NCSC Jobs with Work from Home 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 405 603
Rank change year-on-year -6 +198 +28
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 83 115 212
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.11% 3.20% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 57 110 169
10th Percentile £50,827 £45,000 £45,639
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,218 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% -2.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,188 £78,750
90th Percentile £82,750 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £69,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.81% +7.31% -3.70%

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 3,942 3,596 9,884
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.28% 14.71% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,625 2,678 5,991
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £47,466 £46,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,759 £60,249 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £58,465 £60,000 £56,571
% change year-on-year -2.56% +6.06% +2.86%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NCSC trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing NCSC over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

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 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.61%) Camunda
3 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 30 (36.14%) Azure
2 27 (32.53%) AWS
3 24 (28.92%) IaaS
3 24 (28.92%) PaaS
4 21 (25.30%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (20.48%) GitHub
5 17 (20.48%) GitHub Actions
5 17 (20.48%) SaaS
6 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (4.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (4.82%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.20%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.46%) Firewall
2 7 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.02%) 3GPP
3 5 (6.02%) 5G
3 5 (6.02%) Internet
4 1 (1.20%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (1.20%) DNS
4 1 (1.20%) NGN
4 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) MySQL
1 5 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (6.02%) Relational Database
1 5 (6.02%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 17 (20.48%) SonarQube
2 5 (6.02%) Git
3 3 (3.61%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.61%) Terragrunt
4 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 32 (38.55%) Public Sector
2 15 (18.07%) Finance
3 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (10.84%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (10.84%) Social Skills
5 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.82%) Police
7 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.41%) Automotive
7 2 (2.41%) Aviation
8 1 (1.20%) Legal
8 1 (1.20%) Military
8 1 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (27.71%) Architect
2 17 (20.48%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (13.25%) Lead
3 11 (13.25%) Technical Architect
4 9 (10.84%) Security Manager
5 8 (9.64%) Security Architect
5 8 (9.64%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 7 (8.43%) IT Architect
6 7 (8.43%) Team Leader
7 6 (7.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (4.82%) Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) IT Security Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Senior
9 3 (3.61%) Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Security Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Tester
10 2 (2.41%) IT Security Engineer
10 2 (2.41%) Senior Consultant
10 2 (2.41%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (20.48%) ARM Templates
1 17 (20.48%) Azure Blueprints
2 8 (9.64%) Spring
3 5 (6.02%) .NET
3 5 (6.02%) .NET Framework
3 5 (6.02%) ASP.NET
3 5 (6.02%) ASP.NET Core
3 5 (6.02%) CSS
3 5 (6.02%) Entity Framework
3 5 (6.02%) HTML
3 5 (6.02%) Spring MVC
4 3 (3.61%) Kafka
4 3 (3.61%) Keycloak
4 3 (3.61%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.20%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 42 (50.60%) Management Information System
2 20 (24.10%) Onboarding
3 7 (8.43%) Client/Server
4 4 (4.82%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (4.82%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (4.82%) PKI
4 4 (4.82%) Public Cloud
4 4 (4.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.61%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 3 (3.61%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.20%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.20%) Oculus
6 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.64%) Windows
2 7 (8.43%) Android
2 7 (8.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (66.27%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (43.37%) Information Security
3 32 (38.55%) Risk Management
4 25 (30.12%) DevOps
4 25 (30.12%) Test Automation
5 21 (25.30%) DevSecOps
5 21 (25.30%) Mentoring
6 20 (24.10%) Software Engineering
7 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (20.48%) Containerisation
8 17 (20.48%) Continuous Delivery
8 17 (20.48%) Deployment Automation
8 17 (20.48%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 17 (20.48%) Functional Testing
8 17 (20.48%) Non-Functional Testing
8 17 (20.48%) Performance Analysis
8 17 (20.48%) Project Management
8 17 (20.48%) Release Management
8 17 (20.48%) Static Application Security Testing
9 15 (18.07%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) C#
1 5 (6.02%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (45.78%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.30%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (22.89%) SC Cleared
4 15 (18.07%) CISM
4 15 (18.07%) CISSP
5 14 (16.87%) Degree
6 5 (6.02%) CRISC
6 5 (6.02%) Master's Degree
7 4 (4.82%) CISA
7 4 (4.82%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (4.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (4.82%) SANS
8 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (3.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (2.41%) CREST Certified
10 1 (1.20%) CASP
10 1 (1.20%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (53.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (31.33%) NIST
3 15 (18.07%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (8.43%) GDPR
5 4 (4.82%) RMADS
5 4 (4.82%) SOC 2
6 3 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (3.61%) GRC
6 3 (3.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.41%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.41%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.20%) COBIT
8 1 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
8 1 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (20.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (24.10%) Terraform
2 17 (20.48%) Ansible
2 17 (20.48%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.82%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
2 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow