Hybrid/Remote NCSC Job Trends

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NCSC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 401 399
Rank change year-on-year +221 -2 +217
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 263 79 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.61% 0.39% 0.51%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.01% 2.59% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 70 54 112
10th Percentile £63,500 £50,510 £45,125
25th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £54,154
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £88,333 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,185 £80,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,919 3,051 3,398
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.86% 15.12% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,636 1,646 2,711
10th Percentile £33,438 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,475 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - +3.74% +4.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,125 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,822 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.88% -0.30% +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

NCSC job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NCSC
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NCSC over the 6 months to 24 October 2025.

NCSC salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.08%) IIS
2 4 (1.52%) CMS
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (7.60%) Azure
2 11 (4.18%) PaaS
3 8 (3.04%) AWS
3 8 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.66%) dbt
5 5 (1.90%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.76%) Google Workspace
6 2 (0.76%) IaaS
6 2 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.38%) AWS KMS
7 1 (0.38%) GCP
7 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.38%) OCI
7 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.60%) Network Security
2 6 (2.28%) Firewall
3 4 (1.52%) 3GPP
3 4 (1.52%) VPN
4 3 (1.14%) DNS
4 3 (1.14%) LAN
4 3 (1.14%) WAN
5 2 (0.76%) Broadband
5 2 (0.76%) DMZ
5 2 (0.76%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.76%) WLAN
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.38%) Metasploit
General
1 200 (76.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 189 (71.86%) Law
2 189 (71.86%) Legal
3 22 (8.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (2.66%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.28%) Finance
7 4 (1.52%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.14%) Back Office
9 2 (0.76%) Games
9 2 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (9.51%) Architect
2 22 (8.37%) Security Architect
3 20 (7.60%) Consultant
3 20 (7.60%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 20 (7.60%) Security Consultant
3 20 (7.60%) Senior
4 17 (6.46%) Senior Consultant
4 17 (6.46%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 17 (6.46%) Senior Security Consultant
5 14 (5.32%) Lead
6 12 (4.56%) Security Engineer
7 8 (3.04%) Lead Architect
7 8 (3.04%) Principal Architect
7 8 (3.04%) Principal Security Architect
8 7 (2.66%) Lead Security Architect
9 6 (2.28%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (2.28%) IT Manager
9 6 (2.28%) Security Manager
10 5 (1.90%) Chief Information Security Officer
10 5 (1.90%) Information Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.42%) YAML
2 8 (3.04%) JSON
3 6 (2.28%) React
3 6 (2.28%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.76%) Django
4 2 (0.76%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.76%) LDAP
4 2 (0.76%) OAuth
4 2 (0.76%) OpenID
4 2 (0.76%) REST
4 2 (0.76%) SAML
4 2 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 184 (69.96%) Cyberattack
2 19 (7.22%) Management Information System
3 16 (6.08%) CESG
4 9 (3.42%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.90%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.90%) Operational Technology
6 4 (1.52%) PKI
6 4 (1.52%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.76%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (0.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.38%) Blog
9 1 (0.38%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.52%) Windows
2 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.38%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (91.25%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (74.14%) Creative Thinking
3 181 (68.82%) Line Management
4 42 (15.97%) Risk Management
5 38 (14.45%) Information Security
6 32 (12.17%) Information Assurance
7 31 (11.79%) Information Security Management
7 31 (11.79%) Security Management
8 29 (11.03%) Security Architecture
9 18 (6.84%) Architectural Patterns
9 18 (6.84%) ISMS
9 18 (6.84%) SABSA
9 18 (6.84%) TOGAF
10 17 (6.46%) Application Security
10 17 (6.46%) Mentoring
10 17 (6.46%) Threat Modelling
11 16 (6.08%) Active Listening
11 16 (6.08%) Cloud Security
11 16 (6.08%) Innovative Thinking
11 16 (6.08%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.18%) PowerShell
2 6 (2.28%) Java
3 4 (1.52%) SQL
4 2 (0.76%) Bash
4 2 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (8.75%) Security Cleared
2 22 (8.37%) CISM
2 22 (8.37%) CISSP
3 21 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 18 (6.84%) CESG Certified Professional
5 17 (6.46%) CISMP
6 16 (6.08%) IISP
7 4 (1.52%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.76%) CISA
9 2 (0.76%) CRISC
9 2 (0.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 2 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.76%) MCSE
9 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (25.10%) NIST
2 43 (16.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (7.22%) JSP 440
4 17 (6.46%) RMADS
5 16 (6.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 16 (6.08%) NIST 800
6 13 (4.94%) GDPR
7 12 (4.56%) QA
8 7 (2.66%) PCI DSS
9 6 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (2.28%) GRC
10 4 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (1.14%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.38%) GPG13
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.38%) Ansible
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.38%) Nessus
1 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (2.66%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.14%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.76%) arcserve
3 2 (0.76%) Forcepoint
3 2 (0.76%) Sophos