NCSC Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon 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 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 0.61% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
West London median daily rate £650 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 45 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 27.44% 9.52% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 6
10th Percentile £360 - £425
25th Percentile £463 £158 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £285 £550
Median % change year-on-year +128.07% -48.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £725 £325 £578
90th Percentile £775 £385 £594
West London median daily rate £520 £370 £400
% change year-on-year +40.54% -7.50% -30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £28.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West London median hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £23.80
% change year-on-year +17.65% +42.86% -46.24%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
Heathrow - 1 £650 -
NCSC
West London

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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