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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 103 125
Rank change year-on-year -17 +22 -22
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.052% 0.34% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.31% 2.48% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £643 -
25th Percentile - £650 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +125.00%
75th Percentile - £756 £688
90th Percentile - £782 -
South East median daily rate £613 £700 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +40.00% +17.65%
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 321 242 367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.56% 13.74% 15.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 123 213
10th Percentile £254 £363 £313
25th Percentile £325 £409 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +18.01%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £575
90th Percentile £600 £688 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £485 £475
% change year-on-year -2.06% +2.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
10th Percentile £20.80 £17.50 £13.15
25th Percentile £24.25 £18.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £20.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +225.00% -4.99% -
75th Percentile £70.18 £31.00 £23.50
90th Percentile £74.57 £67.87 £34.85
South East median hourly rate £27.09 £24.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +12.88% +14.29% -23.64%

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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 12 May 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 -24 1 - -
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared