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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 624 582 915
Rank change year-on-year -42 +333 -149
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 230 351 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.40% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.93% 2.12% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 180 198 150
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,475
25th Percentile £57,313 £56,250 £45,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,990
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.92% -4.63%
75th Percentile £71,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,754 £97,500 £80,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 11,919 16,577 23,095
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.52% 19.01% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8,286 7,764 11,901
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,200 £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 £76,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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 May 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 May 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 +20 63 £70,000 - 20
South West +3 59 £68,500 -8.67% 5
North of England +20 32 £61,391 -7.33% 3
South East -29 29 £67,500 - 14
Midlands -15 26 £60,000 -4.00% 3
West Midlands +16 21 £60,000 -4.00% 2
North West +5 20 £60,000 +33.33% 1
East of England +17 14 £65,000 -7.14% 3
North East - 10 £62,783 -
East Midlands -25 5 £61,439 +8.74% 1
Yorkshire +46 2 £50,000 -33.33% 2
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 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 43 (18.70%) Azure
2 31 (13.48%) AWS
3 22 (9.57%) IaaS
3 22 (9.57%) PaaS
4 21 (9.13%) SaaS
5 13 (5.65%) GitHub
5 13 (5.65%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.48%) GCP
9 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.74%) AWS CodeBuild
11 4 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.43%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.87%) Network Security
2 23 (10.00%) Firewall
2 23 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 14 (6.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (4.78%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (3.91%) 5G
5 9 (3.91%) Cisco IPT
6 8 (3.48%) DMZ
6 8 (3.48%) DNS
6 8 (3.48%) VPN
7 6 (2.61%) BGP
7 6 (2.61%) Internet
7 6 (2.61%) LAN
7 6 (2.61%) MPLS
7 6 (2.61%) Unified Communications
7 6 (2.61%) VLAN
7 6 (2.61%) WAN
7 6 (2.61%) Wireless
7 6 (2.61%) Wireshark
7 6 (2.61%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (4.35%) JIRA
2 9 (3.91%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.74%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.43%) Git
General
1 38 (16.52%) Finance
2 30 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 29 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.57%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.22%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.04%) Military
9 6 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.61%) Law
10 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Retail
12 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.87%) Legal
13 2 (0.87%) Publishing
14 1 (0.43%) Games
14 1 (0.43%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.43%) Marketing
14 1 (0.43%) Police
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 36 (15.65%) Analyst
3 35 (15.22%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 35 (15.22%) Security Analyst
4 32 (13.91%) Security Assurance Manager
5 31 (13.48%) Consultant
5 31 (13.48%) Information Manager
5 31 (13.48%) Information Security Manager
6 30 (13.04%) Information Assurance Manager
7 27 (11.74%) Lead
7 27 (11.74%) Senior
8 25 (10.87%) Security Consultant
9 20 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 11 (4.78%) Architect
10 11 (4.78%) Managing Consultant
11 10 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 9 (3.91%) Product Owner
12 9 (3.91%) Security Assurance Coordinator
12 9 (3.91%) Security Officer
12 9 (3.91%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.91%) ARM Templates
1 9 (3.91%) Azure Blueprints
1 9 (3.91%) ModSecurity
2 6 (2.61%) JSON
2 6 (2.61%) JSON Schema
2 6 (2.61%) KML
2 6 (2.61%) Regular Expression
2 6 (2.61%) XML
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 67 (29.13%) Management Information System
2 44 (19.13%) Cyberattack
3 27 (11.74%) Operational Technology
4 17 (7.39%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
6 11 (4.78%) Data Centre
7 10 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (3.91%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.91%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.48%) SCADA
10 6 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (2.61%) NHS
11 5 (2.17%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (1.74%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.87%) PKI
13 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.87%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.65%) Linux
2 12 (5.22%) Windows
3 5 (2.17%) Android
3 5 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.74%) DC/OS
4 4 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (83.04%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (34.78%) Risk Management
3 71 (30.87%) Information Security
4 51 (22.17%) Mentoring
5 47 (20.43%) Information Assurance
6 45 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 43 (18.70%) Security Management
8 39 (16.96%) SIEM
9 36 (15.65%) Security Architecture
10 35 (15.22%) Incident Response
10 35 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (13.91%) Project Management
12 30 (13.04%) Security Operations
13 25 (10.87%) Agile
14 24 (10.43%) Data Protection
15 22 (9.57%) Coaching
15 22 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
16 20 (8.70%) MITRE ATT&CK
17 19 (8.26%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.61%) PowerShell
1 6 (2.61%) Python
2 5 (2.17%) Bash
3 4 (1.74%) C
3 4 (1.74%) C#
3 4 (1.74%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 81 (35.22%) SC Cleared
3 54 (23.48%) CISSP
4 51 (22.17%) CISM
5 37 (16.09%) Degree
6 21 (9.13%) CRISC
7 19 (8.26%) CESG Certified Professional
8 18 (7.83%) DV Cleared
9 17 (7.39%) CASP
10 16 (6.96%) CEH
10 16 (6.96%) CISA
10 16 (6.96%) Master's Degree
11 10 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (3.48%) GIAC
14 7 (3.04%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
15 6 (2.61%) PCI QSA
16 5 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
16 5 (2.17%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (43.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (29.13%) NIST
3 37 (16.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (12.61%) GDPR
5 26 (11.30%) GRC
6 23 (10.00%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 20 (8.70%) NIST 800
8 9 (3.91%) JSP 440
9 7 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 7 (3.04%) RMADS
10 5 (2.17%) ISO 31000
11 4 (1.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.43%) ISA99
14 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.43%) QA
14 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (6.09%) Docker
2 4 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) vSphere
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (6.52%) Ansible
2 13 (5.65%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.65%) Terraform
3 6 (2.61%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.87%) Nessus
5 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
6 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.35%) Splunk
3 9 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 7 (3.04%) Cisco
5 6 (2.61%) CheckPoint
5 6 (2.61%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.61%) Qualys
6 5 (2.17%) BT
6 5 (2.17%) SolarWinds
7 4 (1.74%) Google
7 4 (1.74%) VMware
8 2 (0.87%) BMC
8 2 (0.87%) Facebook
9 1 (0.43%) Darktrace
9 1 (0.43%) Databricks
9 1 (0.43%) Dell
9 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.43%) Juniper
9 1 (0.43%) LogRhythm
9 1 (0.43%) NetApp