National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
North West > Cheshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 26 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 58 | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -2 | -13 |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | - | 0.74% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 4.71% | 2.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £675 | £560 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +20.54% | -17.04% |
| North West median daily rate | £575 | £650 | £613 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.54% | +6.12% | -9.26% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 115 | 85 | 96 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 22.82% | 15.71% | 18.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 62 | 51 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £307 | £200 | £231 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £288 | £314 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £425 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.65% | - | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £525 | £521 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £640 | £575 |
| North West median daily rate | £513 | £475 | £470 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.89% | +1.06% | +4.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.79 | £24.60 | £36.22 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.72 | £30.54 | £41.39 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.66 | £32.77 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.65% | -34.46% | +45.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £35.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £44.60 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £12.84 | £37.50 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -65.76% | +102.70% | +19.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Cheshire.