NCSC Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.99% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £651 - -
25th Percentile £691 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £700 - £713
% change year-on-year - - -8.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 63 31 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 15.52% 15.66% 9.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 28 12
10th Percentile £500 £439 £408
25th Percentile £513 £500 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £538
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +9.30% -21.53%
75th Percentile £738 £625 £641
90th Percentile £750 £676 £684
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.38 - -
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile £60.70 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £35.00 £24.66 £37.50
% change year-on-year +41.93% -34.24% -23.47%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) DHCP
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Key Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (25.00%) CCSK
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JSP 440
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) NIST 800