NCSC Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside 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 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.29% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £668 £706 £575
% change year-on-year -5.49% +22.83% -10.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 28 23 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 8.21% 13.29% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 17 8
10th Percentile £302 £143 -
25th Percentile £393 £150 £115
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £215 £162
Median % change year-on-year +86.98% +33.13% -59.63%
75th Percentile £510 £475 £450
90th Percentile £625 £503 £510
North West median daily rate £483 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.61% -5.00% +5.26%
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
North West median hourly rate £57.50 £30.38 £12.84
% change year-on-year +89.27% +136.60% -68.72%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Merseyside

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 7 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
Liverpool - 1 £550 -
NCSC
North West

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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