NCSC Contract Job Trends in Southampton

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.61% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £540 - £574
% change year-on-year - - +0.39%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 28 18 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 17.18% 11.69% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 10
10th Percentile £330 - £240
25th Percentile £469 £200 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £238 £279
Median % change year-on-year +115.33% -14.69% -36.23%
75th Percentile £569 £494 £443
90th Percentile £748 £604 £493
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £500 £528
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +6.98%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in Southampton

NCSC
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing NCSC

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) IASME
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800