NCSC Job Trends in Leeds

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 95 118
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 +75
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.093% 0.28% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.93% 2.00% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - £66,443
25th Percentile £67,500 - £66,537
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £68,389
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.67% +36.78%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £70,555
90th Percentile - - £70,838
West Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £68,389
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.67% +36.78%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 107 200 222
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 9.92% 13.97% 15.03%
Number of salaries quoted 67 96 146
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £38,750 £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -11.85% +16.78%
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £72,600 £81,250 £92,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Leeds

NCSC
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001