NCSC Job Trends in Yorkshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 142 177
Rank change year-on-year -15 +35 +97
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 6 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.18% 0.32% 0.091%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.67% 2.31% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile £62,264 - £53,276
25th Percentile £67,500 - £58,190
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,231 £75,000 £67,761
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +10.68% -2.08%
75th Percentile £78,776 - £70,084
90th Percentile - £79,500 £70,650
England median annual salary £69,384 £74,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year -6.24% +11.28% +2.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 359 432 553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 10.63% 13.88% 16.70%
Number of salaries quoted 193 172 398
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,450 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,716 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,372 £50,000 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -2.97% +3.06%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,563 £66,944
90th Percentile £78,921 £82,375 £83,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

NCSC
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing NCSC

NCSC
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NCSC in Yorkshire

NCSC
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
West Yorkshire -25 5 £76,463 +1.95% 2
NCSC
England

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 5 (83.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 3 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 3 (50.00%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 5 (83.33%) Security Architecture
2 5 (83.33%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) Process Improvement
3 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (50.00%) Application Security
4 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (50.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (50.00%) SABSA
4 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (33.33%) SDLC
6 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (16.67%) Information Management
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security
6 1 (16.67%) Information Security Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) CISM
3 1 (16.67%) CRISC
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 1 (16.67%) GRC