NCSC Contracts in the East of England

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 113 142
Rank change year-on-year +4 +29 -28
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.052% 0.48% 0.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.62% 3.42% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 5
10th Percentile - £505 £485
25th Percentile - £672 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £725 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +45.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile - £741 £638
90th Percentile - £761 -
England median daily rate £600 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% - -
England median hourly rate £81.71 £72.98 £61.97
% change year-on-year +11.96% +17.78% +6.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 162 292 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 8.48% 14.13% 16.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 187 277
10th Percentile £252 £185 £142
25th Percentile £363 £259 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £428
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +5.14% +7.00%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £540
90th Percentile £600 £729 £638
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 24
10th Percentile £14.16 £12.27 £10.88
25th Percentile £14.43 £13.29 £13.06
Median hourly rate £15.79 £17.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% -36.36% +83.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £44.53 £49.31
90th Percentile £37.90 £69.50 £68.33
England median hourly rate £22.42 £41.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.98% +50.91% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for NCSC in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for NCSC in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the East of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Bedfordshire -2 1 - - 3
NCSC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) MODAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware