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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 303 228 479
Rank change year-on-year -75 +251 +17
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 94 169 107
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.54% 1.28% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.00% 7.01% 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 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -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 3,136 2,412 4,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.87% 18.28% 13.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,848 1,566 3,303
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,781
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,400 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +13.14% -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 16 April 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 3 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) Apache
2 1 (1.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) Drupal
2 1 (1.06%) IIS
2 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.06%) nginx
2 1 (1.06%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 77 (81.91%) Azure
2 59 (62.77%) Entra ID
3 57 (60.64%) Google Workspace
4 16 (17.02%) AWS
5 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.19%) GCP
5 3 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.19%) PaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 1 (1.06%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.06%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.06%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.06%) GitHub
6 1 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.06%) IaaS
6 1 (1.06%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (61.70%) Broadband
2 7 (7.45%) Network Security
3 6 (6.38%) Firewall
4 5 (5.32%) DMZ
5 2 (2.13%) WAN
6 1 (1.06%) DHCP
6 1 (1.06%) DNS
6 1 (1.06%) LAN
6 1 (1.06%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.06%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.06%) InterSystems Cache
1 1 (1.06%) Redis
1 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Gatling
1 1 (1.06%) JIRA
1 1 (1.06%) JMeter
1 1 (1.06%) Vagrant
General
1 60 (63.83%) Organisational Skills
2 40 (42.55%) Social Skills
3 33 (35.11%) Games
4 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
5 7 (7.45%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Law
7 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 31 (32.98%) Senior
2 21 (22.34%) Developer
2 21 (22.34%) IAM Developer
3 18 (19.15%) Architect
4 16 (17.02%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (13.83%) Senior Developer
6 9 (9.57%) Security Architect
7 8 (8.51%) Senior Architect
7 8 (8.51%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 8 (8.51%) Systems Developer
8 7 (7.45%) Security Manager
9 6 (6.38%) Consultant
10 5 (5.32%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 4 (4.26%) Security Assurance Manager
12 3 (3.19%) Analyst
12 3 (3.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 3 (3.19%) Security Analyst
12 3 (3.19%) Security Consultant
13 2 (2.13%) Security Engineer
13 2 (2.13%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (61.70%) GraphQL
1 58 (61.70%) REST
1 58 (61.70%) SOAP
2 56 (59.57%) LDAP
2 56 (59.57%) OAuth
2 56 (59.57%) OpenID
2 56 (59.57%) SAML
3 2 (2.13%) JSON
3 2 (2.13%) React
3 2 (2.13%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.13%) YAML
4 1 (1.06%) .NET
4 1 (1.06%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.06%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.06%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 58 (61.70%) Cyber Threat
1 58 (61.70%) Cyberattack
2 12 (12.77%) PKI
3 6 (6.38%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.38%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.32%) Blog
4 5 (5.32%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (5.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.06%) Replication
6 1 (1.06%) SCADA
6 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.13%) Windows
1 2 (2.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (89.36%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (65.96%) Identity Access Management
3 61 (64.89%) Mentoring
4 58 (61.70%) Programme Delivery
5 57 (60.64%) Roadmaps
6 56 (59.57%) Regulatory Compliance
7 25 (26.60%) Change Control
7 25 (26.60%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (20.21%) Threat Modelling
9 17 (18.09%) Cloud Security
10 14 (14.89%) Security Architecture
11 12 (12.77%) Cryptography
12 11 (11.70%) Decision-Making
13 10 (10.64%) TOGAF
14 9 (9.57%) Architectural Patterns
14 9 (9.57%) Collaborative Culture
14 9 (9.57%) Risk Analysis
14 9 (9.57%) SABSA
15 7 (7.45%) Analytical Thinking
15 7 (7.45%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 60 (63.83%) PowerShell
2 58 (61.70%) Bash
3 56 (59.57%) T-SQL
4 25 (26.60%) SQL
5 2 (2.13%) Java
6 1 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 20 (21.28%) Security Cleared
2 14 (14.89%) CISSP
3 13 (13.83%) SC Cleared
4 12 (12.77%) CISM
5 8 (8.51%) AWS Certification
5 8 (8.51%) Azure Certification
6 7 (7.45%) TOGAF Certification
7 6 (6.38%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.26%) CREST Certified
9 3 (3.19%) CEH
9 3 (3.19%) Degree
9 3 (3.19%) GCIA
9 3 (3.19%) SSCP
10 2 (2.13%) CISA
10 2 (2.13%) CISMP
11 1 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (1.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.06%) CRISC
11 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (87.23%) NIST
2 52 (55.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (20.21%) GDPR
4 17 (18.09%) PCI DSS
5 10 (10.64%) GRC
6 8 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (6.38%) JSP 440
8 5 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 3 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (3.19%) Data Quality
10 2 (2.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (2.13%) SOC 2
11 1 (1.06%) NIST 800
System Software
1 57 (60.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.19%) CSIRT
2 2 (2.13%) Terraform
3 1 (1.06%) Ansible
3 1 (1.06%) Consul
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.06%) Packer
3 1 (1.06%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.06%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (6.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.13%) CyberArk
2 2 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (1.06%) Cisco
3 1 (1.06%) Juniper
3 1 (1.06%) TOWER Software