National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 652 603 916
Rank change year-on-year -49 +313 -145
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 253 379 367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.40% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.83% 2.22% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 191 214 213
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,700 £41,528
25th Percentile £55,625 £56,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £71,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £98,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £68,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% +19.57% -6.88%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,851 17,091 29,455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.95% 18.21% 17.21%
Number of salaries quoted 9,243 8,393 13,532
10th Percentile £26,500 £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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NCSC over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for NCSC in the UK

NCSC
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 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
England -46 232 £65,000 -7.14% 41
UK excluding London -67 171 £62,783 -8.68% 27
Work from Home +6 107 £60,202 -14.00% 21
London +7 64 £70,000 - 11
South West -21 58 £68,500 -8.67% 10
North of England +4 32 £61,391 -18.15% 6
South East -15 30 £67,500 - 3
Midlands -17 27 £60,000 -4.00% 4
West Midlands -20 22 £60,000 -4.00% 3
North West -10 20 £60,000 +33.33% 3
East of England -11 14 £65,000 -7.14% 2
Scotland -78 10 £58,500 +82.81%
North East - 10 £62,783 -
East Midlands -31 5 £61,439 +8.74% 1
Yorkshire +44 2 £50,000 -47.37% 3

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 49 (19.37%) Azure
2 33 (13.04%) AWS
3 25 (9.88%) IaaS
3 25 (9.88%) PaaS
4 23 (9.09%) SaaS
5 14 (5.53%) GitHub
5 14 (5.53%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (3.56%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (3.16%) Entra ID
9 8 (3.16%) GCP
10 5 (1.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.58%) AWS CodeBuild
11 4 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.40%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.88%) Network Security
2 23 (9.09%) Firewall
2 23 (9.09%) TCP/IP
3 14 (5.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (3.56%) Cisco IPT
4 9 (3.56%) DMZ
4 9 (3.56%) DNS
4 9 (3.56%) VPN
5 8 (3.16%) 5G
6 7 (2.77%) BGP
6 7 (2.77%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.77%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (2.77%) Cisco Wireless
6 7 (2.77%) LAN
6 7 (2.77%) MPLS
6 7 (2.77%) Unified Communications
6 7 (2.77%) VLAN
6 7 (2.77%) Wireless
6 7 (2.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.58%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.79%) Power BI
3 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 11 (4.35%) JIRA
2 10 (3.95%) SonarQube
3 4 (1.58%) Terragrunt
4 1 (0.40%) Git
General
1 41 (16.21%) Finance
2 34 (13.44%) Social Skills
3 31 (12.25%) Public Sector
4 22 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 20 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (6.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.14%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.35%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.77%) Legal
9 7 (2.77%) Military
10 6 (2.37%) Law
11 5 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.58%) Retail
13 3 (1.19%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.79%) Publishing
15 1 (0.40%) Aviation
15 1 (0.40%) Games
15 1 (0.40%) Mandarin Language
15 1 (0.40%) Marketing
15 1 (0.40%) Police
Job Titles
1 49 (19.37%) Security Manager
2 39 (15.42%) Consultant
3 38 (15.02%) Analyst
4 36 (14.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 36 (14.23%) Security Analyst
5 33 (13.04%) Security Consultant
6 32 (12.65%) Security Assurance Manager
7 31 (12.25%) Information Manager
7 31 (12.25%) Information Security Manager
8 30 (11.86%) Information Assurance Manager
9 29 (11.46%) Senior
10 28 (11.07%) Lead
11 19 (7.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 17 (6.72%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 12 (4.74%) Security Engineer
14 11 (4.35%) Architect
14 11 (4.35%) Managing Consultant
15 9 (3.56%) Coordinator
15 9 (3.56%) Information Analyst
15 9 (3.56%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.95%) ARM Templates
1 10 (3.95%) Azure Blueprints
2 9 (3.56%) ModSecurity
3 6 (2.37%) JSON
3 6 (2.37%) JSON Schema
3 6 (2.37%) KML
3 6 (2.37%) Regular Expression
3 6 (2.37%) XML
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 73 (28.85%) Management Information System
2 45 (17.79%) Cyberattack
3 33 (13.04%) Operational Technology
4 22 (8.70%) Cyber Defence
5 16 (6.32%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (4.74%) Data Centre
6 12 (4.74%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (3.56%) Product Ownership
8 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (3.16%) SCADA
10 7 (2.77%) Public Cloud
11 6 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (2.37%) NHS
12 5 (1.98%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.98%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (1.98%) Security Operations Centre
13 3 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 2 (0.79%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.14%) Linux
1 13 (5.14%) Windows
2 7 (2.77%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.37%) Android
4 4 (1.58%) DC/OS
4 4 (1.58%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (83.00%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (35.97%) Risk Management
3 83 (32.81%) Information Security
4 58 (22.92%) Mentoring
5 52 (20.55%) Information Assurance
6 46 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 45 (17.79%) Security Management
8 42 (16.60%) SIEM
9 38 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
10 34 (13.44%) Incident Response
10 34 (13.44%) Security Architecture
11 33 (13.04%) Project Management
12 32 (12.65%) Security Operations
13 27 (10.67%) Agile
14 24 (9.49%) Data Protection
15 23 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (9.09%) Line Management
16 22 (8.70%) Coaching
17 20 (7.91%) Architectural Patterns
17 20 (7.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.77%) Python
2 6 (2.37%) PowerShell
3 5 (1.98%) Bash
3 5 (1.98%) C
4 4 (1.58%) C#
4 4 (1.58%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 89 (35.18%) SC Cleared
3 55 (21.74%) CISSP
4 51 (20.16%) CISM
5 44 (17.39%) Degree
6 21 (8.30%) CRISC
7 19 (7.51%) CESG Certified Professional
7 19 (7.51%) DV Cleared
8 17 (6.72%) CASP
8 17 (6.72%) CEH
9 16 (6.32%) CISA
9 16 (6.32%) Master's Degree
10 14 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (3.16%) GIAC
13 7 (2.77%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (2.37%) PCI QSA
15 5 (1.98%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.98%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (43.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (29.64%) NIST
3 44 (17.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 35 (13.83%) GDPR
5 25 (9.88%) GRC
6 22 (8.70%) PCI DSS
7 21 (8.30%) NIST 800
8 20 (7.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 8 (3.16%) JSP 440
10 7 (2.77%) ISO 31000
11 6 (2.37%) RMADS
12 4 (1.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (1.58%) ISO 22301
12 4 (1.58%) SOC 2
13 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.40%) QA
System Software
1 15 (5.93%) Docker
2 4 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.79%) vSphere
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.32%) Ansible
2 14 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.53%) Terraform
3 5 (1.98%) CSIRT
4 3 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.19%) Nessus
5 2 (0.79%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 10 (3.95%) ServiceNow
3 9 (3.56%) Splunk
4 7 (2.77%) CheckPoint
4 7 (2.77%) Cisco
4 7 (2.77%) Palo Alto
5 5 (1.98%) BT
5 5 (1.98%) Qualys
5 5 (1.98%) SolarWinds
6 4 (1.58%) Google
6 4 (1.58%) VMware
7 2 (0.79%) BMC
7 2 (0.79%) Facebook
8 1 (0.40%) CA
8 1 (0.40%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Dell
8 1 (0.40%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.40%) Meraki
8 1 (0.40%) NetApp