NCSC Contracts in Reading

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for NCSC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NCSC over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 75 95
Rank change year-on-year -26 +20 -28
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.086% 0.50% 0.075%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.59% 4.39% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £675 -
Berkshire median daily rate - £675 £675
% change year-on-year - - +125.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading

NCSC is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 170 114 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.58% 11.39% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 71 112
10th Percentile £313 £363 £278
25th Percentile £448 £438 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £610 £605
90th Percentile - £688 £682
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £23.80 £10.60
25th Percentile - £31.75 £11.88
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +221.43% -49.09%
75th Percentile - £60.38 £20.25
90th Percentile - £69.60 £24.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £20.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year +225.00% -4.99% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Reading.

Daily rate trend for NCSC in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared