NCSC Contract Job Trends in the City of London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 129 121
Rank change year-on-year +4 -8 +29
Contract jobs citing NCSC 12 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.50% 0.054% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.76% 0.28% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £460 - £433
25th Percentile £513 £513 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 £444
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +18.31% -36.61%
75th Percentile £713 £538 £448
90th Percentile £750 - £449
Central London median daily rate £625 £650 £444
% change year-on-year -3.85% +46.48% -36.61%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 435 353 347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 18.16% 18.90% 16.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 257 233
10th Percentile £379 £359 £363
25th Percentile £465 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £700 £675
90th Percentile £770 £811 £751
Central London median daily rate £550 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £28.05 £16.60
25th Percentile £72.25 £37.13 £17.50
Median hourly rate £74.50 £54.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +172.50% -
75th Percentile £76.75 £72.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £82.35 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £66.00 £34.48 £23.80
% change year-on-year +91.42% +44.87% -4.80%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing NCSC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing NCSC

NCSC
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NCSC in the City of London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) SaaS
2 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) GCP
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (8.33%) Cloud Functions
4 1 (8.33%) Google App Engine
4 1 (8.33%) Google Compute Engine
4 1 (8.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 1 (8.33%) IaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (8.33%) PaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Consultant
1 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Lead
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (8.33%) CSOC
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
5 2 (16.67%) Cyber Assurance
5 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 2 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 11 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) CHECK Team Leader
4 1 (8.33%) CREST Certified
4 1 (8.33%) OSCP
4 1 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) NIST
2 5 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (25.00%) NIST 800
5 2 (16.67%) GDPR
5 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (8.33%) Def Stans
6 1 (8.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (8.33%) JSP 440
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (25.00%) Terraform
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (8.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Apple