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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 163 421
Rank change year-on-year -201 +258 +34
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 87 348 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.39% 2.11% 0.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.34% 11.74% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 55 54 76
10th Percentile £53,952 £61,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £57,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.28% -19.73%
75th Percentile £81,250 £85,707 £67,968
90th Percentile £85,500 £89,850 £85,625
UK median annual salary £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.36% +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 3,722 2,964 3,522
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.80% 17.98% 13.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,346 1,685 2,516
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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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 31 July 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 1 (1.15%) Apache
1 1 (1.15%) Confluence
1 1 (1.15%) Drupal
1 1 (1.15%) IIS
1 1 (1.15%) nginx
1 1 (1.15%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 41 (47.13%) Azure
2 26 (29.89%) AWS
3 18 (20.69%) GCP
4 14 (16.09%) Entra ID
5 12 (13.79%) Google Workspace
6 2 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 1 (1.15%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (1.15%) AWS CodePipeline
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.15%) Slack
7 1 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (24.14%) Network Security
2 14 (16.09%) Broadband
3 4 (4.60%) DMZ
3 4 (4.60%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (2.30%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.15%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.15%) Redis
2 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Gatling
1 1 (1.15%) JIRA
1 1 (1.15%) JMeter
1 1 (1.15%) Vagrant
General
1 40 (45.98%) Public Sector
2 24 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (16.09%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (14.94%) Law
6 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (9.20%) Finance
8 6 (6.90%) Games
8 6 (6.90%) Legal
8 6 (6.90%) Telecoms
9 5 (5.75%) Aviation
10 4 (4.60%) Aerospace
10 4 (4.60%) Retail
11 3 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (25.29%) Architect
2 19 (21.84%) Consultant
2 19 (21.84%) Senior
3 18 (20.69%) Security Architect
4 14 (16.09%) Auditor
4 14 (16.09%) Security Consultant
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Consultant
6 10 (11.49%) Senior Security Consultant
7 9 (10.34%) Security Auditor
8 8 (9.20%) Analyst
8 8 (9.20%) Security Analyst
9 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (8.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (8.05%) Security Manager
10 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 6 (6.90%) Lead
11 5 (5.75%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
12 4 (4.60%) IAM Developer
12 4 (4.60%) Security Assurance Manager
12 4 (4.60%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.09%) GraphQL
1 14 (16.09%) REST
1 14 (16.09%) SOAP
2 12 (13.79%) LDAP
2 12 (13.79%) OAuth
2 12 (13.79%) OpenID
2 12 (13.79%) SAML
3 2 (2.30%) GeoJSON
3 2 (2.30%) OpenAPI
3 2 (2.30%) RESTful
3 2 (2.30%) Swagger
4 1 (1.15%) .NET
4 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.15%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.15%) Memcached
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Cyber Threat
2 13 (14.94%) Security Posture
3 12 (13.79%) Cyberattack
4 8 (9.20%) Management Information System
5 7 (8.05%) PKI
6 6 (6.90%) Blog
6 6 (6.90%) Cloud Native
6 6 (6.90%) Operational Technology
7 5 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (4.60%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (4.60%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (4.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.15%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (78.16%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (40.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 31 (35.63%) Cloud Security
4 30 (34.48%) Threat Modelling
5 29 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
6 28 (32.18%) Security Architecture
7 27 (31.03%) Agile
8 24 (27.59%) Mentoring
9 21 (24.14%) Risk Management
10 20 (22.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (21.84%) Risk Assessment
11 19 (21.84%) SABSA
12 18 (20.69%) Architectural Patterns
12 18 (20.69%) TOGAF
13 16 (18.39%) Cyber Resilience
13 16 (18.39%) Information Security
13 16 (18.39%) Risk Analysis
14 15 (17.24%) Cyber Assurance
14 15 (17.24%) Roadmaps
15 14 (16.09%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) Bash
2 14 (16.09%) PowerShell
3 12 (13.79%) T-SQL
4 8 (9.20%) SQL
5 2 (2.30%) Bicep
6 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.15%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.15%) PHP
6 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 55 (63.22%) Security Cleared
2 45 (51.72%) SC Cleared
3 35 (40.23%) CISSP
4 29 (33.33%) CISM
5 20 (22.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 16 (18.39%) Degree
6 16 (18.39%) DV Cleared
7 9 (10.34%) CREST Certified
8 5 (5.75%) AWS Certification
8 5 (5.75%) CISA
8 5 (5.75%) CRISC
8 5 (5.75%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (4.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (4.60%) Azure Certification
9 4 (4.60%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (3.45%) CCSP
10 3 (3.45%) CESG Certified Professional
10 3 (3.45%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (3.45%) SSCP
10 3 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (79.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (65.52%) NIST
3 16 (18.39%) GDPR
4 15 (17.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 15 (17.24%) PCI DSS
5 12 (13.79%) GRC
6 11 (12.64%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (9.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 5 (5.75%) JSP 440
10 4 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (4.60%) NIST 800
11 3 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (3.45%) Data Quality
12 2 (2.30%) SOC 2
13 1 (1.15%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 16 (18.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.45%) Firmware
3 2 (2.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Terraform
2 3 (3.45%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.15%) Consul
3 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.15%) Packer
3 1 (1.15%) Progress Chef
3 1 (1.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.45%) Google
3 2 (2.30%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.15%) TOWER Software