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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 492 490 704
Rank change year-on-year -2 +214 -145
Permanent jobs citing NCSC 110 144 198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.38% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.51% 2.60% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 85 127 130
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,600 £42,150
25th Percentile £53,969 £56,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,202 £70,000 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +6.87% +0.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £77,875
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% -3.85%

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 4,376 5,533 12,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.31% 14.76% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 3,757 6,200
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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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 12 June 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 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.82%) Azure
2 15 (13.64%) AWS
3 14 (12.73%) GitHub
3 14 (12.73%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (11.82%) IaaS
4 13 (11.82%) PaaS
5 10 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (9.09%) SaaS
6 6 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.64%) AWS CodeBuild
7 4 (3.64%) GCP
7 4 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.73%) TCP/IP
2 10 (9.09%) Firewall
2 10 (9.09%) Network Security
3 6 (5.45%) Cisco IPT
4 5 (4.55%) Wireshark
5 4 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.91%) DNS
6 1 (0.91%) Internet
6 1 (0.91%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.91%) NGN
Development Applications
1 10 (9.09%) JIRA
1 10 (9.09%) SonarQube
2 4 (3.64%) Terragrunt
General
1 27 (24.55%) Finance
2 21 (19.09%) Public Sector
3 19 (17.27%) Social Skills
4 14 (12.73%) Telecoms
5 11 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Aerospace
8 7 (6.36%) Military
9 5 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (4.55%) Legal
10 3 (2.73%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.82%) Publishing
11 2 (1.82%) Retail
12 1 (0.91%) Law
12 1 (0.91%) Police
Job Titles
1 21 (19.09%) Consultant
2 16 (14.55%) Security Consultant
3 14 (12.73%) Analyst
3 14 (12.73%) Security Analyst
4 13 (11.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 13 (11.82%) Lead
5 12 (10.91%) Security Manager
6 11 (10.00%) Managing Consultant
6 11 (10.00%) Senior
7 9 (8.18%) Product Owner
7 9 (8.18%) Senior Product Owner
8 8 (7.27%) Architect
9 6 (5.45%) Security Officer
10 5 (4.55%) Cloud Architect
10 5 (4.55%) Coordinator
10 5 (4.55%) Development Manager
10 5 (4.55%) IT Security Analyst
10 5 (4.55%) Security Specialist
10 5 (4.55%) Software Development Manager
10 5 (4.55%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.09%) ARM Templates
1 10 (9.09%) Azure Blueprints
2 6 (5.45%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 46 (41.82%) Management Information System
2 23 (20.91%) Operational Technology
3 13 (11.82%) Cyber Threat
4 12 (10.91%) Onboarding
5 11 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
6 9 (8.18%) Cyberattack
6 9 (8.18%) Product Ownership
7 6 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (4.55%) Driving Licence
9 3 (2.73%) Client/Server
9 3 (2.73%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.82%) NHS
11 1 (0.91%) CESG
11 1 (0.91%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.36%) Windows
2 4 (3.64%) Linux
3 3 (2.73%) Android
3 3 (2.73%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (82.73%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 47 (42.73%) Risk Management
4 37 (33.64%) Information Security
5 27 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (22.73%) SIEM
7 22 (20.00%) Agile
8 21 (19.09%) Security Architecture
9 20 (18.18%) Coaching
9 20 (18.18%) Project Management
10 19 (17.27%) Line Management
11 18 (16.36%) Data Protection
11 18 (16.36%) Security Operations
12 17 (15.45%) Software Engineering
13 16 (14.55%) Project Delivery
13 16 (14.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (12.73%) Architectural Patterns
14 14 (12.73%) Test Automation
15 13 (11.82%) DevSecOps
16 12 (10.91%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.55%) C
1 5 (4.55%) Python
2 4 (3.64%) Bash
2 4 (3.64%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (52.73%) Security Cleared
2 42 (38.18%) SC Cleared
3 33 (30.00%) CISSP
4 31 (28.18%) CISM
5 21 (19.09%) Degree
6 20 (18.18%) CRISC
7 15 (13.64%) CEH
8 14 (12.73%) CASP
9 13 (11.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (11.82%) DV Cleared
10 11 (10.00%) CISA
11 10 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (4.55%) MBCS
13 4 (3.64%) ISACA
13 4 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (3.64%) PCI QSA
14 3 (2.73%) Master's Degree
15 2 (1.82%) DBS Check
16 1 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 1 (0.91%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (35.45%) NIST
2 38 (34.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (12.73%) GDPR
5 12 (10.91%) PCI DSS
6 10 (9.09%) GRC
7 9 (8.18%) NIST 800
8 8 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (5.45%) JSP 440
10 5 (4.55%) RMADS
11 4 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (2.73%) ISO 31000
13 2 (1.82%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.91%) Government Security Classifications
14 1 (0.91%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (12.73%) Terraform
2 10 (9.09%) Ansible
2 10 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.55%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 10 (9.09%) ServiceNow
2 9 (8.18%) Splunk
3 7 (6.36%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.55%) Qualys
5 2 (1.82%) Facebook
6 1 (0.91%) CA