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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 166 465
Rank change year-on-year -166 +299 -16
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 101 345 107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.48% 2.15% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.95% 11.96% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 52 42 85
10th Percentile £52,803 £56,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,509 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,875 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +24.37% -16.96%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,776 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £71,250 £74,249 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.04% +14.23% -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 3,419 2,884 4,209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.41% 17.96% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,213 1,612 3,121
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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

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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 3 July 2026.

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 1 (0.99%) Apache
1 1 (0.99%) Confluence
1 1 (0.99%) Drupal
1 1 (0.99%) IIS
1 1 (0.99%) nginx
1 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 64 (63.37%) Azure
2 36 (35.64%) Entra ID
2 36 (35.64%) Google Workspace
3 26 (25.74%) AWS
4 14 (13.86%) GCP
5 2 (1.98%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.98%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.99%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.99%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.99%) CloudFront
6 1 (0.99%) GitHub
6 1 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (35.64%) Broadband
2 17 (16.83%) Network Security
3 5 (4.95%) DMZ
3 5 (4.95%) Firewall
4 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (1.98%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.99%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (0.99%) Redis
2 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Gatling
1 1 (0.99%) JIRA
1 1 (0.99%) JMeter
1 1 (0.99%) Vagrant
General
1 38 (37.62%) Organisational Skills
2 36 (35.64%) Public Sector
3 30 (29.70%) Social Skills
4 18 (17.82%) Games
5 13 (12.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (11.88%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (10.89%) Law
8 5 (4.95%) Aviation
9 4 (3.96%) Retail
10 3 (2.97%) Finance
10 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.99%) Legal
Job Titles
1 27 (26.73%) Architect
2 23 (22.77%) Senior
3 18 (17.82%) Security Architect
4 15 (14.85%) Auditor
5 12 (11.88%) Consultant
5 12 (11.88%) Developer
5 12 (11.88%) IAM Developer
5 12 (11.88%) Systems Engineer
6 10 (9.90%) Security Auditor
7 7 (6.93%) Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Security Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Security Consultant
7 7 (6.93%) Security Manager
8 6 (5.94%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (5.94%) Senior Architect
8 6 (5.94%) Senior Developer
8 6 (5.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Systems Developer
9 5 (4.95%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (35.64%) GraphQL
1 36 (35.64%) LDAP
1 36 (35.64%) OAuth
1 36 (35.64%) OpenID
1 36 (35.64%) REST
1 36 (35.64%) SAML
1 36 (35.64%) SOAP
2 2 (1.98%) GeoJSON
2 2 (1.98%) OpenAPI
2 2 (1.98%) RESTful
2 2 (1.98%) Swagger
3 1 (0.99%) .NET
3 1 (0.99%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.99%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.99%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 36 (35.64%) Cyber Threat
1 36 (35.64%) Cyberattack
2 12 (11.88%) Security Posture
3 11 (10.89%) PKI
4 8 (7.92%) Cloud Native
5 6 (5.94%) Operational Technology
6 5 (4.95%) Blog
6 5 (4.95%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (4.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (4.95%) Management Information System
7 4 (3.96%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.98%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.98%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.99%) Robotics
9 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.99%) Linux
1 1 (0.99%) Windows
1 1 (0.99%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (84.16%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (49.50%) Identity Access Management
3 42 (41.58%) Mentoring
4 36 (35.64%) Programme Delivery
4 36 (35.64%) Regulatory Compliance
4 36 (35.64%) Roadmaps
5 34 (33.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 30 (29.70%) Cloud Security
7 27 (26.73%) Security Architecture
8 25 (24.75%) Threat Modelling
9 19 (18.81%) Architectural Patterns
9 19 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (17.82%) Agile
10 18 (17.82%) Change Control
10 18 (17.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (17.82%) TOGAF
11 17 (16.83%) Risk Analysis
11 17 (16.83%) Risk Management
11 17 (16.83%) SABSA
12 15 (14.85%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 36 (35.64%) Bash
1 36 (35.64%) PowerShell
1 36 (35.64%) T-SQL
2 20 (19.80%) SQL
3 2 (1.98%) Bicep
4 1 (0.99%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (47.52%) Security Cleared
2 42 (41.58%) SC Cleared
3 31 (30.69%) CISSP
4 28 (27.72%) CISM
5 18 (17.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (15.84%) DV Cleared
7 11 (10.89%) Degree
8 7 (6.93%) AWS Certification
8 7 (6.93%) Azure Certification
8 7 (6.93%) CREST Certified
9 6 (5.94%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (4.95%) CISA
11 4 (3.96%) CRISC
12 3 (2.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.97%) CEH
12 3 (2.97%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (2.97%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (2.97%) GCIA
12 3 (2.97%) GIAC
12 3 (2.97%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (75.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 73 (72.28%) NIST
3 18 (17.82%) GDPR
4 17 (16.83%) PCI DSS
5 11 (10.89%) Actionable Recommendations
5 11 (10.89%) GRC
5 11 (10.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 8 (7.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (5.94%) JSP 440
8 5 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.97%) Data Quality
10 2 (1.98%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.99%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.99%) NIST 800
System Software
1 38 (37.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.96%) Terraform
2 3 (2.97%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.99%) Ansible
3 1 (0.99%) Consul
3 1 (0.99%) Packer
3 1 (0.99%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.99%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.98%) Google
3 1 (0.99%) Cisco
3 1 (0.99%) Juniper
3 1 (0.99%) TOWER Software