NCSC Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 24 48
Rank change year-on-year -20 +24 -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 3 18 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.74% 8.53% 0.39%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.05% 32.14% 2.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 2
10th Percentile £572 £560 -
25th Percentile £585 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £629 £643
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £631 £715 -
90th Percentile £637 £743 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £615 £628 £613
% change year-on-year -2.08% +2.54% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 74 56 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.14% 26.54% 15.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 46 58
10th Percentile £223 £248 £213
25th Percentile £314 £363 £376
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £506 £558
Median % change year-on-year -11.04% -9.31% +23.89%
75th Percentile £543 £621 £625
90th Percentile £610 £663 £1,019
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £421 £514 £570
% change year-on-year -18.10% -9.76% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £16.45
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £27.22
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% -55.91% -
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £12.00 £27.22
% change year-on-year +200.00% -55.91% -

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NCSC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (100.00%) Microservices
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware