National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 | 56 | 86 | 82 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | -4 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.67% | 0.42% | 0.48% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 4.35% | 2.82% | 3.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £643 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £650 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £675 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £756 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £782 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £734 | - | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.20% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 92 | 177 | 126 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 15.41% | 14.85% | 12.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 35 | 85 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £308 | £313 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £448 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | +7.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £578 | £575 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | - | £723 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -2.56% | +2.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £31.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +221.43% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £69.60 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £61.50 | £65.00 | £20.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.39% | +217.07% | -2.61% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised 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.
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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: