NCSC Contracts in Hampshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 69 96
Rank change year-on-year +3 +27 +27
Contract jobs citing NCSC 3 26 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.40% 1.61% 0.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.59% 13.20% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £515 £625
25th Percentile - £525 £651
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £598 £698
Median % change year-on-year - -14.34% +39.50%
75th Percentile - £650 £741
90th Percentile - £748 £764
South East median daily rate £630 £613 £700
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.50% +33.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 116 197 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.55% 12.24% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 83 109
10th Percentile £200 £363 £241
25th Percentile £365 £406 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £515 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +11.35% -4.15%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £636 £688 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 19 25
10th Percentile £21.00 £18.08 -
25th Percentile £22.83 £18.32 £18.25
Median hourly rate £24.66 £37.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.24% -21.05% +77.57%
75th Percentile £26.58 £54.38 £52.37
90th Percentile £41.10 £60.00 £67.50
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Hampshire

NCSC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for NCSC in Hampshire

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Farnborough -14 3 - - 4
NCSC
South East

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Bid Writer
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Bid Writer
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Writer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST