NCSC Contracts in the West Midlands

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 133 167
Rank change year-on-year +23 +34 -41
Contract jobs citing NCSC 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.21% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.00% 1.26% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile - - £638
25th Percentile £563 £781 £900
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £788 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.98% -21.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £688 £794 £1,100
90th Percentile £748 - -
England median daily rate £600 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 300 398 486
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 15.50% 16.89% 13.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 254 340
10th Percentile £259 £263 £249
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £459
Median % change year-on-year - +8.93% +8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £790 £675 £726
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 7
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.00 £10.65
25th Percentile £13.18 £12.50 £11.63
Median hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +8.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £18.12 £25.18 £18.75
90th Percentile £58.75 £30.00 £20.00
England median hourly rate £22.34 £39.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.59% +44.00% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing NCSC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for NCSC in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NCSC in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NCSC in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NCSC within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Birmingham +14 2 £575 -
Warwickshire +5 1 £775 -1.59%
NCSC
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Security Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security Management
1 2 (66.67%) ISMS
1 2 (66.67%) Security Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001