NCSC Contracts in Bristol

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring NCSC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NCSC over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 68 43
Rank change year-on-year +8 -25 +50
Contract jobs citing NCSC 5 4 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.73% 0.43% 3.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.57% 4.00% 22.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 22
10th Percentile £671 - £614
25th Percentile £754 £563 £661
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £803 £575 £793
Median % change year-on-year +39.57% -27.44% +21.92%
75th Percentile £805 £588 £814
90th Percentile - - £835
South West median daily rate £675 £575 £700
% change year-on-year +17.39% -17.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.03 - £83.40
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £90.04
South West median hourly rate £22.03 - £83.40
% change year-on-year - - +13.07%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 140 100 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 20.41% 10.86% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 41 115
10th Percentile £296 £213 £365
25th Percentile £363 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -15.91% +13.99%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £678
90th Percentile £697 £775 £800
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 33 24
10th Percentile £15.48 £39.20 £33.00
25th Percentile £22.77 - £46.69
Median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +7.69% +20.37%
75th Percentile £69.38 - £83.40
90th Percentile £75.73 £74.00 -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £68.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% +20.37%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Bristol

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Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing NCSC

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NCSC in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing NCSC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing NCSC

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 4 (80.00%) Back Office
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) SOC Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telephony Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telephony Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) JSP 440
3 1 (20.00%) SLA