NCSC Job Trends in West London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 7 13 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.78% 4.21% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.93% 17.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £50,493 - -
25th Percentile £59,871 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,000 - -
75th Percentile £86,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £75,000 £77,000 £74,425
% change year-on-year -2.60% +3.46% -6.97%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 118 75 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 13.18% 24.27% 14.47%
Number of salaries quoted 68 54 24
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £40,375
25th Percentile £44,810 £45,188 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% -20.00% +17.50%
75th Percentile £86,500 £68,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £112,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in West London

NCSC
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing NCSC

NCSC
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in West London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for NCSC in West London

NCSC
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the West London region over the 6 months to 9 October 2026. 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
Hounslow -13 4 - -
Harrow -8 2 £81,000 -
Hillingdon -6 1 £44,241 - 1
NCSC
London

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Purview
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Aviation
1 4 (57.14%) Retail
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Security Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Security Risk Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Security Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (57.14%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (57.14%) Operational Technology
3 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Cyber Resilience
3 4 (57.14%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) Process Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
5 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (28.57%) Threat Detection
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISA
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
1 4 (57.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 1 (14.29%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) NIST
2 4 (57.14%) GRC
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (28.57%) GDPR
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
4 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy