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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 157 422
Rank change year-on-year -213 +265 +17
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 79 353 87
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.35% 2.14% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.07% 11.80% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 54 60 68
10th Percentile £53,569 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +15.25% -19.73%
75th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £86,000 £88,549 £86,625
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 3,821 2,992 3,370
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.90% 18.15% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,387 1,702 2,372
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year - +2.39% -2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,775 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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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 7 August 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 (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 33 (41.77%) Azure
2 28 (35.44%) AWS
3 19 (24.05%) GCP
4 5 (6.33%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (3.80%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.53%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.53%) Slack
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.27%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.27%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.27%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub
7 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.58%) Network Security
2 5 (6.33%) Broadband
3 4 (5.06%) DMZ
3 4 (5.06%) Firewall
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 42 (53.16%) Public Sector
2 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 18 (22.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (16.46%) Law
5 11 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (12.66%) Finance
7 8 (10.13%) Legal
8 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
9 5 (6.33%) Aviation
10 4 (5.06%) Aerospace
10 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (5.06%) Retail
11 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (2.53%) Games
Job Titles
1 22 (27.85%) Architect
2 19 (24.05%) Consultant
3 18 (22.78%) Security Architect
4 17 (21.52%) Senior
5 14 (17.72%) Auditor
5 14 (17.72%) Security Consultant
6 11 (13.92%) Senior Consultant
7 10 (12.66%) Senior Security Consultant
8 9 (11.39%) Analyst
8 9 (11.39%) Security Analyst
8 9 (11.39%) Security Auditor
9 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (8.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (8.86%) Lead
10 6 (7.59%) Security Manager
11 5 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (6.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
12 4 (5.06%) Risk Analyst
12 4 (5.06%) Security Risk Analyst
13 3 (3.80%) Security Assurance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) GraphQL
1 5 (6.33%) REST
1 5 (6.33%) SOAP
2 3 (3.80%) LDAP
2 3 (3.80%) OAuth
2 3 (3.80%) OpenID
2 3 (3.80%) SAML
3 2 (2.53%) GeoJSON
3 2 (2.53%) OpenAPI
3 2 (2.53%) RESTful
3 2 (2.53%) Swagger
4 1 (1.27%) .NET
4 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.27%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.27%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Security Posture
2 8 (10.13%) Blog
2 8 (10.13%) Management Information System
3 7 (8.86%) PKI
4 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (7.59%) Operational Technology
5 5 (6.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (5.06%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (5.06%) Cyber Defence
6 4 (5.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (3.80%) Cyberattack
8 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
8 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
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 58 (73.42%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (44.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 31 (39.24%) Cloud Security
4 30 (37.97%) Threat Modelling
5 28 (35.44%) Agile
5 28 (35.44%) Security Architecture
6 21 (26.58%) Risk Management
7 20 (25.32%) Identity Access Management
8 19 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (24.05%) Risk Assessment
8 19 (24.05%) SABSA
9 18 (22.78%) Architectural Patterns
9 18 (22.78%) TOGAF
10 16 (20.25%) Cyber Resilience
10 16 (20.25%) Information Security
10 16 (20.25%) Mentoring
10 16 (20.25%) Risk Analysis
11 15 (18.99%) Community of Practice
11 15 (18.99%) Cyber Assurance
12 13 (16.46%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.86%) Bash
2 5 (6.33%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.80%) SQL
3 3 (3.80%) T-SQL
4 2 (2.53%) Bicep
4 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (2.53%) Objective-C
4 2 (2.53%) Python
5 1 (1.27%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (72.15%) Security Cleared
2 47 (59.49%) SC Cleared
3 36 (45.57%) CISSP
4 30 (37.97%) CISM
5 20 (25.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (20.25%) Degree
6 16 (20.25%) DV Cleared
7 8 (10.13%) CREST Certified
8 6 (7.59%) AWS Certification
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%) CCSP
11 3 (3.80%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (3.80%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (3.80%) SSCP
11 3 (3.80%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (79.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (59.49%) NIST
3 15 (18.99%) GDPR
3 15 (18.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 15 (18.99%) PCI DSS
4 12 (15.19%) GRC
5 11 (13.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 8 (10.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (7.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 5 (6.33%) JSP 440
9 4 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (5.06%) NIST 800
10 3 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.53%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.27%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) Docker
2 3 (3.80%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Terraform
2 3 (3.80%) CSIRT
3 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
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