National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 75 | 126 | 84 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +51 | -42 | +62 |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 41 | 13 | 80 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 2.13% | 0.48% | 2.41% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 11.58% | 3.50% | 18.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 36 | 12 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £548 | - | £506 |
| 25th Percentile | £625 | £525 | £625 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £575 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.39% | -17.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £706 | £600 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £645 | £833 |
| England median daily rate | £648 | £588 | £694 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.21% | -15.32% | +7.39% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £59.73 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £70.42 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.03 | - | £83.40 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £87.50 | £80.00 | £83.40 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -4.08% | +21.76% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West
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 the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 354 | 371 | 422 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 18.40% | 13.68% | 12.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 224 | 209 | 287 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £263 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £450 | £414 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £600 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £690 | £763 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £540 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 35 | 60 | 42 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.48 | £12.24 | £33.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.57 | £13.70 | £49.24 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £68.75 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +5.77% | +20.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £83.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.72 | £70.13 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £31.64 | £27.50 | £35.25 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.05% | -21.99% | +56.67% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing NCSC.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the South West over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing NCSC.
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Contract Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the South West region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltshire | +39 | 27 | £650 | +8.33% | 1 |
| Bristol | +8 | 5 | £803 | +39.57% | 7 |
| Gloucestershire | +26 | 4 | £700 | +40.00% | 5 |
| Dorset | +3 | 3 | £540 | -1.82% | |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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: