National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 553 704 854
Rank change year-on-year +151 +150 -183
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 179 391 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.29% 1.79% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 152 284 180
10th Percentile £47,503 £42,650 £42,300
25th Percentile £55,688 £53,750 £54,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,259 £69,200 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.09% +2.52% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,000 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.62% -10.77% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,820 21,854 20,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.76% 17.79% 15.63%
Number of salaries quoted 5,740 11,810 12,651
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,793 £42,500 £40,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +2.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -3.06%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NCSC.

Salary trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +192 157 £66,718 +2.64% 68
Work from Home +136 100 £65,000 -7.14% 32
UK excluding London +150 91 £63,000 +8.62% 46
London +242 61 £70,000 +7.69% 21
South West +46 32 £65,000 -7.14% 20
Midlands +147 25 £60,000 +4.35% 4
North of England +133 16 £57,500 +23.25% 5
East Midlands +63 13 £57,000 -21.38%
West Midlands +132 12 £92,500 +60.87% 4
North West +110 12 £33,500 -28.19% 2
South East +82 8 £72,500 +38.10% 15
East of England +125 7 £70,000 +9.80% 2
Yorkshire +100 3 £67,761 -2.08% 1
Scotland +33 2 £50,000 -3.38% 2
Northern Ireland +38 1 £45,000 -14.29%
North East - 1 £72,500 - 2

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.12%) Confluence
1 2 (1.12%) MS Exchange
1 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Fuse
2 1 (0.56%) Apache
2 1 (0.56%) Drupal
2 1 (0.56%) nginx
2 1 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.20%) Azure
2 55 (30.73%) AWS
3 18 (10.06%) GCP
3 18 (10.06%) PaaS
4 17 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (9.50%) SaaS
5 16 (8.94%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (8.38%) IaaS
7 9 (5.03%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (5.03%) Serverless
8 4 (2.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 4 (2.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 4 (2.23%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.12%) Amazon Cognito
9 2 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub
10 1 (0.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.55%) Firewall
2 18 (10.06%) Network Security
3 13 (7.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (6.70%) Internet
4 12 (6.70%) VoIP
5 11 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (6.15%) Wireless
6 9 (5.03%) 5G
6 9 (5.03%) Cisco IPT
6 9 (5.03%) TCP/IP
7 7 (3.91%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (2.79%) DMZ
8 5 (2.79%) DNS
8 5 (2.79%) VLAN
9 4 (2.23%) BGP
9 4 (2.23%) LAN
9 4 (2.23%) MPLS
9 4 (2.23%) VPN
9 4 (2.23%) WAN
9 4 (2.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.47%) Git
1 8 (4.47%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.12%) JIRA
3 1 (0.56%) JMeter
General
1 52 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.99%) Public Sector
3 31 (17.32%) Finance
4 22 (12.29%) Telecoms
5 18 (10.06%) Retail
6 12 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (6.15%) Military
8 7 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (3.35%) Local Government
10 5 (2.79%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.79%) Publishing
11 3 (1.68%) Back Office
11 3 (1.68%) Public Speaking
12 2 (1.12%) Banking
12 2 (1.12%) Law
12 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.56%) Advertising
13 1 (0.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (25.14%) Consultant
2 38 (21.23%) Security Consultant
3 26 (14.53%) Security Engineer
4 24 (13.41%) Architect
5 23 (12.85%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 20 (11.17%) Senior
7 19 (10.61%) Security Architect
8 17 (9.50%) Cloud Engineer
9 16 (8.94%) Lead
9 16 (8.94%) Security Officer
10 13 (7.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 13 (7.26%) Senior Consultant
11 12 (6.70%) Senior Security Consultant
12 11 (6.15%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
13 10 (5.59%) Analyst
14 9 (5.03%) Security Manager
15 8 (4.47%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 8 (4.47%) ICT Engineer
15 8 (4.47%) IT Engineer
16 7 (3.91%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.38%) ModSecurity
2 7 (3.91%) .NET
3 6 (3.35%) JSON
3 6 (3.35%) YAML
4 2 (1.12%) Django
4 2 (1.12%) Node.js
4 2 (1.12%) REST
4 2 (1.12%) SOAP
4 2 (1.12%) XML
5 1 (0.56%) MediatR
5 1 (0.56%) Reactive Extensions
Miscellaneous
1 32 (17.88%) Management Information System
2 25 (13.97%) Cyberattack
3 15 (8.38%) Operational Technology
4 10 (5.59%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (5.03%) Onboarding
6 8 (4.47%) Driving Licence
7 7 (3.91%) PKI
7 7 (3.91%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (2.79%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.79%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.79%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.79%) SCADA
9 2 (1.12%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.12%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.12%) NHS
9 2 (1.12%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.29%) Windows
2 15 (8.38%) Linux
3 9 (5.03%) Mac OS
4 8 (4.47%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.91%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (72.07%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (40.78%) Information Security
3 44 (24.58%) Cloud Security
4 36 (20.11%) Risk Management
5 33 (18.44%) Security Architecture
6 31 (17.32%) Information Assurance
7 28 (15.64%) CI/CD
8 27 (15.08%) Data Protection
9 26 (14.53%) Vulnerability Management
10 23 (12.85%) Security Management
11 22 (12.29%) Incident Response
12 21 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (10.61%) DevOps
13 19 (10.61%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.06%) OWASP
15 17 (9.50%) SIEM
15 17 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (9.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 16 (8.94%) Cyber Assurance
16 16 (8.94%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.64%) Python
2 21 (11.73%) Bash
3 16 (8.94%) PowerShell
4 11 (6.15%) SQL
5 9 (5.03%) JavaScript
6 8 (4.47%) Java
7 7 (3.91%) Go
8 1 (0.56%) C#
8 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (44.69%) Security Cleared
2 66 (36.87%) CISSP
3 52 (29.05%) SC Cleared
4 36 (20.11%) CISM
5 29 (16.20%) Degree
6 22 (12.29%) CISA
7 17 (9.50%) CESG Certified Professional
7 17 (9.50%) CRISC
7 17 (9.50%) DV Cleared
8 16 (8.94%) Master's Degree
9 11 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (4.47%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (3.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (3.35%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (2.79%) CEH
14 5 (2.79%) GIAC
15 4 (2.23%) CASP
16 3 (1.68%) AWS Certification
16 3 (1.68%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (42.46%) NIST
2 72 (40.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (15.08%) Cyber Essentials
4 24 (13.41%) GRC
5 20 (11.17%) NIST 800
5 20 (11.17%) PCI DSS
6 13 (7.26%) JSP 440
7 12 (6.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 10 (5.59%) GDPR
9 7 (3.91%) RMADS
10 5 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 4 (2.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (2.23%) ISA99
11 4 (2.23%) ISO 31000
11 4 (2.23%) QA
12 2 (1.12%) Government Security Classifications
13 1 (0.56%) COBIT
13 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (5.03%) Active Directory
1 9 (5.03%) Docker
2 7 (3.91%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (5.03%) Terraform
2 6 (3.35%) Progress Chef
2 6 (3.35%) Puppet
3 2 (1.12%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.12%) ZABBIX
4 1 (0.56%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.56%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 42 (23.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) Google
3 13 (7.26%) Cisco
4 8 (4.47%) Fortinet
4 8 (4.47%) Splunk
5 7 (3.91%) ConnectWise
5 7 (3.91%) Datto
5 7 (3.91%) Draytek
5 7 (3.91%) ESET
5 7 (3.91%) HP
5 7 (3.91%) Ubiquiti
5 7 (3.91%) Veeam
6 6 (3.35%) F5
7 4 (2.23%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.23%) Oracle
7 4 (2.23%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.23%) SolarWinds
8 3 (1.68%) Citrix
9 2 (1.12%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.56%) Juniper