National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
UK > Wales
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 71 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NCSC | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | - | - | 0.61% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 5.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £613 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £725 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £775 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £625 | £675 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.41% | +8.00% | +14.68% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales
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 Wales with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 72 | 92 | 102 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 18.37% | 14.51% | 10.32% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 45 | 55 | 68 |
| 10th Percentile | £144 | £250 | £234 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £278 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £500 | £494 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.50% | +1.27% | +3.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £549 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £680 | £588 | £658 |
| UK median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.26 | - | £10.49 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.15 | - | £10.66 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.61 | £10.92 | £12.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +42.93% | -14.34% | -37.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £16.98 | £33.75 | £47.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £19.07 | £47.25 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +25.00% | +33.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in Wales.