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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 339 445
Rank change year-on-year +54 +106 +69
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 100 74 113
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.60% 0.53% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.47% 2.96% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 27 34 90
10th Percentile £52,421 £53,876 £42,547
25th Percentile £61,014 £71,188 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,500 £75,000 £61,492
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +21.97% -11.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £91,000 £87,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £63,374
% change year-on-year -6.67% +18.34% -9.47%

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 2,882 2,504 4,140
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.33% 17.95% 13.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,663 1,542 3,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £34,962
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year - +9.69% -4.87%

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 11 March 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 4 (4.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 79 (79.00%) Azure
2 61 (61.00%) Entra ID
3 58 (58.00%) Google Workspace
4 15 (15.00%) AWS
5 5 (5.00%) PaaS
6 3 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.00%) IaaS
8 1 (1.00%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 59 (59.00%) Broadband
2 8 (8.00%) Firewall
3 6 (6.00%) DMZ
3 6 (6.00%) Network Security
4 3 (3.00%) WAN
5 2 (2.00%) DHCP
5 2 (2.00%) DNS
5 2 (2.00%) LAN
5 2 (2.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.00%) VPN
6 1 (1.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 61 (61.00%) Organisational Skills
2 41 (41.00%) Social Skills
3 34 (34.00%) Games
4 11 (11.00%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.00%) Law
7 1 (1.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 34 (34.00%) Senior
2 22 (22.00%) Developer
2 22 (22.00%) IAM Developer
3 17 (17.00%) Architect
4 16 (16.00%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (14.00%) Senior Developer
6 8 (8.00%) Consultant
6 8 (8.00%) Security Architect
6 8 (8.00%) Senior Architect
6 8 (8.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 8 (8.00%) Systems Developer
7 7 (7.00%) Security Manager
8 6 (6.00%) Applications Engineer
8 6 (6.00%) Security Engineer
9 5 (5.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 5 (5.00%) Security Consultant
10 4 (4.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 3 (3.00%) Analyst
11 3 (3.00%) Security Analyst
11 3 (3.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (59.00%) GraphQL
1 59 (59.00%) REST
1 59 (59.00%) SOAP
2 57 (57.00%) LDAP
2 57 (57.00%) OAuth
2 57 (57.00%) OpenID
2 57 (57.00%) SAML
3 6 (6.00%) React
3 6 (6.00%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.00%) JSON
4 3 (3.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (59.00%) Cyber Threat
1 59 (59.00%) Cyberattack
2 13 (13.00%) PKI
3 7 (7.00%) Cloud Native
3 7 (7.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (6.00%) Blog
4 6 (6.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (6.00%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.00%) Replication
6 1 (1.00%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.00%) SCADA
6 1 (1.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.00%) Windows
1 2 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (87.00%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (62.00%) Mentoring
3 61 (61.00%) Identity Access Management
4 60 (60.00%) Roadmaps
5 59 (59.00%) Programme Delivery
6 57 (57.00%) Regulatory Compliance
7 26 (26.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (25.00%) Change Control
9 20 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
10 17 (17.00%) Cloud Security
11 14 (14.00%) Security Architecture
12 13 (13.00%) Cryptography
12 13 (13.00%) Decision-Making
13 10 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
14 9 (9.00%) Application Security
14 9 (9.00%) OWASP
14 9 (9.00%) Security Testing
14 9 (9.00%) TOGAF
15 8 (8.00%) Microservices
15 8 (8.00%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 62 (62.00%) PowerShell
2 59 (59.00%) Bash
3 57 (57.00%) T-SQL
4 25 (25.00%) SQL
5 6 (6.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.00%) CISSP
3 12 (12.00%) CISM
4 11 (11.00%) SC Cleared
5 8 (8.00%) AWS Certification
5 8 (8.00%) Azure Certification
5 8 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 8 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
6 3 (3.00%) CEH
6 3 (3.00%) CREST Certified
6 3 (3.00%) CRISC
6 3 (3.00%) GCIA
6 3 (3.00%) SSCP
7 2 (2.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (2.00%) CISMP
7 2 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (2.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (86.00%) NIST
2 53 (53.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (19.00%) PCI DSS
4 18 (18.00%) GDPR
5 15 (15.00%) GRC
6 8 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (7.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (7.00%) JSP 440
8 3 (3.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.00%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (57.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.00%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (6.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.00%) Cisco
3 1 (1.00%) Google
3 1 (1.00%) Juniper