NCSC Jobs in the North of England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 367 381
Rank change year-on-year +187 +14 +51
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 189 32 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.62% 0.17% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.86% 1.34% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 14 24 31
10th Percentile £53,924 £45,638 £33,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,391 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -18.15% +54.64%
75th Percentile £74,258 £67,968 £91,250
90th Percentile £87,866 £74,640 £95,000
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,741 2,394 3,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.92% 13.04% 21.25%
Number of salaries quoted 717 1,652 1,139
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,150
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the North of England

NCSC
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the North of England.

Salary trend for NCSC in the North of England

NCSC
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the North of England

NCSC
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
North West +137 181 £60,000 - 21
North East +43 6 £65,000 +3.53% 7
Yorkshire +60 2 £55,000 +10.00% 16
NCSC
England

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (1.06%) IIS
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (1.59%) Azure
3 1 (0.53%) Cloudflare
3 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.65%) Network Security
2 4 (2.12%) DNS
3 2 (1.06%) DMZ
3 2 (1.06%) Firewall
3 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.06%) VPN
4 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.53%) LAN
4 1 (0.53%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.53%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
4 1 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 177 (93.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 175 (92.59%) Legal
3 172 (91.01%) Law
4 6 (3.17%) Social Skills
5 3 (1.59%) Finance
5 3 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.06%) Local Government
7 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (6.35%) Architect
2 11 (5.82%) Security Architect
3 3 (1.59%) Principal Architect
3 3 (1.59%) Principal Security Architect
4 2 (1.06%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (1.06%) Lead
4 2 (1.06%) Lead Architect
4 2 (1.06%) Lead Security Architect
4 2 (1.06%) Security Specialist
4 2 (1.06%) Senior
4 2 (1.06%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (1.06%) Senior Security Specialist
5 1 (0.53%) Analyst
5 1 (0.53%) Consultant
5 1 (0.53%) DevOps Consultant
5 1 (0.53%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (0.53%) IT Architect
5 1 (0.53%) IT Manager
5 1 (0.53%) Junior
5 1 (0.53%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 172 (91.01%) Cyberattack
2 6 (3.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
3 1 (0.53%) PKI
3 1 (0.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.65%) Windows
1 5 (2.65%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.53%) Android
2 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.53%) Linux
2 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (97.35%) Cybersecurity
2 173 (91.53%) Line Management
3 172 (91.01%) Creative Thinking
4 14 (7.41%) Information Security
5 9 (4.76%) Security Architecture
6 8 (4.23%) Risk Management
7 7 (3.70%) Agile
7 7 (3.70%) Information Assurance
7 7 (3.70%) TOGAF
8 6 (3.17%) Cyber Assurance
9 5 (2.65%) Architectural Patterns
9 5 (2.65%) DevOps
9 5 (2.65%) Information Security Management
9 5 (2.65%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (2.65%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (2.65%) SABSA
9 5 (2.65%) Security Management
10 4 (2.12%) Rapid Prototyping
10 4 (2.12%) Roadmaps
10 4 (2.12%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.53%) SQL
1 1 (0.53%) VB
1 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 7 (3.70%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.59%) Degree
2 3 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.06%) CISM
3 2 (1.06%) CISSP
3 2 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.06%) MCSE
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (0.53%) MCP
4 1 (0.53%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.35%) NIST
3 3 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.59%) NIST 800
3 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.59%) QA
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.53%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.53%) NFS
2 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.53%) cPanel
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.53%) arcserve
2 1 (0.53%) Forcepoint
2 1 (0.53%) McAfee
2 1 (0.53%) Sophos
2 1 (0.53%) Symantec
2 1 (0.53%) VMware