NCSC Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 491 490
Rank change year-on-year +299 -1 +202
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 344 105 137
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.67% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.55% 2.47% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 42 83 122
10th Percentile £56,750 £50,000 £54,500
25th Percentile £64,509 £56,250 £59,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,875 £60,202 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.37% -16.96% +11.54%
75th Percentile £86,776 £68,984 £87,500
90th Percentile £88,333 £87,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,125 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.96% -7.14% +12.92%

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 3,262 4,249 5,247
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.81% 12.49% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,850 3,093 3,695
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,815 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NCSC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing NCSC over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 4 (1.16%) CMS
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (2.91%) Azure
2 9 (2.62%) PaaS
3 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.03%) AWS
4 7 (2.03%) IaaS
5 6 (1.74%) SaaS
6 5 (1.45%) GitHub
6 5 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.29%) dbt
8 1 (0.29%) GCP
8 1 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.36%) Network Security
2 9 (2.62%) 3GPP
3 6 (1.74%) Firewall
4 5 (1.45%) 5G
5 3 (0.87%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) DNS
6 2 (0.58%) LAN
6 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.29%) MySQL
1 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.45%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.29%) Git
2 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
General
1 301 (87.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 293 (85.17%) Legal
3 288 (83.72%) Law
4 23 (6.69%) Social Skills
5 11 (3.20%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.62%) Finance
7 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.87%) Back Office
8 3 (0.87%) Games
9 1 (0.29%) Advertising
9 1 (0.29%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.29%) Aviation
9 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (5.81%) Architect
2 18 (5.23%) Security Architect
3 12 (3.49%) Lead
4 8 (2.33%) Lead Architect
4 8 (2.33%) Principal Architect
4 8 (2.33%) Principal Security Architect
4 8 (2.33%) Security Engineer
5 7 (2.03%) Lead Security Architect
5 7 (2.03%) Senior
6 5 (1.45%) Analyst
6 5 (1.45%) Automation Specialist
6 5 (1.45%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (1.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 4 (1.16%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (0.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (0.87%) IT Engineer
8 3 (0.87%) IT Security Engineer
8 3 (0.87%) Security Analyst
9 2 (0.58%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (0.58%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.45%) ARM Templates
1 5 (1.45%) Azure Blueprints
2 3 (0.87%) JSON
2 3 (0.87%) YAML
3 1 (0.29%) .NET
3 1 (0.29%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.29%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) ModSecurity
3 1 (0.29%) Spring
3 1 (0.29%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 287 (83.43%) Cyberattack
2 10 (2.91%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
3 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
3 5 (1.45%) Operational Technology
4 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (96.80%) Cybersecurity
2 285 (82.85%) Line Management
3 284 (82.56%) Creative Thinking
4 25 (7.27%) Risk Management
5 23 (6.69%) Information Security
6 19 (5.52%) Security Architecture
7 18 (5.23%) Penetration Testing
7 18 (5.23%) Security Management
8 17 (4.94%) Information Assurance
9 15 (4.36%) Architectural Patterns
9 15 (4.36%) Information Security Management
9 15 (4.36%) Mentoring
9 15 (4.36%) Risk Assessment
9 15 (4.36%) SABSA
9 15 (4.36%) TOGAF
10 11 (3.20%) DevSecOps
10 11 (3.20%) Risk Analysis
11 10 (2.91%) Decision-Making
11 10 (2.91%) Test Automation
12 9 (2.62%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.58%) SQL
3 1 (0.29%) C#
3 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.27%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.91%) CISSP
4 9 (2.62%) CISM
5 6 (1.74%) CISA
6 5 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.16%) GIAC
7 4 (1.16%) ISACA
7 4 (1.16%) SANS
8 3 (0.87%) SSCP
9 2 (0.58%) CCSAS
9 2 (0.58%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.58%) MCSE
9 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
10 1 (0.29%) CHECK Team Leader
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (8.72%) NIST
3 14 (4.07%) QA
4 7 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.45%) GRC
5 5 (1.45%) JSP 440
6 4 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.87%) GDPR
7 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.29%) GPG13
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (1.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.74%) Ansible
1 6 (1.74%) Terraform
2 5 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.87%) Nessus
Vendors
1 3 (0.87%) Microsoft
1 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
2 2 (0.58%) arcserve
2 2 (0.58%) Forcepoint
2 2 (0.58%) Sophos
2 2 (0.58%) Tenable
3 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike