NCSC Contract Job Trends in Heathrow

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Hillingdon > Heathrow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Heathrow requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Heathrow 8.33% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
Hillingdon median daily rate £650 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Heathrow

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 Heathrow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Heathrow 50.00% 20.00% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £566 £305 £365
25th Percentile - £313 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £325 £425
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -23.53% -32.00%
75th Percentile - £338 £463
90th Percentile £740 £345 £485
Hillingdon median daily rate £650 £285 £550
% change year-on-year +128.07% -48.18% -12.00%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Heathrow

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Heathrow

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Heathrow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Heathrow citing NCSC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Heathrow citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Heathrow 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%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft