NCSC Contracts in Oxford

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxford 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 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 2.08% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £675 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 20 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 27.08% 19.23% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 7
10th Percentile £268 £363 £429
25th Percentile £353 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £513 £506 £525
90th Percentile £619 £533 £535
Oxfordshire median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +11.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - - £22.05
25th Percentile - - £22.13
Median hourly rate £46.30 £65.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.77% +165.31% -
75th Percentile - - £27.13
90th Percentile - - £27.35
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £46.30 £65.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -28.77% +160.00% -

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Oxford

NCSC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Information Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared