NCSC Jobs in the North of England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 377 432
Rank change year-on-year +22 +55 -93
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 35 57 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.20% 0.33% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.50% 1.50% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 39 16
10th Percentile £46,277 £33,750 -
25th Percentile £51,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £57,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +18.56% -19.17%
75th Percentile £67,968 £87,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,650 £95,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,340 3,799 2,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.54% 21.78% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,632 1,168 1,751
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,078 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 2 May 2024.

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 2 May 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
North West 0 21 £61,391 +36.43% 3
North East - 11 £62,783 -
Yorkshire +64 3 £52,500 -30.00%
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.86%) IaaS
3 1 (2.86%) PaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Rubrik
3 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (31.43%) Network Security
2 3 (8.57%) DMZ
2 3 (8.57%) Firewall
3 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.86%) DHCP
4 1 (2.86%) DNS
Development Applications
1 9 (25.71%) JIRA
General
1 10 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 6 (17.14%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 5 (14.29%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (2.86%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Senior
2 10 (28.57%) Lead
3 9 (25.71%) Product Owner
3 9 (25.71%) Senior Product Owner
4 7 (20.00%) Security Specialist
5 6 (17.14%) Analyst
5 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 6 (17.14%) Security Analyst
6 5 (14.29%) Information Analyst
6 5 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Consultant
7 3 (8.57%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Security Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Security Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Senior Security Specialist
8 1 (2.86%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Product Ownership
2 8 (22.86%) Management Information System
3 6 (17.14%) NHS
4 4 (11.43%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (11.43%) Operational Technology
5 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.86%) PKI
6 1 (2.86%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (42.86%) Coaching
2 15 (42.86%) Mentoring
3 14 (40.00%) Information Security
3 14 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 11 (31.43%) SIEM
4 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (25.71%) ITSM
5 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (25.71%) Project Management
5 9 (25.71%) Workflow
5 9 (25.71%) Zero Trust
6 8 (22.86%) Risk Register
7 7 (20.00%) Data Security
8 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
8 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (17.14%) Cyber Assurance
8 6 (17.14%) Data Protection
8 6 (17.14%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (17.14%) Information Governance
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.71%) HNC
4 1 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CCA
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.86%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.86%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (62.86%) NIST
2 12 (34.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (34.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (31.43%) GDPR
4 8 (22.86%) PCI DSS
5 7 (20.00%) GRC
6 6 (17.14%) NIST 800
7 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (2.86%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) ServiceNow
1 9 (25.71%) Splunk
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.86%) Dell
3 1 (2.86%) NetApp
3 1 (2.86%) SolarWinds
3 1 (2.86%) VMware