NCSC Contract Job Trends in Devon

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.35% - 0.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.56% - 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £475
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £525 £700 £600
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.67% -16.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 18 24 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 6.34% 22.64% 16.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 34
10th Percentile £340 £313 £150
25th Percentile £364 £422 £152
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £500 £175
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +185.71% +27.27%
75th Percentile £573 - £473
90th Percentile £688 £526 £600
South West median daily rate £500 £519 £525
% change year-on-year -3.61% -1.19% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile - £27.91 £21.78
25th Percentile - £28.32 £37.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 £29.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% -27.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile - £55.88 £42.50
90th Percentile - £72.00 £47.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year - +44.44% -29.85%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Devon

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Devon region over the 6 months to 5 May 2026. 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
Plymouth - 1 £750 -
NCSC
South West

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco