NCSC Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring NCSC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NCSC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.47% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
South East median daily rate £616 £505 £673
% change year-on-year +22.03% -24.93% +3.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 27 23 45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 12.62% 17.42% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 14 28
10th Percentile £233 £170 £346
25th Percentile £459 £179 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +8.89%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £616
90th Percentile £660 - £760
South East median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £14.10 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.00 £54.68 £51.58
% change year-on-year -68.91% +6.02% +145.61%

NCSC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

NCSC job vacancy trend in West Sussex

NCSC
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Horsham - 1 £570 -
NCSC
South East

NCSC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) Security Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST