NCSC Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.19% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £639 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £700 £700 £563
% change year-on-year - +24.44% -10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 136 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 25.71% 9.93% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 10 0
10th Percentile £304 £306 -
25th Percentile £384 £309 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £332 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.60% - -
75th Percentile £537 £471 -
90th Percentile £562 £510 -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £12.33 - -
25th Percentile £12.52 - £14.59
Median hourly rate £12.75 - £16.36
75th Percentile £12.88 - £18.12
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.20 £14.70 £14.00
% change year-on-year -10.20% +5.00% -15.15%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Shropshire

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing NCSC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing NCSC

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Telford - 1 £639 - 1
NCSC
West Midlands

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GSEC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft