NIST Contracts in London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 223 354
Rank change year-on-year +15 +131 -22
Contract jobs citing NIST 198 286 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.12% 1.13% 0.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.11% 8.49% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 207 186
10th Percentile £375 £470 £450
25th Percentile £513 £581 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £668 £688 £631
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.91% -0.98%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £738
90th Percentile £825 £850 £809
England median daily rate £625 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £64.15 £72.42
% change year-on-year +5.23% -11.43% +42.28%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

NIST 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 London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,442 3,369 4,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 13.84% 13.33% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,715 2,450 3,478
10th Percentile £350 £352 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +7.84%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £659
90th Percentile £800 £798 £763
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 39 86
10th Percentile £13.29 £19.39 £20.00
25th Percentile £18.00 £21.24 £25.50
Median hourly rate £24.18 £26.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -41.57% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.88 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £80.50 £68.13
England median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +30.95%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in London

NIST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in London.

Daily rate trend for NIST in London

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in London

NIST
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Central London +30 42 £625 -5.66% 9
East London -11 4 £629 -16.20% 2
West London -2 1 £325 -60.61%
South London - 1 - -
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.01%) IIS
2 2 (1.01%) Jupyter
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
3 1 (0.51%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.51%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 42 (21.21%) Azure
2 33 (16.67%) AWS
3 22 (11.11%) SaaS
4 20 (10.10%) IaaS
5 16 (8.08%) PaaS
6 15 (7.58%) GCP
7 14 (7.07%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (7.07%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.57%) Serverless
9 8 (4.04%) Entra ID
9 8 (4.04%) GitHub
10 7 (3.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
14 1 (0.51%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.51%) AWS KMS
14 1 (0.51%) Azure AI
14 1 (0.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.61%) Firewall
2 19 (9.60%) Network Security
3 6 (3.03%) DNS
4 5 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.52%) VPN
6 2 (1.01%) SNMP
6 2 (1.01%) Wireless
7 1 (0.51%) DHCP
7 1 (0.51%) HTTP
7 1 (0.51%) Internet
7 1 (0.51%) Modbus
7 1 (0.51%) SMTP
7 1 (0.51%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (1.01%) Big Data
1 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (0.51%) CouchDB
2 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.51%) MySQL
2 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Exadata
2 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.51%) Redis
2 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.53%) JIRA
3 3 (1.52%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.01%) Git
4 2 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (1.01%) RStudio
5 1 (0.51%) Darcs
5 1 (0.51%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.51%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.51%) Travis CI
General
1 53 (26.77%) Finance
2 38 (19.19%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.58%) Banking
5 9 (4.55%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.02%) Retail
8 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.01%) International Banking
9 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.01%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.01%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.51%) Advertising
10 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Military
10 1 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (35.86%) Architect
2 51 (25.76%) Security Architect
3 32 (16.16%) Consultant
4 26 (13.13%) Security Consultant
5 20 (10.10%) Analyst
6 18 (9.09%) Senior
6 18 (9.09%) Technical Architect
7 15 (7.58%) Security Manager
8 14 (7.07%) Security Engineer
9 13 (6.57%) Lead
10 12 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 12 (6.06%) Senior Architect
10 12 (6.06%) Senior Security Architect
11 11 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
11 11 (5.56%) Project Manager
12 9 (4.55%) Cloud Security Architect
13 8 (4.04%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 8 (4.04%) Security Project Manager
14 7 (3.54%) Security Technical Consultant
14 7 (3.54%) Senior Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.52%) CSS
1 3 (1.52%) HTML
2 2 (1.01%) EDI
2 2 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.01%) SailPoint
2 2 (1.01%) XML
3 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.51%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.51%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.51%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.51%) React
3 1 (0.51%) REST
3 1 (0.51%) RESTful
3 1 (0.51%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.60%) Security Posture
2 17 (8.59%) IoT
2 17 (8.59%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.55%) Operational Technology
5 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.54%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (2.02%) SCADA
8 3 (1.52%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.01%) CMDB
9 2 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.01%) Industry 4.0
9 2 (1.01%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.05%) Windows
2 7 (3.54%) Linux
3 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.01%) Unix
4 2 (1.01%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (53.54%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (28.28%) Information Security
3 51 (25.76%) Security Architecture
4 45 (22.73%) Cloud Security
5 39 (19.70%) Risk Management
6 33 (16.67%) SIEM
7 30 (15.15%) DevSecOps
8 27 (13.64%) Roadmaps
8 27 (13.64%) Use Case
9 25 (12.63%) Data Protection
10 23 (11.62%) Architectural Patterns
11 22 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
12 21 (10.61%) Incident Response
12 21 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
13 20 (10.10%) Application Security
13 20 (10.10%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (10.10%) Risk Assessment
14 19 (9.60%) DevOps
15 18 (9.09%) Security Operations
15 18 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.05%) Python
2 9 (4.55%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.02%) C#
3 4 (2.02%) SQL
4 3 (1.52%) Go
4 3 (1.52%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.01%) Bash
5 2 (1.01%) Bicep
5 2 (1.01%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.01%) R
5 2 (1.01%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.51%) C
6 1 (0.51%) C++
6 1 (0.51%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (27.78%) CISSP
2 41 (20.71%) CISM
3 23 (11.62%) Security Cleared
4 20 (10.10%) CISA
4 20 (10.10%) SC Cleared
5 12 (6.06%) CREST Certified
6 11 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.56%) Degree
7 10 (5.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (4.55%) CRISC
8 9 (4.55%) GIAC
8 9 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (3.54%) CCSK
9 7 (3.54%) CEH
10 6 (3.03%) DV Cleared
10 6 (3.03%) SANS
11 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (2.53%) FFIEC
11 5 (2.53%) Master's Degree
12 4 (2.02%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (40.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (12.12%) GDPR
3 22 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 19 (9.60%) GRC
5 17 (8.59%) NCSC
6 15 (7.58%) NIST 800
7 7 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.02%) COBIT
9 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.02%) HIPAA
10 3 (1.52%) GPG13
10 3 (1.52%) ISA99
10 3 (1.52%) ISO 22301
10 3 (1.52%) ISO 31000
11 2 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.01%) ISAE 3402
11 2 (1.01%) QA
11 2 (1.01%) SLA
12 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.53%) Docker
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (11.11%) Terraform
2 6 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.53%) Nessus
4 4 (2.02%) Ansible
4 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.52%) Kibana
5 3 (1.52%) logstash
6 2 (1.01%) CASB
6 2 (1.01%) Grafana
6 2 (1.01%) Packer
6 2 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.51%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.51%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.51%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (15.15%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.04%) LogRhythm
2 8 (4.04%) Rapid7
3 5 (2.53%) Google
3 5 (2.53%) Okta
3 5 (2.53%) Qualys
4 4 (2.02%) Cisco
4 4 (2.02%) Splunk
5 3 (1.52%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.52%) IBM
5 3 (1.52%) Oracle
6 2 (1.01%) Darktrace
6 2 (1.01%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.01%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.01%) Varonis
6 2 (1.01%) VMware
7 1 (0.51%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.51%) Citrix
7 1 (0.51%) Lotus
7 1 (0.51%) McAfee