NCSC Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.34% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £550 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 27 18 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 9.31% 12.86% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 12 7
10th Percentile £348 - -
25th Percentile £393 £143 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £407 £150 £115
Median % change year-on-year +171.50% +30.43% -72.12%
75th Percentile £523 £419 £450
90th Percentile £638 £475 £530
Merseyside median daily rate £402 £215 £162
% change year-on-year +86.98% +33.13% -59.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile - - £10.57
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.38 - £14.50
75th Percentile - - £26.16
90th Percentile - - £34.21
Merseyside median hourly rate £25.38 - £14.50

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Liverpool

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified