National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Central London > City of London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 123 | 154 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +31 | +37 |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | - | 0.18% | 0.40% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 1.08% | 2.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £437 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £445 | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £544 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -16.35% | +2.16% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £655 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £674 | £779 |
| Central London median daily rate | - | £544 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -16.35% | +4.42% |
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 | 296 | 369 | 469 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London | 17.05% | 17.04% | 13.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 194 | 267 | 342 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £367 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £463 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £554 | £550 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.64% | -8.33% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £713 | £650 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £824 | £750 | £838 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +6.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £20.61 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.77% | - | - |
| Central London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £23.40 | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -6.40% | -39.76% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the City of London.