NCSC Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 464 478
Rank change year-on-year +261 +14 +222
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 343 103 132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.63% 0.31% 0.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.31% 2.48% 2.61%
Number of salaries quoted 45 81 119
10th Percentile £58,250 £50,000 £54,100
25th Percentile £64,509 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,202 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.58% -16.96% +11.54%
75th Percentile £86,776 £67,968 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,200 £87,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £74,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +14.61% -7.14% +12.00%

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 3,327 4,160 5,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.81% 12.62% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 2,996 3,664
10th Percentile £36,450 £34,089 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £45,690
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,965 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.14% -3.39% +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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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 a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NCSC.

NCSC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NCSC over the 6 months to 12 July 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 4 (1.17%) CMS
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.50%) Azure
2 11 (3.21%) PaaS
3 9 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.04%) IaaS
5 6 (1.75%) AWS
5 6 (1.75%) SaaS
6 5 (1.46%) GitHub
6 5 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.87%) dbt
8 2 (0.58%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.29%) GCP
9 1 (0.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.37%) Network Security
2 8 (2.33%) 3GPP
3 6 (1.75%) Firewall
4 4 (1.17%) 5G
5 3 (0.87%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) DNS
6 2 (0.58%) LAN
6 2 (0.58%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.58%) WAN
6 2 (0.58%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (1.46%) SonarQube
2 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.29%) Metasploit
General
1 300 (87.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 293 (85.42%) Legal
3 289 (84.26%) Law
4 24 (7.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (2.92%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.62%) Finance
7 8 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.04%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.87%) Back Office
9 3 (0.87%) Games
10 1 (0.29%) Advertising
10 1 (0.29%) Aviation
10 1 (0.29%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 19 (5.54%) Architect
2 18 (5.25%) Security Architect
3 13 (3.79%) Lead
4 8 (2.33%) Lead Architect
4 8 (2.33%) Principal Architect
4 8 (2.33%) Principal Security Architect
5 7 (2.04%) Lead Security Architect
6 6 (1.75%) Security Engineer
6 6 (1.75%) Senior
7 5 (1.46%) Analyst
7 5 (1.46%) DevOps Engineer
8 4 (1.17%) Automation Specialist
8 4 (1.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 3 (0.87%) Chief Information Security Officer
9 3 (0.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 3 (0.87%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 3 (0.87%) Information Security Officer
9 3 (0.87%) IT Engineer
9 3 (0.87%) IT Security Engineer
9 3 (0.87%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.46%) ARM Templates
1 5 (1.46%) Azure Blueprints
1 5 (1.46%) YAML
2 4 (1.17%) JSON
3 1 (0.29%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 287 (83.67%) Cyberattack
2 9 (2.62%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (1.46%) Data Centre
4 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
4 5 (1.46%) Operational Technology
5 3 (0.87%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.58%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.87%) Windows
2 2 (0.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.29%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (96.50%) Cybersecurity
2 285 (83.09%) Line Management
3 283 (82.51%) Creative Thinking
4 26 (7.58%) Risk Management
5 24 (7.00%) Information Security
6 21 (6.12%) Security Architecture
7 18 (5.25%) Penetration Testing
7 18 (5.25%) Security Management
8 17 (4.96%) Information Assurance
9 16 (4.66%) Mentoring
10 15 (4.37%) Architectural Patterns
10 15 (4.37%) Information Security Management
10 15 (4.37%) Risk Assessment
10 15 (4.37%) SABSA
10 15 (4.37%) TOGAF
11 13 (3.79%) DevSecOps
12 11 (3.21%) Application Security
12 11 (3.21%) Risk Analysis
12 11 (3.21%) Test Automation
13 9 (2.62%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 5 (1.46%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (7.87%) Security Cleared
2 21 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 7 (2.04%) CISSP
4 6 (1.75%) CISM
5 5 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.87%) CISA
6 3 (0.87%) SSCP
7 2 (0.58%) CCSAS
7 2 (0.58%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.58%) MCSE
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.29%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (0.29%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.29%) CHECK Team Member
8 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.29%) GIAC
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.29%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 34 (9.91%) NIST
2 14 (4.08%) QA
3 7 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.46%) GDPR
5 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.87%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) GRC
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 2 (0.58%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.29%) GPG13
8 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.29%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (1.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.75%) Ansible
1 6 (1.75%) Terraform
2 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (1.17%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.87%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.58%) arcserve
3 2 (0.58%) Forcepoint
3 2 (0.58%) Sophos
4 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike