NCSC Contract Job Trends in Perthshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Scotland > Perthshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Perthshire requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Perthshire 18.18% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 44.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £800 £500 £800
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.50% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Perthshire

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 Perthshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Perthshire 40.91% 28.57% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile £478 £564 £559
25th Percentile £479 £566 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £588 £691
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -15.01% +38.25%
75th Percentile £573 £616 £718
90th Percentile £585 £621 £722
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - -2.70%

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perthshire 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:

Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Support Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (100.00%) SCADA
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) High Availability
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) NIST