NCSC Jobs in the Midlands

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 287 305 310
Rank change year-on-year +18 +5 -43
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 27 30 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.23% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.62% 1.10% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 10
10th Percentile £43,720 £49,945 £46,925
25th Percentile £50,313 £56,250 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -15.63% +18.52%
75th Percentile £63,111 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £80,819 - -
England median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +14.75% -6.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,663 2,736 2,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.38% 28.28% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 988 1,319
10th Percentile £25,975 £28,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £58,858
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for NCSC in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +33 20 £60,000 -5.88% 4
East Midlands -15 7 £61,439 -12.23%
NCSC
England

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (40.74%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (29.63%) AWS
4 7 (25.93%) GitHub
4 7 (25.93%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (25.93%) IaaS
4 7 (25.93%) PaaS
4 7 (25.93%) SaaS
5 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (3.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) 3GPP
1 3 (11.11%) 5G
1 3 (11.11%) Network Security
2 2 (7.41%) Firewall
2 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.70%) Diameter Protocol
3 1 (3.70%) HTTP
3 1 (3.70%) SAN
3 1 (3.70%) SCTP
3 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (25.93%) SonarQube
2 3 (11.11%) Git
3 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (14.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Local Government
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Security Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Consultant
2 4 (14.81%) Security Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Lead
4 2 (7.41%) Lead Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Information Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Information Security Risk Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Risk Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Security Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) ARM Templates
1 7 (25.93%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (3.70%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (29.63%) Management Information System
2 7 (25.93%) Onboarding
3 5 (18.52%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (18.52%) SCADA
3 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Linux
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (74.07%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (37.04%) DevOps
3 8 (29.63%) Test Automation
4 7 (25.93%) Containerisation
4 7 (25.93%) Continuous Delivery
4 7 (25.93%) Deployment Automation
4 7 (25.93%) DevSecOps
4 7 (25.93%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
4 7 (25.93%) Functional Testing
4 7 (25.93%) Mentoring
4 7 (25.93%) Non-Functional Testing
4 7 (25.93%) Performance Analysis
4 7 (25.93%) Project Management
4 7 (25.93%) Release Management
4 7 (25.93%) Software Engineering
4 7 (25.93%) Static Application Security Testing
5 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) Computer Science
6 5 (18.52%) Digital Forensics
6 5 (18.52%) Informatics
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) Python
2 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 7 (25.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (18.52%) Degree
3 5 (18.52%) Master's Degree
4 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.70%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.70%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) NIST
2 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) GRC
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 22301
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 31000
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.70%) RMADS
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Terraform
2 7 (25.93%) Ansible
2 7 (25.93%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) BT
2 1 (3.70%) Databricks
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft