NCSC Jobs in the Midlands

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 240 254 344
Rank change year-on-year +14 +90 -40
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 67 33 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.58% 0.43% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.07% 2.48% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 12
10th Percentile £45,310 £53,161 £42,325
25th Percentile - £56,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -9.80%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £69,920 £100,000 £80,000
England 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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,646 1,332 2,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.17% 17.54% 19.65%
Number of salaries quoted 980 796 1,325
10th Percentile £27,300 £27,760 £29,252
25th Percentile £30,563 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +10.00% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £76,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

NCSC
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

NCSC
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

NCSC
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the Midlands

NCSC
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 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
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 29 (43.28%) Azure
2 16 (23.88%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (22.39%) AWS
3 15 (22.39%) GitHub
3 15 (22.39%) GitHub Actions
3 15 (22.39%) IaaS
3 15 (22.39%) PaaS
3 15 (22.39%) SaaS
4 14 (20.90%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (44.78%) 3GPP
2 20 (29.85%) 5G
3 3 (4.48%) HTTP
4 2 (2.99%) Firewall
4 2 (2.99%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (1.49%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (1.49%) Network Security
5 1 (1.49%) SAN
5 1 (1.49%) SCTP
5 1 (1.49%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (22.39%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.49%) Git
General
1 40 (59.70%) Telecoms
2 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.97%) Finance
5 3 (4.48%) Social Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Legal
7 1 (1.49%) Marketing
7 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (31.34%) Analyst
1 21 (31.34%) Functional Analyst
2 13 (19.40%) Azure Engineer
2 13 (19.40%) Network Engineer
3 7 (10.45%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Lead
4 4 (5.97%) Security Engineer
4 4 (5.97%) Security Tester
4 4 (5.97%) Tester
5 3 (4.48%) Senior
6 2 (2.99%) Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Lead Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Lead Security Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Risk Manager
6 2 (2.99%) Security Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Security Manager
6 2 (2.99%) Telecoms Tester
7 1 (1.49%) Information Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (1.49%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.39%) ARM Templates
1 15 (22.39%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (1.49%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.37%) Management Information System
2 15 (22.39%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (2.99%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.99%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.49%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (92.54%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (34.33%) Decision-Making
3 22 (32.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 22 (32.84%) Test Strategy
4 18 (26.87%) Test Automation
5 16 (23.88%) DevOps
6 15 (22.39%) Containerisation
6 15 (22.39%) Continuous Delivery
6 15 (22.39%) Deployment Automation
6 15 (22.39%) DevSecOps
6 15 (22.39%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
6 15 (22.39%) Functional Testing
6 15 (22.39%) Mentoring
6 15 (22.39%) Non-Functional Testing
6 15 (22.39%) Performance Analysis
6 15 (22.39%) Project Management
6 15 (22.39%) Release Management
6 15 (22.39%) Software Engineering
6 15 (22.39%) Static Application Security Testing
7 5 (7.46%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) Python
1 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (52.24%) Security Cleared
2 19 (28.36%) SC Cleared
3 15 (22.39%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (7.46%) CISM
4 5 (7.46%) CISSP
5 3 (4.48%) CISA
6 2 (2.99%) CREST Certified
6 2 (2.99%) GIAC
6 2 (2.99%) ISACA
6 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (2.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (2.99%) SANS
6 2 (2.99%) SSCP
7 1 (1.49%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.49%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (32.84%) QA
2 5 (7.46%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (4.48%) NIST
4 2 (2.99%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 2 (2.99%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.49%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.49%) ISO 31000
5 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (22.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (22.39%) Ansible
1 15 (22.39%) Kubernetes
1 15 (22.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.49%) Databricks