Hybrid/Remote CHAP Job Trends

Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring CHAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CHAP 17 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £86,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 - -
75th Percentile £122,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £96,250 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

CHAP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,512 2,166 3,473
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.59% 13.27% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 898 1,219 2,982
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £71,438 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

CHAP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CHAP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CHAP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

CHAP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CHAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CHAP

CHAP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing CHAP over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

CHAP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

CHAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 17 (100.00%) Banking
1 17 (100.00%) Finance
1 17 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 17 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Auditor
1 17 (100.00%) Internal Auditor
1 17 (100.00%) Security Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 9 (52.94%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Agile
1 17 (100.00%) Analytics
1 17 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 17 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 17 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 17 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 17 (100.00%) Information Security
1 17 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 17 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 17 (100.00%) Project Management
1 17 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 17 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 17 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 17 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 17 (100.00%) Threat Management
1 17 (100.00%) Validation
1 17 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (52.94%) Data Governance
2 9 (52.94%) Predictive Analytics
3 8 (47.06%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 17 (100.00%) CGEIT
1 17 (100.00%) CISA
1 17 (100.00%) CISM
1 17 (100.00%) CISSP
1 17 (100.00%) FFIEC
1 17 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (100.00%) COBIT
1 17 (100.00%) GDPR
1 17 (100.00%) NIST