NCSC Contracts in the Midlands

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 157 200
Rank change year-on-year +21 +43 -51
Contract jobs citing NCSC 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.79% 0.95% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile - - £553
25th Percentile £563 £781 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £788 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -21.25% +86.05%
75th Percentile £688 £794 £1,100
90th Percentile £748 - -
England median daily rate £600 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 379 526 657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.89% 15.29% 12.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 344 472
10th Percentile £255 £231 £208
25th Percentile £351 £318 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £550
90th Percentile £753 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 13 16
10th Percentile £11.34 £11.30 £10.00
25th Percentile £13.00 £12.50 £12.06
Median hourly rate £14.25 £20.00 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year -28.75% +17.28% +6.58%
75th Percentile £27.92 £27.13 £20.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £51.02 £25.31
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for NCSC in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NCSC in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
West Midlands +28 3 £575 -26.98% 1
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) ISMS
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001