NCSC Contract Job Trends in Surrey

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 52 50
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 4 2 23
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.99% 0.47% 3.47%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.88% 2.70% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 18
10th Percentile - - £543
25th Percentile - - £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - £648
75th Percentile - - £673
90th Percentile - - £673
South East median daily rate £586 £618 £643
% change year-on-year -5.06% -3.98% -1.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68.76 £68.26 £68.26
Median hourly rate £74.31 £73.31 £73.31
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% - -
75th Percentile £79.85 £78.36 £78.36
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £74.31 £61.50 £78.74
% change year-on-year +20.83% -21.90% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 68 74 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 16.75% 17.45% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 37 106
10th Percentile £262 £154 £158
25th Percentile £386 £275 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £375 £560
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -33.04% +23.08%
75th Percentile £618 £545 £647
90th Percentile £686 £693 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 11
10th Percentile £33.10 £21.85 £19.25
25th Percentile £55.00 - £38.75
Median hourly rate £70.16 £24.18 £67.27
Median % change year-on-year +190.16% -64.05% -
75th Percentile - - £76.53
90th Percentile £75.98 £56.69 -
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £51.06
% change year-on-year -28.00% -2.07% +143.12%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Surrey

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NCSC

NCSC
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NCSC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
Horley - 1 - -
Woking - 1 - -
NCSC
South East

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Principal Security Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Head of Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Principal Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Product Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) MODAF
3 1 (25.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) PhD
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (50.00%) JSP 440
1 2 (50.00%) RMADS
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft