NCSC Jobs in England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 615 569 906
Rank change year-on-year -46 +337 -155
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 230 377 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.42% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.93% 2.20% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 179 213 149
10th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £42,150
25th Percentile £56,500 £56,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +14.75% -6.15%
75th Percentile £71,500 £83,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,550 £97,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,750
% change year-on-year -7.14% +11.55% -3.46%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,918 17,101 22,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 19.27% 16.65%
Number of salaries quoted 8,330 7,862 11,765
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,991 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for NCSC in England

NCSC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in England

NCSC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
London +19 62 £70,000 - 11
South West -10 57 £68,500 -8.67% 10
North of England +21 34 £61,391 +19.79% 2
South East -38 29 £67,500 -10.00% 8
Midlands -11 26 £60,000 -4.00% 3
North West 0 21 £61,391 +36.43% 1
West Midlands +19 20 £60,000 -4.00% 2
East of England +10 15 £65,000 -7.14% 3
North East - 10 £62,783 -
East Midlands -23 6 £61,439 +8.74% 1
Yorkshire +63 3 £52,500 -30.00% 1
NCSC
UK

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 42 (18.26%) Azure
2 29 (12.61%) AWS
3 20 (8.70%) IaaS
3 20 (8.70%) PaaS
4 19 (8.26%) SaaS
5 12 (5.22%) GitHub
5 12 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (3.48%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.04%) Entra ID
8 7 (3.04%) GCP
9 5 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.74%) AWS CodeBuild
10 4 (1.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 2 (0.87%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.87%) Serverless
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.43%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.30%) Network Security
2 24 (10.43%) TCP/IP
3 23 (10.00%) Firewall
4 15 (6.52%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (3.91%) 5G
7 8 (3.48%) Cisco IPT
7 8 (3.48%) DNS
8 7 (3.04%) DMZ
8 7 (3.04%) VPN
9 6 (2.61%) Internet
9 6 (2.61%) Wireshark
10 5 (2.17%) BGP
10 5 (2.17%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
10 5 (2.17%) IPsec
10 5 (2.17%) MPLS
10 5 (2.17%) SSL
10 5 (2.17%) Unified Communications
10 5 (2.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 10 (4.35%) JIRA
2 8 (3.48%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.74%) Terragrunt
4 2 (0.87%) Git
5 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 39 (16.96%) Finance
2 32 (13.91%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.17%) Public Sector
4 23 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.22%) Aerospace
8 7 (3.04%) Military
9 6 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.61%) Law
10 5 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.74%) Retail
12 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.87%) Legal
13 2 (0.87%) Publishing
14 1 (0.43%) Games
14 1 (0.43%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.43%) Marketing
14 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.43%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 45 (19.57%) Security Manager
2 36 (15.65%) Analyst
3 35 (15.22%) Security Analyst
4 34 (14.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 33 (14.35%) Consultant
6 32 (13.91%) Security Assurance Manager
7 31 (13.48%) Information Manager
7 31 (13.48%) Information Security Manager
8 30 (13.04%) Information Assurance Manager
9 28 (12.17%) Security Consultant
10 27 (11.74%) Lead
11 26 (11.30%) Senior
12 20 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 12 (5.22%) Managing Consultant
14 11 (4.78%) Security Engineer
15 10 (4.35%) Architect
15 10 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 9 (3.91%) Product Owner
16 9 (3.91%) Security Assurance Coordinator
16 9 (3.91%) Senior Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.48%) ARM Templates
1 8 (3.48%) Azure Blueprints
1 8 (3.48%) ModSecurity
2 6 (2.61%) JSON
2 6 (2.61%) JSON Schema
2 6 (2.61%) KML
2 6 (2.61%) Regular Expression
2 6 (2.61%) XML
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 67 (29.13%) Management Information System
2 44 (19.13%) Cyberattack
3 28 (12.17%) Operational Technology
4 17 (7.39%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (5.22%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (4.35%) Data Centre
6 10 (4.35%) SCADA
7 9 (3.91%) Product Ownership
7 9 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.48%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (2.61%) NHS
10 5 (2.17%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.17%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.74%) Public Cloud
12 2 (0.87%) CMDB
12 2 (0.87%) PKI
12 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.09%) Linux
2 13 (5.65%) Windows
3 5 (2.17%) Android
3 5 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.74%) DC/OS
4 4 (1.74%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (82.61%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (34.78%) Risk Management
3 74 (32.17%) Information Security
4 51 (22.17%) Mentoring
5 47 (20.43%) Information Assurance
6 45 (19.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 44 (19.13%) Security Management
8 38 (16.52%) SIEM
9 37 (16.09%) Security Architecture
10 36 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (14.78%) Incident Response
12 32 (13.91%) Project Management
13 30 (13.04%) Security Operations
14 25 (10.87%) Agile
15 23 (10.00%) Data Protection
16 22 (9.57%) Coaching
16 22 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
17 20 (8.70%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 19 (8.26%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.48%) Python
2 6 (2.61%) Bash
2 6 (2.61%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.74%) C
3 4 (1.74%) C#
3 4 (1.74%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (46.96%) Security Cleared
2 81 (35.22%) SC Cleared
3 53 (23.04%) CISSP
4 50 (21.74%) CISM
5 37 (16.09%) Degree
6 21 (9.13%) CRISC
7 19 (8.26%) CESG Certified Professional
8 17 (7.39%) CASP
8 17 (7.39%) DV Cleared
9 16 (6.96%) CEH
9 16 (6.96%) Master's Degree
10 15 (6.52%) CISA
11 9 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.48%) GIAC
13 7 (3.04%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (3.04%) PCI QSA
14 6 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (43.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (30.00%) NIST
3 36 (15.65%) Cyber Essentials
4 30 (13.04%) GDPR
5 28 (12.17%) GRC
6 24 (10.43%) PCI DSS
7 20 (8.70%) NIST 800
8 19 (8.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (3.91%) JSP 440
10 7 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 7 (3.04%) RMADS
11 5 (2.17%) ISO 31000
12 4 (1.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.87%) ISA99
14 2 (0.87%) ISO 22301
15 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.43%) QA
15 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (6.09%) Docker
2 4 (1.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) vSphere
4 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.09%) Ansible
2 13 (5.65%) Terraform
3 12 (5.22%) Kubernetes
4 6 (2.61%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.43%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.43%) Nessus
7 1 (0.43%) QRadar
Vendors
1 30 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.35%) Splunk
3 9 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.61%) Cisco
4 6 (2.61%) Qualys
5 5 (2.17%) BT
5 5 (2.17%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.17%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.17%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.74%) Google
6 4 (1.74%) VMware
7 2 (0.87%) BMC
7 2 (0.87%) Facebook
8 1 (0.43%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.43%) Databricks
8 1 (0.43%) Dell
8 1 (0.43%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.43%) Juniper
8 1 (0.43%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.43%) NetApp