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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 145 418
Rank change year-on-year -220 +273 -33
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 96 363 76
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 2.15% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.38% 12.03% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 63 67 55
10th Percentile £52,250 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,734 £63,750 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +15.64% -14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,776 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,240 £79,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £69,384 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.09% +2.79% -3.57%

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 4,026 3,018 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.15% 17.89% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,513 1,640 1,799
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,388 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,100 £105,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% - -4.17%

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 2 October 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:

Cloud Services
1 40 (41.67%) Azure
2 38 (39.58%) AWS
3 24 (25.00%) GCP
4 5 (5.21%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (3.13%) Slack
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.04%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.13%) Network Security
2 7 (7.29%) Firewall
3 6 (6.25%) DMZ
4 3 (3.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.08%) Geospatial Data
General
1 59 (61.46%) Public Sector
2 24 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (19.79%) Social Skills
4 16 (16.67%) Finance
4 16 (16.67%) Law
5 11 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.46%) Legal
6 7 (7.29%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.25%) Aerospace
8 5 (5.21%) Aviation
9 4 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (4.17%) Retail
10 1 (1.04%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (26.04%) Architect
1 25 (26.04%) Consultant
2 22 (22.92%) Security Architect
3 20 (20.83%) Senior
4 18 (18.75%) Auditor
4 18 (18.75%) Security Consultant
5 14 (14.58%) Senior Consultant
6 13 (13.54%) Security Auditor
6 13 (13.54%) Senior Security Consultant
7 9 (9.38%) Lead
8 7 (7.29%) Analyst
8 7 (7.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 7 (7.29%) Security Analyst
8 7 (7.29%) Security Manager
9 6 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 5 (5.21%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
11 4 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 4 (4.17%) Junior
11 4 (4.17%) Risk Analyst
11 4 (4.17%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.25%) Terraform
2 3 (3.13%) GraphQL
2 3 (3.13%) REST
2 3 (3.13%) SOAP
3 2 (2.08%) GeoJSON
3 2 (2.08%) OpenAPI
3 2 (2.08%) RESTful
3 2 (2.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Security Posture
2 12 (12.50%) Blog
3 11 (11.46%) Management Information System
4 10 (10.42%) PKI
5 9 (9.38%) Cloud Native
6 8 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (7.29%) Cloud Security Posture
7 7 (7.29%) Operational Technology
8 6 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (5.21%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (2.08%) Data Centre
11 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
11 2 (2.08%) Public Cloud
12 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (1.04%) Private Cloud
12 1 (1.04%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (68.75%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (44.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 39 (40.63%) Threat Modelling
4 38 (39.58%) Cloud Security
4 38 (39.58%) Security Architecture
5 36 (37.50%) Agile
6 28 (29.17%) Risk Management
7 25 (26.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
8 24 (25.00%) SABSA
9 22 (22.92%) TOGAF
10 21 (21.88%) Architectural Patterns
11 20 (20.83%) Cyber Assurance
11 20 (20.83%) Cyber Resilience
12 19 (19.79%) Community of Practice
12 19 (19.79%) Information Security
13 18 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (17.71%) Risk Analysis
15 16 (16.67%) Mentoring
15 16 (16.67%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.29%) Bash
2 4 (4.17%) Python
3 3 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.13%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.13%) Objective-C
3 3 (3.13%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.08%) Bicep
4 2 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (77.08%) Security Cleared
2 61 (63.54%) SC Cleared
3 42 (43.75%) CISSP
4 38 (39.58%) CISM
5 24 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 23 (23.96%) DV Cleared
7 20 (20.83%) Degree
8 7 (7.29%) AWS Certification
9 6 (6.25%) CISA
9 6 (6.25%) CREST Certified
9 6 (6.25%) CRISC
10 5 (5.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (5.21%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (5.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (4.17%) Azure Certification
12 3 (3.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (3.13%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (3.13%) CASP
12 3 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (73.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (59.38%) NIST
3 20 (20.83%) GDPR
4 18 (18.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 17 (17.71%) PCI DSS
6 16 (16.67%) GRC
7 15 (15.63%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (7.29%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 7 (7.29%) JSP 440
10 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (5.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (5.21%) NIST 800
12 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
12 1 (1.04%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.04%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.17%) Firmware
2 3 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (11.46%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.13%) CyberArk
2 3 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (1.04%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.04%) Okta
3 1 (1.04%) Ping Identity
3 1 (1.04%) Qualys
3 1 (1.04%) Tenable