National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
London > West London
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West London requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 37 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +23 |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London | - | - | 4.46% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 23.01% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £700 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £825 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -2.94% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £838 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £850 |
| London median daily rate | £630 | £650 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.08% | -7.14% | +12.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West 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 West London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 46 | 53 | 113 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London | 21.30% | 14.68% | 19.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 33 | 34 | 88 |
| 10th Percentile | £172 | £202 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £213 | £266 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £375 | £363 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.45% | -39.58% | +18.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £407 | £497 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £524 | £593 | £838 |
| London median daily rate | £533 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.18% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.12 | £17.50 | £38.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.41 | £18.13 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.20 | £20.97 | £64.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -67.24% | +210.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.27 | £25.96 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £43.34 | £84.00 |
| London median hourly rate | £34.50 | £24.18 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.68% | -30.91% | -21.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in West London
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West London.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in West London.