NCSC Contracts in the South West

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 99 151
Rank change year-on-year -20 +52 -25
Contract jobs citing NCSC 34 64 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.08% 1.84% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.03% 16.58% 5.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 32 11
10th Percentile - £613 £407
25th Percentile £525 £659 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £718 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% +19.67% -
75th Percentile £700 £814 £666
90th Percentile - £835 £700
England median daily rate £613 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 20 9
10th Percentile - £59.73 £52.05
25th Percentile - £62.00 £59.00
Median hourly rate - £73.99 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year - +17.44% +8.28%
75th Percentile - £83.33 £71.08
90th Percentile - £83.40 £79.47
England median hourly rate £81.71 £73.99 £63.00
% change year-on-year +10.43% +17.44% +8.28%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 564 386 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.89% 11.12% 11.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 272 296
10th Percentile £263 £250 £190
25th Percentile £410 £400 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £736 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 44 21
10th Percentile £12.43 £18.09 £47.41
25th Percentile £35.00 £51.34 £52.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +3.17% +26.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £79.81 £69.83
90th Percentile £71.25 £83.40 £79.04
England median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £29.50
% change year-on-year -40.00% +27.12% +40.48%

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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.

Job vacancy trend for NCSC in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for NCSC in the South West

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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 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NCSC in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NCSC in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for NCSC in the South West

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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 16 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
Wiltshire +5 20 £700 -1.28% 1
Dorset +5 8 £550 -
Bristol -3 4 £575 -27.44% 4
Devon - 2 £475 -
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England

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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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) AWS
1 8 (23.53%) Azure
2 4 (11.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 4 (11.76%) AWS CloudTrail
2 4 (11.76%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (11.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) WAN
2 1 (2.94%) 4G
2 1 (2.94%) 5G
2 1 (2.94%) Firewall
2 1 (2.94%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 6 (17.65%) Public Sector
1 6 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 2 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Analyst
1 14 (41.18%) SOC Analyst
2 9 (26.47%) Architect
3 5 (14.71%) Security Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Network Architect
4 4 (11.76%) SOC Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) IT Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Lead
6 1 (2.94%) Information Security Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) IT Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Communications Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Network Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Product Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Product Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) SOC Manager
6 1 (2.94%) System Verification Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Systems Integration Engineer
6 1 (2.94%) Test and Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (47.06%) Management Information System
2 15 (44.12%) CSOC
2 15 (44.12%) Security Operations Centre
3 8 (23.53%) Public Cloud
4 4 (11.76%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.76%) Security Posture
5 2 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (2.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
1 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (58.82%) Incident Response
3 16 (47.06%) Information Security
3 16 (47.06%) ITIL
3 16 (47.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 16 (47.06%) Threat Intelligence
4 15 (44.12%) Security Operations
5 11 (32.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (32.35%) Cyber Resilience
6 9 (26.47%) ArchiMate
7 8 (23.53%) Use Case
8 6 (17.65%) DevOps
8 6 (17.65%) Information Assurance
8 6 (17.65%) Systems Engineering
9 5 (14.71%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (14.71%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (14.71%) MODAF
9 5 (14.71%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 5 (14.71%) SysML
9 5 (14.71%) UML
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (47.06%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) CISM
4 4 (11.76%) CISSP
5 2 (5.88%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (5.88%) CLAS
5 2 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) GDPR
2 8 (23.53%) NIST
3 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (11.76%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (5.88%) JSP 440
5 2 (5.88%) RMADS
6 1 (2.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 1 (2.94%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Splunk
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco
3 1 (2.94%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.94%) Juniper