NCSC Jobs in London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 438 458
Rank change year-on-year +119 +20 +374
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 77 63 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.60% 0.26% 0.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.65% 1.87% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 22 60 85
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,250 £54,700
25th Percentile £48,563 £56,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,942 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% - +6.46%
75th Percentile £79,760 £83,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,208 £94,100 £102,500
England median annual salary £69,384 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.74% -7.14% +14.30%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,111 3,378 5,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.52% 14.06% 16.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,255 2,450 3,421
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £39,748
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £69,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.36% +3.33% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,094 £85,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £112,500 £102,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in London

NCSC
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for NCSC in London

NCSC
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NCSC in London

NCSC
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
South London +15 15 - -
Central London +30 14 £47,000 -26.27% 1
West London +29 13 - - 1
East London - 8 - -
North London - 2 - -
NCSC
England

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (14.29%) Azure
2 7 (9.09%) AWS
3 5 (6.49%) GCP
4 4 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.19%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (5.19%) PaaS
5 3 (3.90%) Azure Key Vault
5 3 (3.90%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.60%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.30%) Akamai
7 1 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.69%) Firewall
2 5 (6.49%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (6.49%) IPsec
2 5 (6.49%) SSL
2 5 (6.49%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.60%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.60%) MySQL
1 2 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.60%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.30%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.30%) Postman
2 1 (1.30%) REST Assured
2 1 (1.30%) SoapUI
General
1 49 (63.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 48 (62.34%) Law
3 46 (59.74%) Legal
4 14 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Finance
6 6 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Games
7 5 (6.49%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.90%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (12.99%) Architect
2 9 (11.69%) Analyst
2 9 (11.69%) Security Analyst
3 8 (10.39%) Security Architect
4 4 (5.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (3.90%) Lead
5 3 (3.90%) Security Engineer
6 2 (2.60%) Principal Architect
6 2 (2.60%) Principal Security Architect
6 2 (2.60%) Senior
6 2 (2.60%) Senior Manager
6 2 (2.60%) Senior Service Manager
6 2 (2.60%) Service Manager
6 2 (2.60%) Technical Architect
7 1 (1.30%) Cloud Specialist
7 1 (1.30%) Commercial Lawyer
7 1 (1.30%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 1 (1.30%) Lead Architect
7 1 (1.30%) Lead Security Architect
7 1 (1.30%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.19%) YAML
2 2 (2.60%) CSS
2 2 (2.60%) HTML
2 2 (2.60%) JSON
2 2 (2.60%) SailPoint
2 2 (2.60%) Spring
2 2 (2.60%) Spring MVC
3 1 (1.30%) .NET
3 1 (1.30%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.30%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.30%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.30%) JWT
3 1 (1.30%) OAuth
3 1 (1.30%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.30%) REST
3 1 (1.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 48 (62.34%) Cyberattack
2 5 (6.49%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.60%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.60%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.60%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.30%) IoT
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (87.01%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (59.74%) Creative Thinking
3 45 (58.44%) Line Management
4 13 (16.88%) Security Architecture
5 11 (14.29%) Information Security
6 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (11.69%) Application Security
7 9 (11.69%) Risk Management
7 9 (11.69%) SIEM
8 8 (10.39%) CI/CD
9 7 (9.09%) Agile
9 7 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 7 (9.09%) DevSecOps
9 7 (9.09%) Security Testing
10 6 (7.79%) SDLC
10 6 (7.79%) Security Management
10 6 (7.79%) Test Automation
11 5 (6.49%) Business Continuity Planning
11 5 (6.49%) Decision-Making
11 5 (6.49%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.60%) Bash
2 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.60%) Python
3 1 (1.30%) C#
3 1 (1.30%) Java
3 1 (1.30%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.79%) CISSP
2 6 (7.79%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (6.49%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (6.49%) GIAC
3 5 (6.49%) MCSA
3 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.19%) CISM
4 4 (5.19%) Degree
4 4 (5.19%) SSCP
5 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.60%) CCSAS
6 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.60%) CREST Certified
6 2 (2.60%) CRISC
7 1 (1.30%) ACSA
7 1 (1.30%) ACSP
7 1 (1.30%) ISSAP
7 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (31.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (19.48%) NIST
3 10 (12.99%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (5.19%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.90%) GDPR
5 3 (3.90%) QA
5 3 (3.90%) SOC 2
6 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.60%) HIPAA
6 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (1.30%) COBIT
7 1 (1.30%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Nessus
2 2 (2.60%) Ansible
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.19%) Splunk
3 3 (3.90%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.60%) FireEye
4 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.30%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.30%) Netskope
5 1 (1.30%) Okta
5 1 (1.30%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.30%) Zscaler