NCSC Contract Job Trends in East London

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East London 0.99% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £585 £650 £700
% change year-on-year -10.00% -7.14% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 17 29 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 16.83% 25.66% 25.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 26 44
10th Percentile £333 £415 £374
25th Percentile £410 £495 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +17.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £585
90th Percentile £775 £675 £623
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £29.04 - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £28.80 £34.48 £26.62
% change year-on-year -16.49% +29.53% -33.83%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in East London

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing NCSC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the East London region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets - 1 £775 - 1
NCSC
London

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

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