NCSC Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 1.96% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median daily rate £775 - £600

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 21 13 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 41.18% 23.64% 19.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 13 25
10th Percentile £442 £495 £378
25th Percentile £449 £500 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +11.11% +40.26%
75th Percentile £596 £630 £594
90th Percentile £698 £675 £717
East London median daily rate £495 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -1.00% -7.41% -1.82%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Canary Wharf - 1 £775 - 1
NCSC
East London

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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