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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 150 473
Rank change year-on-year -158 +323 +16
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 92 340 101
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.50% 2.39% 0.31%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.97% 11.86% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 79
10th Percentile £52,421 £56,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,125 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year - +24.58% -14.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £101,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £74,249 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.72% +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 3,096 2,867 4,192
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.86% 20.12% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,882 1,609 3,269
10th Percentile £35,800 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +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 7 May 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 (1.09%) Apache
1 1 (1.09%) Confluence
1 1 (1.09%) Drupal
1 1 (1.09%) IIS
1 1 (1.09%) nginx
1 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 75 (81.52%) Azure
2 54 (58.70%) Entra ID
3 53 (57.61%) Google Workspace
4 20 (21.74%) AWS
5 6 (6.52%) GCP
6 2 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.09%) Amazon S3
7 1 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.09%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.09%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.09%) CloudFront
7 1 (1.09%) GitHub
7 1 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.09%) PaaS
7 1 (1.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 54 (58.70%) Broadband
2 11 (11.96%) Network Security
3 6 (6.52%) DMZ
3 6 (6.52%) Firewall
4 1 (1.09%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.09%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.09%) InterSystems Cache
1 1 (1.09%) Redis
1 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) Gatling
1 1 (1.09%) JIRA
1 1 (1.09%) JMeter
1 1 (1.09%) Vagrant
General
1 56 (60.87%) Organisational Skills
2 34 (36.96%) Social Skills
3 29 (31.52%) Games
4 15 (16.30%) Public Sector
5 11 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.52%) Law
7 5 (5.43%) Aviation
7 5 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (30.43%) Senior
2 21 (22.83%) Architect
3 19 (20.65%) Developer
3 19 (20.65%) IAM Developer
4 16 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
5 12 (13.04%) Security Architect
6 11 (11.96%) Senior Developer
7 8 (8.70%) Senior Architect
7 8 (8.70%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Systems Developer
8 7 (7.61%) Analyst
8 7 (7.61%) Consultant
8 7 (7.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (7.61%) Security Analyst
9 6 (6.52%) Security Manager
10 5 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 4 (4.35%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (4.35%) Security Assurance Manager
11 4 (4.35%) Security Risk Analyst
12 3 (3.26%) Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (58.70%) GraphQL
1 54 (58.70%) REST
1 54 (58.70%) SOAP
2 53 (57.61%) LDAP
2 53 (57.61%) OAuth
2 53 (57.61%) OpenID
2 53 (57.61%) SAML
3 1 (1.09%) .NET
3 1 (1.09%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.09%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.09%) JSON
3 1 (1.09%) Memcached
3 1 (1.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (58.70%) Cyber Threat
1 54 (58.70%) Cyberattack
2 13 (14.13%) PKI
3 8 (8.70%) Security Posture
4 7 (7.61%) Cloud Native
5 6 (6.52%) Blog
5 6 (6.52%) Cloud Security Posture
5 6 (6.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (6.52%) Management Information System
6 5 (5.43%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (4.35%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.09%) Robotics
8 1 (1.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.09%) Linux
1 1 (1.09%) Windows
1 1 (1.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (91.30%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (66.30%) Identity Access Management
3 56 (60.87%) Mentoring
4 54 (58.70%) Programme Delivery
5 53 (57.61%) Regulatory Compliance
5 53 (57.61%) Roadmaps
6 26 (28.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 25 (27.17%) Change Control
8 21 (22.83%) Threat Modelling
9 20 (21.74%) Cloud Security
10 18 (19.57%) Security Architecture
11 14 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (14.13%) Cryptography
12 13 (14.13%) Risk Management
12 13 (14.13%) TOGAF
13 12 (13.04%) Architectural Patterns
13 12 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
13 12 (13.04%) SABSA
14 11 (11.96%) Decision-Making
14 11 (11.96%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 55 (59.78%) PowerShell
2 54 (58.70%) Bash
3 53 (57.61%) T-SQL
4 25 (27.17%) SQL
5 1 (1.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 21 (22.83%) CISSP
3 18 (19.57%) CISM
3 18 (19.57%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.70%) AWS Certification
4 8 (8.70%) Azure Certification
4 8 (8.70%) DV Cleared
5 7 (7.61%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (6.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 5 (5.43%) CISA
7 5 (5.43%) Degree
8 4 (4.35%) CREST Certified
9 3 (3.26%) CEH
9 3 (3.26%) GCIA
9 3 (3.26%) SSCP
10 1 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.09%) CRISC
10 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (90.22%) NIST
2 61 (66.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (20.65%) GDPR
4 18 (19.57%) PCI DSS
5 11 (11.96%) GRC
6 7 (7.61%) JSP 440
7 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (5.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (3.26%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.17%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (2.17%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.09%) NIST 800
System Software
1 54 (58.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.17%) Terraform
3 1 (1.09%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) Consul
3 1 (1.09%) Packer
3 1 (1.09%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.09%) Puppet
Vendors
1 1 (1.09%) Cisco
1 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
1 1 (1.09%) Google
1 1 (1.09%) Juniper
1 1 (1.09%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.09%) TOWER Software