change year-on-year +42 +303 -59
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 228 214 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.30% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.17% 1.96% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 145 161 185
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £40,830
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £45,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.75% -6.15%
75th Percentile £71,250 £89,082 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,364 £102,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.75% -6.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,499 10,896 25,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.40% 15.33% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,647 7,032 12,574
10th Percentile £27,400 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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
West Midlands +44 67 £60,000 -5.88% 4
Midlands +14 67 £60,000 -4.00% 4
South West +8 58 £68,500 -8.05% 1
London +33 40 £70,000 -11.39% 8
North of England +20 28 £60,000 -36.84% 4
South East +4 24 £67,500 -5.26% 2
North West +11 22 £60,000 +4.35% 4
East of England -6 9 - - 1
North East - 4 £62,783 -
Yorkshire +46 2 £50,000 -47.37%
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 1 (0.44%) Camunda
1 1 (0.44%) Confluence
1 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.68%) Azure
2 35 (15.35%) AWS
3 28 (12.28%) IaaS
3 28 (12.28%) PaaS
4 25 (10.96%) SaaS
5 21 (9.21%) Entra ID
6 19 (8.33%) GitHub
6 19 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (3.51%) GCP
10 5 (2.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.75%) AWS CodeBuild
11 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (0.88%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.88%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.44%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 30 (13.16%) 3GPP
2 23 (10.09%) 5G
3 18 (7.89%) TCP/IP
4 17 (7.46%) Network Security
5 16 (7.02%) Firewall
5 16 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (4.39%) DMZ
7 9 (3.95%) Cisco IPT
7 9 (3.95%) VPN
8 8 (3.51%) BGP
8 8 (3.51%) Cisco ISE
8 8 (3.51%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (3.51%) Cisco Wireless
8 8 (3.51%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (3.51%) MPLS
8 8 (3.51%) Unified Communications
8 8 (3.51%) VLAN
8 8 (3.51%) WAN
8 8 (3.51%) Wireless
8 8 (3.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.88%) Power BI
2 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.44%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.58%) SonarQube
2 11 (4.82%) JIRA
3 5 (2.19%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.44%) Git
4 1 (0.44%) Jenkins
General
1 55 (24.12%) Telecoms
2 28 (12.28%) Public Sector
3 23 (10.09%) Finance
4 16 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.58%) Social Skills
6 8 (3.51%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.63%) Law
7 6 (2.63%) Military
8 5 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.75%) Retail
10 3 (1.32%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.88%) Legal
12 1 (0.44%) Aviation
12 1 (0.44%) Games
12 1 (0.44%) Mandarin Language
12 1 (0.44%) Marketing
12 1 (0.44%) Police
12 1 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (20.18%) Security Manager
2 38 (16.67%) Analyst
3 37 (16.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 33 (14.47%) Security Assurance Manager
5 31 (13.60%) Information Manager
5 31 (13.60%) Information Security Manager
6 30 (13.16%) Information Assurance Manager
6 30 (13.16%) Senior
7 22 (9.65%) Consultant
8 21 (9.21%) Functional Analyst
8 21 (9.21%) Network Engineer
9 18 (7.89%) Lead
10 17 (7.46%) Security Consultant
11 16 (7.02%) Security Analyst
12 13 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
13 11 (4.82%) Architect
14 9 (3.95%) Information Analyst
14 9 (3.95%) Information Security Analyst
14 9 (3.95%) Product Owner
14 9 (3.95%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.58%) ARM Templates
1 15 (6.58%) Azure Blueprints
2 10 (4.39%) ModSecurity
3 6 (2.63%) JSON
3 6 (2.63%) JSON Schema
3 6 (2.63%) KML
3 6 (2.63%) Regular Expression
3 6 (2.63%) XML
4 1 (0.44%) EDI
4 1 (0.44%) Kafka
4 1 (0.44%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.44%) Spring
4 1 (0.44%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.44%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 51 (22.37%) Management Information System
2 33 (14.47%) Cyberattack
3 21 (9.21%) Operational Technology
4 15 (6.58%) Onboarding
5 13 (5.70%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.95%) Product Ownership
7 8 (3.51%) Cyber Defence
8 7 (3.07%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.32%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.32%) PKI
11 3 (1.32%) SCADA
12 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.44%) Cloud Security Posture
13 1 (0.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 1 (0.44%) Cyber Security Posture
13 1 (0.44%) NHS
13 1 (0.44%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.44%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.39%) Linux
2 9 (3.95%) Windows
3 3 (1.32%) Android
3 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.32%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (84.65%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (33.77%) Risk Management
3 69 (30.26%) Information Security
4 46 (20.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (19.74%) Security Management
6 44 (19.30%) Information Assurance
7 43 (18.86%) Mentoring
8 33 (14.47%) Decision-Making
9 32 (14.04%) Security Architecture
10 31 (13.60%) Project Management
11 28 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (10.53%) SIEM
12 24 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 23 (10.09%) Test Automation
14 22 (9.65%) Test Strategy
15 20 (8.77%) DevOps
16 19 (8.33%) DevSecOps
17 17 (7.46%) Agile
18 15 (6.58%) Data Protection
18 15 (6.58%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (1.75%) Bash
1 4 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 4 (1.75%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.44%) Java
2 1 (0.44%) Python
2 1 (0.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 123 (53.95%) Security Cleared
2 91 (39.91%) SC Cleared
3 48 (21.05%) CISSP
4 44 (19.30%) CISM
5 18 (7.89%) CRISC
5 18 (7.89%) Degree
6 16 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (7.02%) CISA
7 15 (6.58%) CASP
8 14 (6.14%) CESG Certified Professional
9 13 (5.70%) CEH
10 10 (4.39%) DV Cleared
10 10 (4.39%) GIAC
11 6 (2.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 6 (2.63%) PCI QSA
12 5 (2.19%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.19%) CompTIA CySA+
12 5 (2.19%) ISACA
12 5 (2.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (20.18%) NIST
3 32 (14.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 23 (10.09%) QA
5 20 (8.77%) GRC
5 20 (8.77%) NIST 800
6 17 (7.46%) GDPR
7 16 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (6.58%) PCI DSS
9 8 (3.51%) JSP 440
10 7 (3.07%) ISO 31000
10 7 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 6 (2.63%) RMADS
12 4 (1.75%) ISO 22301
13 3 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
14 2 (0.88%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
15 1 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.44%) ISA99
System Software
1 15 (6.58%) Docker
2 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.44%) NFS
3 1 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (9.21%) Ansible
2 20 (8.77%) Terraform
3 15 (6.58%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.75%) Nessus
5 2 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.44%) cPanel
6 1 (0.44%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (7.02%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.39%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.95%) Splunk
4 8 (3.51%) CheckPoint
4 8 (3.51%) Cisco
4 8 (3.51%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.63%) SolarWinds
6 3 (1.32%) VMware
7 2 (0.88%) Dell
7 2 (0.88%) NetApp
8 1 (0.44%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.44%) Databricks