NCSC Jobs in the UK excluding London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 511 544 684
Rank change year-on-year +33 +140 -24
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 197 136 198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.28% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.37% 1.87% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 121 103 120
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,783 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.31% +21.74% -5.74%
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,375 £67,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £95,000 £78,750
UK 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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,295 7,271 14,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.71% 15.10% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,151 7,367
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,996 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for NCSC in the UK excluding London

NCSC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +14 67 £60,000 -4.00% 4
South West +8 58 £68,500 -8.05% 1
North of England +20 28 £60,000 -36.84% 4
South East +4 24 £67,500 -5.26% 2
North West +11 22 £60,000 +4.35% 4
Scotland -38 11 £58,500 +38.46%
East of England -6 9 - - 1
North East - 4 £62,783 -
Yorkshire +46 2 £50,000 -47.37%
NCSC
UK

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 41 (20.81%) Azure
2 21 (10.66%) Entra ID
3 19 (9.64%) AWS
4 16 (8.12%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (8.12%) IaaS
4 16 (8.12%) PaaS
4 16 (8.12%) SaaS
5 15 (7.61%) GitHub
5 15 (7.61%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.52%) GCP
8 2 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.02%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.02%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.51%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (15.23%) 3GPP
2 20 (10.15%) 5G
3 10 (5.08%) Network Security
3 10 (5.08%) TCP/IP
4 9 (4.57%) Cisco IPT
5 5 (2.54%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.03%) Firewall
7 3 (1.52%) HTTP
7 3 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (1.02%) DHCP
8 2 (1.02%) DMZ
8 2 (1.02%) DNS
8 2 (1.02%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (0.51%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.51%) SAN
9 1 (0.51%) SCTP
9 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.02%) Power BI
2 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.51%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (7.61%) SonarQube
2 9 (4.57%) JIRA
3 1 (0.51%) Git
General
1 49 (24.87%) Telecoms
2 20 (10.15%) Finance
2 20 (10.15%) Public Sector
3 7 (3.55%) Military
4 6 (3.05%) Aerospace
4 6 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.54%) Law
6 3 (1.52%) Social Skills
7 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.02%) Legal
7 2 (1.02%) Retail
8 1 (0.51%) Games
8 1 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (0.51%) Marketing
8 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (23.35%) Security Manager
2 37 (18.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 35 (17.77%) Analyst
4 33 (16.75%) Security Assurance Manager
5 31 (15.74%) Information Manager
5 31 (15.74%) Information Security Manager
6 30 (15.23%) Information Assurance Manager
7 21 (10.66%) Functional Analyst
8 19 (9.64%) Consultant
8 19 (9.64%) Senior
9 18 (9.14%) Security Consultant
10 13 (6.60%) Azure Engineer
10 13 (6.60%) Lead
10 13 (6.60%) Network Engineer
11 11 (5.58%) Security Analyst
12 10 (5.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 9 (4.57%) Information Security Analyst
13 9 (4.57%) Product Owner
13 9 (4.57%) Security Officer
13 9 (4.57%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.61%) ARM Templates
1 15 (7.61%) Azure Blueprints
2 10 (5.08%) ModSecurity
3 6 (3.05%) JSON
3 6 (3.05%) JSON Schema
3 6 (3.05%) KML
3 6 (3.05%) Regular Expression
3 6 (3.05%) XML
4 1 (0.51%) EDI
4 1 (0.51%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 48 (24.37%) Management Information System
2 33 (16.75%) Cyberattack
3 22 (11.17%) Operational Technology
4 15 (7.61%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.57%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.55%) Cyber Defence
7 6 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.54%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.03%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.52%) PKI
11 2 (1.02%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.02%) SCADA
12 1 (0.51%) CESG
12 1 (0.51%) Cloud Security Posture
12 1 (0.51%) Cyber Security Posture
12 1 (0.51%) NHS
12 1 (0.51%) Replication
12 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.55%) Linux
2 3 (1.52%) Windows
2 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (84.26%) Cybersecurity
2 77 (39.09%) Risk Management
3 59 (29.95%) Information Security
4 45 (22.84%) Information Assurance
5 44 (22.34%) Security Management
5 44 (22.34%) Stakeholder Management
6 40 (20.30%) Mentoring
7 30 (15.23%) Decision-Making
7 30 (15.23%) Project Management
8 22 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (11.17%) Security Architecture
8 22 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 22 (11.17%) Test Strategy
9 21 (10.66%) DevSecOps
10 20 (10.15%) DevOps
11 19 (9.64%) SIEM
12 18 (9.14%) Test Automation
13 15 (7.61%) Functional Testing
13 15 (7.61%) Non-Functional Testing
13 15 (7.61%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.51%) Python
1 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 112 (56.85%) Security Cleared
2 83 (42.13%) SC Cleared
3 36 (18.27%) CISM
3 36 (18.27%) CISSP
4 18 (9.14%) Degree
5 15 (7.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (7.11%) CISA
7 12 (6.09%) CASP
7 12 (6.09%) CRISC
8 10 (5.08%) CEH
8 10 (5.08%) CESG Certified Professional
9 7 (3.55%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.03%) GIAC
12 3 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (1.52%) PCI QSA
12 3 (1.52%) SANS
13 2 (1.02%) CREST Certified
13 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (44.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (22.34%) NIST
3 27 (13.71%) Cyber Essentials
4 22 (11.17%) QA
5 21 (10.66%) GRC
6 17 (8.63%) NIST 800
7 16 (8.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 14 (7.11%) GDPR
9 11 (5.58%) PCI DSS
10 8 (4.06%) JSP 440
11 6 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 6 (3.05%) RMADS
11 6 (3.05%) SOC 2
12 4 (2.03%) ISO 22301
12 4 (2.03%) ISO 31000
13 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 15 (7.61%) Docker
2 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) NFS
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (10.66%) Ansible
2 15 (7.61%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.61%) Terraform
3 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.51%) cPanel
4 1 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (6.09%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.57%) ServiceNow
2 9 (4.57%) Splunk
3 2 (1.02%) Dell
3 2 (1.02%) NetApp
3 2 (1.02%) SolarWinds
3 2 (1.02%) VMware
4 1 (0.51%) Darktrace
4 1 (0.51%) Databricks