NCSC Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 112 118
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 +25
Contract jobs citing NCSC 9 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.82% 0.052% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.66% 0.60% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £85 - £470
25th Percentile £86 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £88 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.20%
75th Percentile £171 - £573
90th Percentile £221 - £586
England median daily rate £650 £600 £694
% change year-on-year +8.33% -13.51% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £82.80 - -
25th Percentile £83.25 - -
Median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £81.71 £80.00
% change year-on-year +4.03% +2.13% +21.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 193 167 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.48% 8.68% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 88 169
10th Percentile £225 £243 £204
25th Percentile £315 £330 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £511 £600
90th Percentile £675 £591 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.34 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.40 £14.96 £13.29
Median hourly rate £31.64 £15.79 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +100.38% -7.85% -36.54%
75th Percentile £87.75 £25.00 £58.72
90th Percentile £91.50 £65.63 £79.75
England median hourly rate £32.25 £24.18 £42.50
% change year-on-year +33.37% -43.11% +60.38%

NCSC
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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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 2 July 2025. 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 +4 8 £86 - 9
Hertfordshire - 1 £249 - 9
NCSC
England

NCSC
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 8 (88.89%) Military
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Security Engineer
2 7 (77.78%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Compliance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Patch Management
1 8 (88.89%) Security Management
2 7 (77.78%) GAP Analysis
2 7 (77.78%) Incident Management
2 7 (77.78%) Information Assurance
2 7 (77.78%) Key Management
3 6 (66.67%) MODAF
3 6 (66.67%) SABSA
4 5 (55.56%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Incident Response
6 1 (11.11%) Information Security
6 1 (11.11%) Information Security Governance
6 1 (11.11%) Information Security Management
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) OWASP
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Degree
3 3 (33.33%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) NIST
2 8 (88.89%) JSP 440
3 7 (77.78%) NIST 800
4 1 (11.11%) COBIT
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Firmware