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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 149 427
Rank change year-on-year -209 +278 -20
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 91 355 77
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.37% 2.18% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.27% 11.76% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 62 63 57
10th Percentile £51,250 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +15.64% -17.24%
75th Percentile £82,188 £84,638 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £103,980 £79,000
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 4,012 3,018 3,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.48% 18.50% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2,526 1,672 1,916
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%

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 18 September 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 (1.10%) Apache
1 1 (1.10%) Confluence
1 1 (1.10%) Drupal
1 1 (1.10%) IIS
1 1 (1.10%) nginx
1 1 (1.10%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 40 (43.96%) Azure
2 38 (41.76%) AWS
3 25 (27.47%) GCP
4 4 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.30%) Slack
6 2 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.20%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.20%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.10%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.10%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.10%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub
7 1 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 26 (28.57%) Network Security
2 6 (6.59%) Firewall
3 5 (5.49%) DMZ
4 3 (3.30%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.20%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.10%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.10%) Redis
2 1 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Gatling
1 1 (1.10%) JIRA
1 1 (1.10%) JMeter
1 1 (1.10%) Vagrant
General
1 56 (61.54%) Public Sector
2 23 (25.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (18.68%) Social Skills
4 16 (17.58%) Law
5 14 (15.38%) Finance
6 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (10.99%) Legal
8 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
9 6 (6.59%) Aerospace
10 5 (5.49%) Aviation
11 4 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (4.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (27.47%) Architect
2 23 (25.27%) Consultant
3 22 (24.18%) Security Architect
4 20 (21.98%) Senior
5 18 (19.78%) Auditor
6 17 (18.68%) Security Consultant
7 14 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
8 13 (14.29%) Security Auditor
8 13 (14.29%) Senior Security Consultant
9 8 (8.79%) Lead
10 7 (7.69%) Analyst
10 7 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 7 (7.69%) Security Analyst
11 6 (6.59%) Security Manager
12 5 (5.49%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 5 (5.49%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
13 4 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 4 (4.40%) Junior
13 4 (4.40%) Risk Analyst
13 4 (4.40%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) Terraform
2 3 (3.30%) GraphQL
2 3 (3.30%) REST
2 3 (3.30%) SOAP
3 2 (2.20%) GeoJSON
3 2 (2.20%) OpenAPI
3 2 (2.20%) RESTful
3 2 (2.20%) Swagger
4 1 (1.10%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.10%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.10%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Security Posture
2 11 (12.09%) Blog
2 11 (12.09%) Management Information System
3 9 (9.89%) PKI
4 8 (8.79%) Cloud Native
5 7 (7.69%) Operational Technology
6 6 (6.59%) Cloud Security Posture
6 6 (6.59%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (5.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (5.49%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.40%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
9 2 (2.20%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.10%) Private Cloud
10 1 (1.10%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
1 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (47.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 38 (41.76%) Cloud Security
3 38 (41.76%) Threat Modelling
4 36 (39.56%) Security Architecture
5 34 (37.36%) Agile
6 26 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 24 (26.37%) Risk Assessment
7 24 (26.37%) SABSA
8 23 (25.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (24.18%) TOGAF
10 21 (23.08%) Architectural Patterns
11 20 (21.98%) Cyber Resilience
12 19 (20.88%) Community of Practice
12 19 (20.88%) Cyber Assurance
12 19 (20.88%) Information Security
13 18 (19.78%) Identity Access Management
14 17 (18.68%) Mentoring
14 17 (18.68%) Risk Analysis
15 16 (17.58%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.69%) Bash
2 4 (4.40%) Python
3 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.30%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (3.30%) Objective-C
3 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.20%) Bicep
4 2 (2.20%) SQL
5 1 (1.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 73 (80.22%) Security Cleared
2 60 (65.93%) SC Cleared
3 41 (45.05%) CISSP
4 37 (40.66%) CISM
5 24 (26.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 22 (24.18%) DV Cleared
7 20 (21.98%) Degree
8 8 (8.79%) AWS Certification
9 7 (7.69%) CREST Certified
10 6 (6.59%) CISA
10 6 (6.59%) CRISC
11 5 (5.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 5 (5.49%) Azure Certification
11 5 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (5.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 3 (3.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (3.30%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (3.30%) CASP
12 3 (3.30%) CompTIA CySA+
12 3 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (75.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (58.24%) NIST
3 18 (19.78%) GDPR
3 18 (19.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 16 (17.58%) PCI DSS
5 15 (16.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (14.29%) GRC
7 7 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 6 (6.59%) JSP 440
9 5 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (5.49%) NIST 800
10 2 (2.20%) SOC 2
11 1 (1.10%) Accessibility
11 1 (1.10%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.40%) Docker
2 4 (4.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.10%) Ansible
2 1 (1.10%) Consul
2 1 (1.10%) Packer
2 1 (1.10%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (9.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.40%) Google
3 3 (3.30%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.10%) ForgeRock
4 1 (1.10%) Okta
4 1 (1.10%) Ping Identity
4 1 (1.10%) TOWER Software