National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 | - | 122 | 120 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -2 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs citing NCSC | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading | - | 0.33% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 2.17% | 2.72% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £65,230 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £71,820 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.70% | -14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £78,410 | £62,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Berkshire median annual salary | - | £71,820 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.70% | -14.29% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 99 | 276 | 294 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading | 19.26% | 15.04% | 19.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 58 | 127 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £29,175 | £25,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £36,250 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £47,500 | £45,600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +36.84% | +4.17% | -17.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £63,750 | £69,688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76,250 | £97,500 |
| Berkshire median annual salary | £70,000 | £52,500 | £45,600 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | +15.13% | -17.09% |
NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
NCSC
Salary Trend in Reading
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Reading.