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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 160 451
Rank change year-on-year -196 +291 +19
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 95 340 102
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.44% 2.06% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.64% 11.62% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 54 45 80
10th Percentile £53,569 £58,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,509 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year - +24.58% -18.09%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,776 £67,968
90th Percentile £84,250 £99,200 £86,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £74,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.67% +14.61% -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 3,593 2,925 3,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.78% 17.74% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,270 1,645 2,901
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year - +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,911 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -8.70%

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 17 July 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 (1.05%) Apache
1 1 (1.05%) Confluence
1 1 (1.05%) Drupal
1 1 (1.05%) IIS
1 1 (1.05%) nginx
1 1 (1.05%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 54 (56.84%) Azure
2 26 (27.37%) AWS
2 26 (27.37%) Entra ID
2 26 (27.37%) Google Workspace
3 16 (16.84%) GCP
4 2 (2.11%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (2.11%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.05%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.05%) GitHub
5 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (27.37%) Broadband
2 20 (21.05%) Network Security
3 5 (5.26%) DMZ
3 5 (5.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.05%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.05%) Redis
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Gatling
1 1 (1.05%) JIRA
1 1 (1.05%) JMeter
1 1 (1.05%) Vagrant
General
1 38 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 28 (29.47%) Organisational Skills
3 27 (28.42%) Social Skills
4 16 (16.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (13.68%) Games
5 13 (13.68%) Law
6 11 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (5.26%) Aviation
8 4 (4.21%) Finance
8 4 (4.21%) Retail
8 4 (4.21%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.16%) Legal
10 1 (1.05%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (29.47%) Architect
2 21 (22.11%) Senior
3 20 (21.05%) Security Architect
4 15 (15.79%) Auditor
4 15 (15.79%) Consultant
5 10 (10.53%) Security Auditor
6 9 (9.47%) Security Consultant
7 8 (8.42%) Developer
7 8 (8.42%) IAM Developer
7 8 (8.42%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (7.37%) Analyst
8 7 (7.37%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (7.37%) Security Analyst
8 7 (7.37%) Security Manager
8 7 (7.37%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (6.32%) Senior Architect
9 6 (6.32%) Senior Security Consultant
10 5 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 5 (5.26%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.37%) GraphQL
1 26 (27.37%) LDAP
1 26 (27.37%) OAuth
1 26 (27.37%) OpenID
1 26 (27.37%) REST
1 26 (27.37%) SAML
1 26 (27.37%) SOAP
2 2 (2.11%) GeoJSON
2 2 (2.11%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.11%) RESTful
2 2 (2.11%) Swagger
3 1 (1.05%) .NET
3 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.05%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.05%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 26 (27.37%) Cyber Threat
1 26 (27.37%) Cyberattack
2 13 (13.68%) Security Posture
3 10 (10.53%) PKI
4 7 (7.37%) Cloud Native
5 6 (6.32%) Management Information System
5 6 (6.32%) Operational Technology
6 5 (5.26%) Blog
6 5 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (5.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (4.21%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.11%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.05%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.05%) Linux
1 1 (1.05%) Windows
1 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (82.11%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (44.21%) Identity Access Management
3 35 (36.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 33 (34.74%) Mentoring
5 32 (33.68%) Cloud Security
6 29 (30.53%) Security Architecture
7 28 (29.47%) Roadmaps
8 27 (28.42%) Regulatory Compliance
8 27 (28.42%) Threat Modelling
9 26 (27.37%) Programme Delivery
10 22 (23.16%) Agile
11 20 (21.05%) Architectural Patterns
12 19 (20.00%) Risk Management
12 19 (20.00%) SABSA
12 19 (20.00%) TOGAF
13 18 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (18.95%) Risk Analysis
14 16 (16.84%) Risk Assessment
15 15 (15.79%) Cyber Assurance
15 15 (15.79%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.37%) Bash
1 26 (27.37%) PowerShell
1 26 (27.37%) T-SQL
2 15 (15.79%) SQL
3 2 (2.11%) Bicep
4 1 (1.05%) PHP
Qualifications
1 51 (53.68%) Security Cleared
2 43 (45.26%) SC Cleared
3 33 (34.74%) CISSP
4 29 (30.53%) CISM
5 19 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (16.84%) DV Cleared
7 14 (14.74%) Degree
8 8 (8.42%) CREST Certified
9 6 (6.32%) AWS Certification
9 6 (6.32%) Azure Certification
10 5 (5.26%) CISA
10 5 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (4.21%) CRISC
11 4 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (3.16%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (3.16%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (3.16%) GCIA
12 3 (3.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (77.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (70.53%) NIST
3 18 (18.95%) GDPR
4 17 (17.89%) PCI DSS
5 14 (14.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 12 (12.63%) GRC
7 11 (11.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (8.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (6.32%) JSP 440
10 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 5 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 3 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (3.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (2.11%) NIST 800
12 2 (2.11%) SOC 2
13 1 (1.05%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 28 (29.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Docker
2 1 (1.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.16%) CSIRT
1 3 (3.16%) Terraform
2 1 (1.05%) Ansible
2 1 (1.05%) Consul
2 1 (1.05%) Packer
2 1 (1.05%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.05%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) Google
3 1 (1.05%) TOWER Software