NCSC Job Trends in Somerset

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 0 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset - - 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - - 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median annual salary £67,500 £57,648 £65,000
% change year-on-year +17.09% -11.31% +8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 43 36 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 10.24% 5.11% 18.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 68
10th Percentile £28,932 £30,350 £42,500
25th Percentile £45,535 £32,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £76,250 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +15.00%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NCSC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

NCSC job vacancy trend in Somerset

NCSC
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing NCSC