NCSC Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 465 720
Rank change year-on-year +30 +255 -123
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 98 115 192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.35% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.69% 2.45% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 78 108 135
10th Percentile £50,000 £53,900 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,202 £74,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.46% +15.00% -1.58%
75th Percentile £67,968 £89,937 £79,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £100,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.75% -6.15%

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 3,644 4,686 12,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.04% 14.28% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 3,463 6,469
10th Percentile £35,050 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,457 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NCSC trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NCSC.

NCSC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NCSC over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

NCSC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (1.02%) Camunda
1 1 (1.02%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.45%) Azure
2 21 (21.43%) AWS
3 19 (19.39%) GitHub
3 19 (19.39%) GitHub Actions
4 18 (18.37%) IaaS
4 18 (18.37%) PaaS
5 15 (15.31%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (15.31%) SaaS
6 4 (4.08%) AWS CodeBuild
6 4 (4.08%) GCP
6 4 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.24%) TCP/IP
2 9 (9.18%) Network Security
3 6 (6.12%) Cisco IPT
4 4 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.06%) Firewall
6 1 (1.02%) DNS
6 1 (1.02%) Internet
6 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.02%) NGN
Development Applications
1 15 (15.31%) SonarQube
2 10 (10.20%) JIRA
3 5 (5.10%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.02%) Jenkins
General
1 30 (30.61%) Public Sector
2 23 (23.47%) Finance
3 12 (12.24%) Social Skills
3 12 (12.24%) Telecoms
4 10 (10.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (10.20%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (9.18%) Aerospace
6 7 (7.14%) Military
7 4 (4.08%) Legal
8 3 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.04%) Retail
10 1 (1.02%) Automotive
10 1 (1.02%) Aviation
10 1 (1.02%) Law
10 1 (1.02%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (16.33%) Consultant
2 13 (13.27%) Lead
2 13 (13.27%) Security Consultant
3 11 (11.22%) Architect
3 11 (11.22%) Senior
4 9 (9.18%) Product Owner
4 9 (9.18%) Senior Product Owner
5 8 (8.16%) Managing Consultant
6 7 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (7.14%) Security Manager
7 6 (6.12%) Security Officer
8 5 (5.10%) Cloud Architect
8 5 (5.10%) Coordinator
8 5 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 5 (5.10%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 5 (5.10%) Security Specialist
9 4 (4.08%) Analyst
9 4 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) Security Engineer
9 4 (4.08%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.31%) ARM Templates
1 15 (15.31%) Azure Blueprints
2 6 (6.12%) ModSecurity
3 1 (1.02%) Kafka
3 1 (1.02%) Keycloak
3 1 (1.02%) Spring
3 1 (1.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 43 (43.88%) Management Information System
2 20 (20.41%) Operational Technology
3 18 (18.37%) Onboarding
4 9 (9.18%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (9.18%) Product Ownership
5 5 (5.10%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (4.08%) Driving Licence
6 4 (4.08%) Public Cloud
7 3 (3.06%) Client/Server
7 3 (3.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.04%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.02%) CESG
9 1 (1.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.02%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.12%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Android
2 3 (3.06%) Apple iOS
2 3 (3.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (81.63%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (48.98%) Mentoring
2 48 (48.98%) Risk Management
3 38 (38.78%) Information Security
4 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (24.49%) Project Management
6 20 (20.41%) Test Automation
7 19 (19.39%) DevSecOps
7 19 (19.39%) Security Architecture
8 18 (18.37%) Software Engineering
9 17 (17.35%) Line Management
10 16 (16.33%) Agile
10 16 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (15.31%) Continuous Delivery
11 15 (15.31%) DevOps
11 15 (15.31%) Functional Testing
11 15 (15.31%) Non-Functional Testing
11 15 (15.31%) Performance Analysis
11 15 (15.31%) Release Management
11 15 (15.31%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.08%) Bash
1 4 (4.08%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.08%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.02%) Java
Qualifications
1 59 (60.20%) Security Cleared
2 38 (38.78%) SC Cleared
3 32 (32.65%) CISM
3 32 (32.65%) CISSP
4 22 (22.45%) Degree
5 18 (18.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (18.37%) CRISC
6 12 (12.24%) CASP
6 12 (12.24%) CEH
7 11 (11.22%) CISA
7 11 (11.22%) DV Cleared
8 10 (10.20%) CESG Certified Professional
9 5 (5.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (4.08%) MBCS
11 3 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (3.06%) ISACA
11 3 (3.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
11 3 (3.06%) PCI QSA
12 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (37.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (34.69%) NIST
3 17 (17.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (8.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (8.16%) NIST 800
5 6 (6.12%) GRC
5 6 (6.12%) RMADS
6 5 (5.10%) GDPR
6 5 (5.10%) JSP 440
7 4 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 4 (4.08%) PCI DSS
7 4 (4.08%) SOC 2
8 3 (3.06%) ISO 31000
9 2 (2.04%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
10 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 15 (15.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (20.41%) Terraform
2 15 (15.31%) Ansible
2 15 (15.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (10.20%) ServiceNow
2 9 (9.18%) Splunk
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft