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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 236 464
Rank change year-on-year -64 +228 +45
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 96 166 107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 1.26% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.04% 6.86% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 26 27 84
10th Percentile £49,500 £56,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £59,021 £63,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +24.58% -14.00%
75th Percentile £82,031 £77,500 £70,313
90th Percentile £91,250 £95,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £74,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.35% +15.00% -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 3,162 2,420 4,207
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.84% 18.31% 12.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,862 1,574 3,305
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,625 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.56% +11.43% -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

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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 April 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 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Apache
2 1 (1.04%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) Drupal
2 1 (1.04%) IIS
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.04%) nginx
2 1 (1.04%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 77 (80.21%) Azure
2 59 (61.46%) Entra ID
3 57 (59.38%) Google Workspace
4 16 (16.67%) AWS
5 3 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.13%) GCP
5 3 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.13%) PaaS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 1 (1.04%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.04%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.04%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.04%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub
6 1 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.04%) IaaS
6 1 (1.04%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (60.42%) Broadband
2 7 (7.29%) Network Security
3 6 (6.25%) Firewall
4 5 (5.21%) DMZ
5 2 (2.08%) WAN
6 1 (1.04%) DHCP
6 1 (1.04%) DNS
6 1 (1.04%) LAN
6 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.04%) InterSystems Cache
1 1 (1.04%) Redis
1 1 (1.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Gatling
1 1 (1.04%) JIRA
1 1 (1.04%) JMeter
1 1 (1.04%) Vagrant
General
1 60 (62.50%) Organisational Skills
2 41 (42.71%) Social Skills
3 33 (34.38%) Games
4 10 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.17%) Law
7 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.08%) Aviation
9 1 (1.04%) Military
9 1 (1.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (32.29%) Senior
2 21 (21.88%) Developer
2 21 (21.88%) IAM Developer
3 18 (18.75%) Architect
4 16 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (13.54%) Senior Developer
6 9 (9.38%) Security Architect
7 8 (8.33%) Security Manager
7 8 (8.33%) Senior Architect
7 8 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.33%) Systems Developer
8 6 (6.25%) Consultant
9 5 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 4 (4.17%) Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) Security Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) Security Assurance Manager
11 3 (3.13%) Security Consultant
12 2 (2.08%) Security Engineer
12 2 (2.08%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (60.42%) GraphQL
1 58 (60.42%) REST
1 58 (60.42%) SOAP
2 56 (58.33%) LDAP
2 56 (58.33%) OAuth
2 56 (58.33%) OpenID
2 56 (58.33%) SAML
3 2 (2.08%) JSON
3 2 (2.08%) React
3 2 (2.08%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.08%) YAML
4 1 (1.04%) .NET
4 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.04%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.04%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 58 (60.42%) Cyber Threat
1 58 (60.42%) Cyberattack
2 12 (12.50%) PKI
3 7 (7.29%) Security Posture
4 6 (6.25%) Cloud Native
5 5 (5.21%) Blog
5 5 (5.21%) Cloud Security Posture
5 5 (5.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (4.17%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.04%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.04%) Replication
8 1 (1.04%) Robotics
8 1 (1.04%) SCADA
8 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.08%) Windows
1 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (89.58%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (64.58%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (63.54%) Mentoring
4 58 (60.42%) Programme Delivery
5 57 (59.38%) Roadmaps
6 56 (58.33%) Regulatory Compliance
7 26 (27.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 25 (26.04%) Change Control
9 19 (19.79%) Threat Modelling
10 17 (17.71%) Cloud Security
11 14 (14.58%) Security Architecture
12 12 (12.50%) Cryptography
13 11 (11.46%) Decision-Making
14 10 (10.42%) TOGAF
15 9 (9.38%) Architectural Patterns
15 9 (9.38%) Collaborative Culture
15 9 (9.38%) Risk Analysis
15 9 (9.38%) Risk Management
15 9 (9.38%) SABSA
16 8 (8.33%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 58 (60.42%) Bash
3 56 (58.33%) T-SQL
4 25 (26.04%) SQL
5 2 (2.08%) Java
6 1 (1.04%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.63%) CISSP
3 13 (13.54%) CISM
3 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 8 (8.33%) Azure Certification
5 7 (7.29%) TOGAF Certification
6 6 (6.25%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.17%) CREST Certified
8 3 (3.13%) CEH
8 3 (3.13%) CISA
8 3 (3.13%) Degree
8 3 (3.13%) GCIA
8 3 (3.13%) SSCP
9 2 (2.08%) CISMP
10 1 (1.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.04%) CRISC
10 1 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (86.46%) NIST
2 54 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (20.83%) GDPR
4 17 (17.71%) PCI DSS
5 11 (11.46%) GRC
6 9 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (6.25%) JSP 440
8 5 (5.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (3.13%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (2.08%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (1.04%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (59.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.04%) Ansible
3 1 (1.04%) Consul
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.04%) Packer
3 1 (1.04%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.04%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.08%) CyberArk
2 2 (2.08%) Google
3 1 (1.04%) Cisco
3 1 (1.04%) Juniper
3 1 (1.04%) TOWER Software