National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Bedfordshire > Bedford
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 1 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 10 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Bedford | 2.70% | - | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 12.50% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £505 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £515 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £510 | £294 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +73.62% | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedford
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 Bedford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford | 21.62% | 31.58% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £478 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £483 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £524 | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £529 | £578 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.44% | +7.44% | -2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £13.86 | £52.50 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.29 | £55.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -74.02% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £24.64 | £57.50 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £27.94 | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | £14.72 | £88.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -83.27% | +35.38% | +18.18% |
NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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: