NCSC Job Trends in West Yorkshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 114 150
Rank change year-on-year +8 +36 -
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.064% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.78% 1.33% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £72,104
25th Percentile £67,500 - £80,690
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -21.05% -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -21.05% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 129 300 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 8.21% 14.79% 15.35%
Number of salaries quoted 93 138 230
10th Percentile £26,520 £25,250 £33,850
25th Percentile £38,750 £31,750 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £49,274 £55,043
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -10.48% +10.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £76,550 £76,500 £92,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,079
% change year-on-year - -5.15% +8.87%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

NCSC
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NCSC

NCSC
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 October 2025. 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
Leeds +16 1 £70,000 -6.67%
NCSC
Yorkshire

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001