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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 433 390
Rank change year-on-year +281 -43 +271
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 355 74 122
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.19% 0.32% 0.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.84% 2.34% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 63 54 117
10th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £57,500 £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £60,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.64% -17.24% +3.57%
75th Percentile £84,638 £69,920 £89,082
90th Percentile £103,980 £80,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £69,384 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.79% -3.57% +7.69%

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 2,998 3,166 3,548
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 18.46% 13.57% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,668 1,909 2,910
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £94,663
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +9.09%

NCSC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NCSC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing NCSC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing NCSC

NCSC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NCSC over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

NCSC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (4.51%) IIS
2 4 (1.13%) CMS
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.94%) Azure
2 9 (2.54%) PaaS
3 7 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (1.97%) dbt
4 5 (1.41%) AWS
5 3 (0.85%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.28%) GCP
7 1 (0.28%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.28%) IaaS
7 1 (0.28%) OCI
7 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.35%) Network Security
2 7 (1.97%) Firewall
3 4 (1.13%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.85%) VPN
5 2 (0.56%) DNS
5 2 (0.56%) LAN
5 2 (0.56%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.56%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) WLAN
6 1 (0.28%) Broadband
6 1 (0.28%) DMZ
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.28%) Metasploit
General
1 302 (85.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 293 (82.54%) Legal
3 292 (82.25%) Law
4 23 (6.48%) Social Skills
5 8 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (1.69%) Finance
7 4 (1.13%) Telecoms
8 3 (0.85%) Back Office
9 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.56%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.28%) Advertising
10 1 (0.28%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.28%) Games
10 1 (0.28%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (6.48%) Architect
2 20 (5.63%) Security Architect
3 17 (4.79%) Consultant
3 17 (4.79%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 17 (4.79%) Security Consultant
3 17 (4.79%) Senior
4 16 (4.51%) Senior Consultant
4 16 (4.51%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
4 16 (4.51%) Senior Security Consultant
5 14 (3.94%) Lead
6 8 (2.25%) Lead Architect
6 8 (2.25%) Principal Architect
6 8 (2.25%) Principal Security Architect
7 7 (1.97%) Lead Security Architect
7 7 (1.97%) Security Engineer
8 5 (1.41%) Chief Information Security Officer
8 5 (1.41%) Chief Security Officer
8 5 (1.41%) Information Security Officer
8 5 (1.41%) IT Manager
8 5 (1.41%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.25%) YAML
2 7 (1.97%) JSON
3 2 (0.56%) Django
4 1 (0.28%) GraphQL
4 1 (0.28%) LDAP
4 1 (0.28%) OAuth
4 1 (0.28%) OpenID
4 1 (0.28%) REST
4 1 (0.28%) SAML
4 1 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 287 (80.85%) Cyberattack
2 20 (5.63%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.51%) CESG
4 11 (3.10%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (1.41%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.41%) Operational Technology
6 3 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.85%) Security Posture
7 2 (0.56%) PKI
7 2 (0.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (0.28%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.85%) Windows
2 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.28%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (95.49%) Cybersecurity
2 299 (84.23%) Creative Thinking
3 285 (80.28%) Line Management
4 44 (12.39%) Risk Management
5 39 (10.99%) Information Security
6 34 (9.58%) Security Management
7 32 (9.01%) Information Assurance
8 31 (8.73%) Information Security Management
9 26 (7.32%) Security Architecture
10 17 (4.79%) ISMS
11 16 (4.51%) Active Listening
11 16 (4.51%) Architectural Patterns
11 16 (4.51%) Innovative Thinking
11 16 (4.51%) Matrix Organization
11 16 (4.51%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (4.51%) SABSA
11 16 (4.51%) TOGAF
12 15 (4.23%) Mentoring
12 15 (4.23%) Risk Assessment
13 14 (3.94%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 9 (2.54%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.13%) SQL
3 2 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.28%) Bash
4 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (5.92%) CISSP
2 20 (5.63%) CISM
2 20 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 19 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.51%) CESG Certified Professional
4 16 (4.51%) CISMP
4 16 (4.51%) IISP
5 3 (0.85%) SSCP
6 2 (0.56%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.56%) MCSE
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.28%) CHECK Team Leader
7 1 (0.28%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (0.28%) CISA
7 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.28%) Degree
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (16.34%) NIST
2 40 (11.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (4.79%) JSP 440
3 17 (4.79%) RMADS
4 16 (4.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 16 (4.51%) NIST 800
5 12 (3.38%) QA
6 9 (2.54%) GDPR
7 6 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.85%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.28%) GPG13
11 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 3 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) Ansible
1 1 (0.28%) Nessus
1 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (1.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.85%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.56%) arcserve
3 2 (0.56%) Forcepoint
3 2 (0.56%) Sophos