NCSC Contracts in Berkshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for NCSC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NCSC over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 109 129
Rank change year-on-year +15 +20 -30
Contract jobs citing NCSC 26 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.31% 0.33% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.43% 2.40% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £643 £539
25th Percentile - £650 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +10.20% +104.17%
75th Percentile - £756 £659
90th Percentile - £782 £676
South East median daily rate £613 £700 £525
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% +23.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £72.40 -
South East median hourly rate - £72.40 -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

NCSC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 350 250 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.69% 13.77% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 128 217
10th Percentile £243 £339 £313
25th Percentile £321 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +14.11%
75th Percentile £575 £602 £575
90th Percentile £600 £713 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 10
10th Percentile £21.38 £18.50 £13.58
25th Percentile £33.81 £19.25 £21.00
Median hourly rate £67.59 £20.50 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +229.71% -2.61% -
75th Percentile £75.67 £34.50 £22.89
90th Percentile £78.64 £70.73 £30.67
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year -11.29% +47.44% -17.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for NCSC in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for NCSC in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Reading -7 6 - -
Maidenhead - 6 - -
Newbury - 6 - -
Wokingham - 4 - -
Bracknell - 4 - -
NCSC
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 25 (96.15%) IaaS
1 25 (96.15%) PaaS
1 25 (96.15%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (96.15%) 5G
1 25 (96.15%) Broadband
2 1 (3.85%) Firewall
2 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 25 (96.15%) Law
1 25 (96.15%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (96.15%) Penetration Tester
1 25 (96.15%) Security Penetration Tester
1 25 (96.15%) Security Specialist
1 25 (96.15%) Security Tester
1 25 (96.15%) Tester
1 25 (96.15%) Testing Specialist
2 1 (3.85%) Architect
2 1 (3.85%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (96.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (96.15%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 25 (96.15%) Application Security
2 25 (96.15%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (96.15%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 25 (96.15%) OWASP
2 25 (96.15%) Penetration Testing
2 25 (96.15%) Security Testing
3 1 (3.85%) Decision-Making
3 1 (3.85%) DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Information Assurance
3 1 (3.85%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (3.85%) Risk Management
3 1 (3.85%) Security Architecture
3 1 (3.85%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 26 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 25 (96.15%) CREST Certified
2 25 (96.15%) GIAC
2 25 (96.15%) GPEN
2 25 (96.15%) OSCP
2 25 (96.15%) SANS
3 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (96.15%) GDPR
1 25 (96.15%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 25 (96.15%) Virgin Media