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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 159 409
Rank change year-on-year -217 +250 +32
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 79 354 80
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 2.13% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.05% 11.86% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 53 62 62
10th Percentile £53,186 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £60,101
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +15.44% -19.33%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,188 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,500 £88,333 £87,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £69,384 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.09% +6.74% -7.14%

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 3,861 2,984 3,315
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.00% 17.97% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,401 1,693 2,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -0.92% +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,750 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.78%

NCSC
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

NCSC
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 14 August 2026.

NCSC salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NCSC
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 1 (1.27%) Apache
1 1 (1.27%) Confluence
1 1 (1.27%) Drupal
1 1 (1.27%) IIS
1 1 (1.27%) nginx
1 1 (1.27%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 32 (40.51%) Azure
2 31 (39.24%) AWS
3 21 (26.58%) GCP
4 4 (5.06%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (3.80%) Slack
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.53%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.27%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.27%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (27.85%) Network Security
2 4 (5.06%) DMZ
2 4 (5.06%) Firewall
3 2 (2.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.53%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.27%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.27%) Redis
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Gatling
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
1 1 (1.27%) JMeter
1 1 (1.27%) Vagrant
General
1 47 (59.49%) Public Sector
2 20 (25.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (21.52%) Social Skills
4 14 (17.72%) Law
5 13 (16.46%) Finance
6 10 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (12.66%) Legal
7 7 (8.86%) Telecoms
8 5 (6.33%) Aerospace
8 5 (6.33%) Aviation
9 4 (5.06%) Retail
10 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (26.58%) Architect
2 20 (25.32%) Consultant
3 19 (24.05%) Security Architect
4 16 (20.25%) Senior
5 15 (18.99%) Auditor
5 15 (18.99%) Security Consultant
6 12 (15.19%) Senior Consultant
7 11 (13.92%) Senior Security Consultant
8 10 (12.66%) Security Auditor
9 9 (11.39%) Analyst
9 9 (11.39%) Security Analyst
10 8 (10.13%) Lead
11 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 6 (7.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 5 (6.33%) Security Manager
13 5 (6.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
14 4 (5.06%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 4 (5.06%) Risk Analyst
14 4 (5.06%) Security Risk Analyst
15 3 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.53%) GeoJSON
1 2 (2.53%) GraphQL
1 2 (2.53%) OpenAPI
1 2 (2.53%) REST
1 2 (2.53%) RESTful
1 2 (2.53%) SOAP
1 2 (2.53%) Swagger
2 1 (1.27%) .NET
2 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.27%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.27%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Security Posture
2 10 (12.66%) Blog
3 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
4 7 (8.86%) PKI
5 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
5 6 (7.59%) Operational Technology
6 5 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (5.06%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (5.06%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (5.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (5.06%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 1 (1.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Linux
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
1 1 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (69.62%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (46.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 32 (40.51%) Cloud Security
3 32 (40.51%) Threat Modelling
4 31 (39.24%) Agile
5 29 (36.71%) Security Architecture
6 21 (26.58%) Risk Assessment
6 21 (26.58%) Risk Management
7 20 (25.32%) SABSA
8 19 (24.05%) Architectural Patterns
8 19 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (24.05%) TOGAF
9 17 (21.52%) Community of Practice
9 17 (21.52%) Cyber Resilience
9 17 (21.52%) Identity Access Management
9 17 (21.52%) Information Security
10 16 (20.25%) Cyber Assurance
10 16 (20.25%) Risk Analysis
11 15 (18.99%) Mentoring
12 14 (17.72%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) Bash
2 3 (3.80%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.80%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (3.80%) Objective-C
2 3 (3.80%) Python
3 2 (2.53%) Bicep
3 2 (2.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.53%) SQL
4 1 (1.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 62 (78.48%) Security Cleared
2 51 (64.56%) SC Cleared
3 37 (46.84%) CISSP
4 32 (40.51%) CISM
5 21 (26.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 18 (22.78%) Degree
7 17 (21.52%) DV Cleared
8 7 (8.86%) AWS Certification
8 7 (8.86%) CREST Certified
9 5 (6.33%) CISA
9 5 (6.33%) CRISC
9 5 (6.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (5.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (3.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (3.80%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (3.80%) CASP
11 3 (3.80%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (3.80%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (78.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 45 (56.96%) NIST
3 16 (20.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 14 (17.72%) GDPR
4 14 (17.72%) PCI DSS
5 12 (15.19%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (15.19%) GRC
6 7 (8.86%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (6.33%) JSP 440
8 5 (6.33%) NIST 800
9 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
1 4 (5.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (7.59%) Terraform
2 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.53%) CSIRT
4 1 (1.27%) Ansible
4 1 (1.27%) Consul
4 1 (1.27%) Packer
4 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.27%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (6.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.80%) Google
3 2 (2.53%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.27%) TOWER Software