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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 490 497
Rank change year-on-year +325 +7 +168
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 348 99 168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.09% 0.29% 0.41%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.37% 2.31% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 29 77 147
10th Percentile £60,250 £50,000 £50,050
25th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,202 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -14.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £86,776 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £91,416 £87,500 £89,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% +11.11%

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 3,062 4,288 6,071
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.43% 12.70% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,799 3,245 4,106
10th Percentile £37,170 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.30% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £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 9 May 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (3.16%) AWS
1 11 (3.16%) Azure
2 10 (2.87%) IaaS
2 10 (2.87%) SaaS
3 9 (2.59%) PaaS
4 8 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.30%) GitHub
4 8 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.57%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (0.57%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.57%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.29%) Amazon Kinesis
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.29%) AWS Step Functions
7 1 (0.29%) GCP
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.32%) 3GPP
1 22 (6.32%) 5G
2 7 (2.01%) Network Security
3 5 (1.44%) Firewall
4 1 (0.29%) VSAN
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 8 (2.30%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 294 (84.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 292 (83.91%) Legal
3 286 (82.18%) Law
4 24 (6.90%) Telecoms
5 14 (4.02%) Social Skills
6 13 (3.74%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.16%) Finance
8 7 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.44%) Games
10 3 (0.86%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.29%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.29%) Aviation
11 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (4.31%) Architect
2 12 (3.45%) Security Architect
2 12 (3.45%) Senior
3 9 (2.59%) Automation Specialist
3 9 (2.59%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 9 (2.59%) Tester
4 8 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (2.30%) Principal Architect
4 8 (2.30%) Principal Security Architect
5 6 (1.72%) Security Engineer
5 6 (1.72%) Security Tester
6 5 (1.44%) Analyst
7 4 (1.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 4 (1.15%) Developer
7 4 (1.15%) Software Developer
8 3 (0.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (0.86%) Penetration Tester
8 3 (0.86%) Security Analyst
9 2 (0.57%) Service Manager
9 2 (0.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.30%) ARM Templates
1 8 (2.30%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (0.57%) SailPoint
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
1 288 (82.76%) Cyberattack
2 14 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.30%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (0.57%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (0.57%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.29%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.29%) IoT
6 1 (0.29%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (97.13%) Cybersecurity
2 285 (81.90%) Creative Thinking
2 285 (81.90%) Line Management
3 15 (4.31%) Information Security
3 15 (4.31%) Risk Management
4 12 (3.45%) DevSecOps
4 12 (3.45%) Non-Functional Testing
5 11 (3.16%) Decision-Making
5 11 (3.16%) Security Architecture
5 11 (3.16%) Security Management
6 10 (2.87%) Containerisation
6 10 (2.87%) TOGAF
7 9 (2.59%) Continuous Delivery
7 9 (2.59%) DevOps
7 9 (2.59%) Penetration Testing
7 9 (2.59%) Test Automation
7 9 (2.59%) Vulnerability Research
8 8 (2.30%) Information Assurance
8 8 (2.30%) Release Management
8 8 (2.30%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.44%) Python
2 1 (0.29%) Bash
2 1 (0.29%) C#
2 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (7.18%) Security Cleared
2 17 (4.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.87%) CISM
3 10 (2.87%) CISSP
4 8 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.44%) CISA
6 4 (1.15%) GIAC
6 4 (1.15%) ISACA
6 4 (1.15%) SANS
7 3 (0.86%) Degree
7 3 (0.86%) SSCP
8 2 (0.57%) CCSAS
8 2 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.57%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.29%) CCSK
9 1 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.17%) NIST
2 17 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.59%) QA
4 6 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (1.44%) GRC
5 5 (1.44%) JSP 440
5 5 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.15%) GDPR
7 3 (0.86%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.57%) COBIT
8 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (2.30%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.29%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (2.59%) Ansible
1 9 (2.59%) Kubernetes
1 9 (2.59%) Terraform
2 3 (0.86%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (1.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.86%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (0.57%) Palo Alto
3 2 (0.57%) Tenable
4 1 (0.29%) Cisco
4 1 (0.29%) CyberArk
4 1 (0.29%) FireEye
4 1 (0.29%) Netskope
4 1 (0.29%) Okta
4 1 (0.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.29%) Splunk
4 1 (0.29%) VMware
4 1 (0.29%) Zscaler