NCSC Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Canary Wharf requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 1.96% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £775 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Canary Wharf

NCSC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 12 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 41.18% 22.64% 19.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 12 24
10th Percentile £442 £495 £374
25th Percentile £449 £499 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £615 £540
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% +13.89% +40.26%
75th Percentile £596 £641 £594
90th Percentile £698 £675 £728
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £495 £600 £540
% change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% +40.26%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NCSC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf.

NCSC job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared