Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 18 January 2022

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
18 Jan 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 459 317 265
Rank change year-on-year -142 -52 +16
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 87 22 20
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.08% 2.00% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 87 14 13
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,875 £67,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £59,063 £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -6.78% -10.61%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £79,500 £112,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £69,591
% change year-on-year +3.85% -6.60% +15.99%

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,178 1,099 721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.43% 10.52% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,940 890 589
10th Percentile £33,320 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,150 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% +4.00%

NCSC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NCSC trend for jobs with a WFH option

NCSC
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NCSC.

NCSC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

NCSC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NCSC over the 6 months to 18 January 2022.

NCSC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, NCSC job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for NCSC.

1 51 (58.62%) CISSP
1 51 (58.62%) Security Architecture
2 48 (55.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 45 (51.72%) Azure
4 37 (42.53%) Information Security
5 35 (40.23%) Security Cleared
6 34 (39.08%) Risk Management
6 34 (39.08%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (37.93%) CISM
7 33 (37.93%) NIST
8 31 (35.63%) AWS
9 23 (26.44%) CESG Certified Professional
10 22 (25.29%) TOGAF
10 22 (25.29%) SC Cleared
11 19 (21.84%) Agile Software Development
11 19 (21.84%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (20.69%) ISMS
12 18 (20.69%) Information Assurance
13 17 (19.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 17 (19.54%) Security Management
14 16 (18.39%) Risk Assessment
14 16 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 16 (18.39%) DevSecOps
15 15 (17.24%) Information Security Management
16 14 (16.09%) Firewall
16 14 (16.09%) RMADS
17 13 (14.94%) CEH
17 13 (14.94%) Windows
17 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
17 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27005

NCSC
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.45%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.15%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (51.72%) Azure
2 31 (35.63%) AWS
3 6 (6.90%) Azure Active Directory
4 5 (5.75%) GCP
5 3 (3.45%) IaaS
5 3 (3.45%) PaaS
6 1 (1.15%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.15%) GitHub
6 1 (1.15%) HP Helion
6 1 (1.15%) IBM Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.15%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) SoftLayer
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.09%) Firewall
2 7 (8.05%) Network Security
3 4 (4.60%) SSL
3 4 (4.60%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.15%) IPsec
4 1 (1.15%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.15%) RTP
4 1 (1.15%) SAN
4 1 (1.15%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.15%) VPN
4 1 (1.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.15%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.15%) git-flow
2 1 (1.15%) GitLab
General
1 12 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 6 (6.90%) Public Speaking
5 3 (3.45%) Legal
6 2 (2.30%) Law
6 2 (2.30%) Marketing
6 2 (2.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (40.23%) Architect
2 34 (39.08%) Security Architect
3 17 (19.54%) Consultant
4 12 (13.79%) Security Manager
5 11 (12.64%) Security Consultant
6 9 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 8 (9.20%) Information Security Consultant
8 7 (8.05%) Cloud Architect
8 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (8.05%) Information Manager
8 7 (8.05%) Information Security Manager
8 7 (8.05%) Lead Architect
8 7 (8.05%) Lead Security Architect
9 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (5.75%) SOC Engineer
10 4 (4.60%) Information Assurance Consultant
10 4 (4.60%) Technical Manager
11 3 (3.45%) Security Specialist
12 2 (2.30%) Information Security Specialist
12 2 (2.30%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.60%) SAML
2 2 (2.30%) ARM Templates
2 2 (2.30%) JSON Web Signature
2 2 (2.30%) OAuth
2 2 (2.30%) OpenID
3 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.15%) CSS
3 1 (1.15%) CSS3
3 1 (1.15%) Java EE
3 1 (1.15%) LDAP
3 1 (1.15%) PySpark
3 1 (1.15%) React
3 1 (1.15%) RESTful
3 1 (1.15%) Spring
3 1 (1.15%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.15%) Spring Security
3 1 (1.15%) Vue.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.64%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.20%) Cyberthreat
3 7 (8.05%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (5.75%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.75%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.45%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.30%) PKI
6 2 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.30%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.15%) BYOD
7 1 (1.15%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.94%) Windows
2 9 (10.34%) Linux
3 4 (4.60%) Android
3 4 (4.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.15%) CentOS
5 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (58.62%) Security Architecture
2 37 (42.53%) Information Security
3 34 (39.08%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (39.08%) Risk Management
4 22 (25.29%) TOGAF
5 19 (21.84%) Agile Software Development
6 18 (20.69%) Information Assurance
6 18 (20.69%) ISMS
7 17 (19.54%) Security Management
8 16 (18.39%) DevSecOps
8 16 (18.39%) Risk Assessment
9 15 (17.24%) Information Security Management
10 13 (14.94%) SABSA
11 12 (13.79%) OWASP
12 11 (12.64%) Open Source
12 11 (12.64%) SDLC
12 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (11.49%) Internal Audit
13 10 (11.49%) Migration
13 10 (11.49%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.90%) PowerShell
2 5 (5.75%) SQL
3 3 (3.45%) Python
4 2 (2.30%) C
5 1 (1.15%) Java
5 1 (1.15%) Julia
5 1 (1.15%) R
Qualifications
1 51 (58.62%) CISSP
2 35 (40.23%) Security Cleared
3 33 (37.93%) CISM
4 23 (26.44%) CESG Certified Professional
5 22 (25.29%) SC Cleared
6 19 (21.84%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (19.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (14.94%) CEH
9 12 (13.79%) CISA
10 9 (10.34%) ISSAP
11 7 (8.05%) CCSP
11 7 (8.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (6.90%) CRISC
12 6 (6.90%) ISACA
12 6 (6.90%) PCI QSA
13 4 (4.60%) Degree
13 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
14 2 (2.30%) IISP
14 2 (2.30%) MCSE
14 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (55.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (37.93%) NIST
3 16 (18.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 14 (16.09%) RMADS
5 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 13 (14.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 12 (13.79%) JSP 440
7 10 (11.49%) Cyber Essentials
8 9 (10.34%) GDPR
8 9 (10.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.15%) BS25999
9 1 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.15%) GRC
9 1 (1.15%) IASME
9 1 (1.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (1.15%) ISO 9001
9 1 (1.15%) QA
9 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (12.64%) Nessus
2 5 (5.75%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.45%) Terraform
5 2 (2.30%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (1.15%) Ansible
6 1 (1.15%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.15%) Opscode Chef
Vendors
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.60%) Apple
2 4 (4.60%) Samsung
3 3 (3.45%) Google
4 2 (2.30%) VMware
5 1 (1.15%) Cisco
5 1 (1.15%) Qualys
5 1 (1.15%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.15%) Salesforce.com