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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 154 474
Rank change year-on-year -156 +320 -1
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 111 355 111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 2.30% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.42% 12.38% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 49 41 86
10th Percentile £55,484 £56,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £64,509 £54,226
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,750 £61,351
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% +21.84% -12.36%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,776 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +7.69% -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 3,243 2,868 4,339
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.14% 18.58% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,110 1,553 3,254
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -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

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 19 June 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 1 (0.90%) Apache
1 1 (0.90%) Confluence
1 1 (0.90%) Drupal
1 1 (0.90%) IIS
1 1 (0.90%) nginx
1 1 (0.90%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 77 (69.37%) Azure
2 48 (43.24%) Entra ID
2 48 (43.24%) Google Workspace
3 27 (24.32%) AWS
4 13 (11.71%) GCP
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.80%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (0.90%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.90%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (0.90%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (43.24%) Broadband
2 17 (15.32%) Network Security
3 6 (5.41%) DMZ
3 6 (5.41%) Firewall
4 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.90%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.80%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (1.80%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.90%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (0.90%) Redis
2 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Gatling
1 1 (0.90%) JIRA
1 1 (0.90%) JMeter
1 1 (0.90%) Vagrant
General
1 50 (45.05%) Organisational Skills
2 35 (31.53%) Public Sector
2 35 (31.53%) Social Skills
3 24 (21.62%) Games
4 13 (11.71%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (9.01%) Law
7 5 (4.50%) Aviation
8 4 (3.60%) Retail
9 1 (0.90%) Finance
9 1 (0.90%) Legal
9 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (26.13%) Architect
2 27 (24.32%) Senior
3 18 (16.22%) Security Architect
4 16 (14.41%) Developer
4 16 (14.41%) IAM Developer
4 16 (14.41%) Systems Engineer
5 15 (13.51%) Auditor
6 11 (9.91%) Consultant
7 10 (9.01%) Security Auditor
8 8 (7.21%) Senior Architect
8 8 (7.21%) Senior Developer
8 8 (7.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 8 (7.21%) Systems Developer
9 7 (6.31%) Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Security Analyst
9 7 (6.31%) Security Manager
10 6 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 5 (4.50%) Lead
11 5 (4.50%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (43.24%) GraphQL
1 48 (43.24%) LDAP
1 48 (43.24%) OAuth
1 48 (43.24%) OpenID
1 48 (43.24%) REST
1 48 (43.24%) SAML
1 48 (43.24%) SOAP
2 2 (1.80%) GeoJSON
2 2 (1.80%) OpenAPI
2 2 (1.80%) RESTful
2 2 (1.80%) Swagger
3 1 (0.90%) .NET
3 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.90%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.90%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 48 (43.24%) Cyber Threat
1 48 (43.24%) Cyberattack
2 13 (11.71%) PKI
2 13 (11.71%) Security Posture
3 9 (8.11%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.41%) Blog
4 6 (5.41%) Cloud Security Posture
4 6 (5.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 6 (5.41%) Operational Technology
5 5 (4.50%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.60%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.80%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.80%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.90%) Robotics
8 1 (0.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.90%) Linux
1 1 (0.90%) Windows
1 1 (0.90%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (86.49%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (54.95%) Identity Access Management
3 52 (46.85%) Mentoring
4 48 (43.24%) Programme Delivery
4 48 (43.24%) Regulatory Compliance
4 48 (43.24%) Roadmaps
5 33 (29.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 28 (25.23%) Cloud Security
6 28 (25.23%) Security Architecture
7 26 (23.42%) Threat Modelling
8 25 (22.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (21.62%) Change Control
10 19 (17.12%) Architectural Patterns
11 18 (16.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (16.22%) TOGAF
12 17 (15.32%) Agile
12 17 (15.32%) Risk Analysis
12 17 (15.32%) SABSA
13 16 (14.41%) Risk Management
14 15 (13.51%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 48 (43.24%) Bash
1 48 (43.24%) PowerShell
1 48 (43.24%) T-SQL
2 26 (23.42%) SQL
3 2 (1.80%) Bicep
4 1 (0.90%) PHP
Qualifications
1 46 (41.44%) Security Cleared
2 39 (35.14%) SC Cleared
3 29 (26.13%) CISSP
4 26 (23.42%) CISM
5 18 (16.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (14.41%) DV Cleared
7 10 (9.01%) Degree
8 8 (7.21%) AWS Certification
8 8 (7.21%) Azure Certification
9 7 (6.31%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (5.41%) CREST Certified
11 5 (4.50%) CISA
12 3 (2.70%) CEH
12 3 (2.70%) GCIA
12 3 (2.70%) SSCP
13 2 (1.80%) CRISC
13 2 (1.80%) OSCP
14 1 (0.90%) CCSP
14 1 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
14 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (77.48%) NIST
2 81 (72.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (18.02%) GDPR
4 19 (17.12%) PCI DSS
5 12 (10.81%) GRC
6 11 (9.91%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (9.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 8 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (6.31%) JSP 440
10 6 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (4.50%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
13 2 (1.80%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.90%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
System Software
1 49 (44.14%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.60%) Terraform
2 3 (2.70%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.90%) Ansible
3 1 (0.90%) Consul
3 1 (0.90%) Packer
3 1 (0.90%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.90%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (3.60%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.80%) Google
3 1 (0.90%) Cisco
3 1 (0.90%) Juniper
3 1 (0.90%) TOWER Software