NIST 800 Contracts in England

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring NIST 800 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST 800 over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 554 724
Rank change year-on-year +101 +170 -115
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 97 82 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.17% 0.090%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.91% 1.29% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 57 45
10th Percentile £499 £502 £547
25th Percentile £528 £563 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £800
90th Percentile £853 £750 £872
UK median daily rate £582 £650 £731
% change year-on-year -10.46% -11.11% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

NIST 800 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,067 6,357 9,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.51% 13.52% 13.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,193 4,313 6,338
10th Percentile £300 £300 £290
25th Percentile £406 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 382 229 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.17 £12.56
25th Percentile £12.88 £20.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%
75th Percentile £51.31 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £69.40
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in England.

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in England.

Hourly rate trend for NIST 800 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West +51 53 £600 +14.29% 10
South East +34 27 £661 +11.83%
London +63 19 £725 - 6
Yorkshire +26 18 £582 +1.22%
North of England +22 18 £582 +1.22%
Midlands +11 8 £538 -20.88% 1
West Midlands +11 7 £538 -20.88% 1
East of England +5 2 £400 -20.79%
East Midlands - 1 - -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.15%) AWS
2 3 (3.09%) Azure
2 3 (3.09%) GCP
3 2 (2.06%) IaaS
3 2 (2.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.37%) Network Security
2 5 (5.15%) Firewall
3 1 (1.03%) Modbus
3 1 (1.03%) TCP/IP
General
1 63 (64.95%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.34%) Public Sector
4 10 (10.31%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.28%) Finance
5 9 (9.28%) Military
6 3 (3.09%) Banking
6 3 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.06%) Retail
8 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (25.77%) Analyst
2 17 (17.53%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 16 (16.49%) Lead
4 9 (9.28%) Consultant
4 9 (9.28%) Project Manager
5 8 (8.25%) SOC Manager
6 7 (7.22%) Security Consultant
6 7 (7.22%) Security Engineer
7 6 (6.19%) Architect
7 6 (6.19%) Security Architect
8 5 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 4 (4.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 3 (3.09%) Incident Analyst
10 3 (3.09%) Information Security Consultant
10 3 (3.09%) Security Analyst
10 3 (3.09%) Security Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Architect
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.31%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 64 (65.98%) Cyber Threat
2 62 (63.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 61 (62.89%) Cyber Defence
4 47 (48.45%) Management Information System
5 14 (14.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (7.22%) Operational Technology
7 6 (6.19%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.09%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (3.09%) IoT
8 3 (3.09%) SCADA
9 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.06%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (81.44%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (74.23%) SIEM
3 69 (71.13%) Information Security
4 57 (58.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 54 (55.67%) Incident Response
5 54 (55.67%) Protective Monitoring
6 52 (53.61%) Incident Management
6 52 (53.61%) Threat Intelligence
6 52 (53.61%) Use Case
7 51 (52.58%) Case Management
7 51 (52.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 51 (52.58%) SOAR
8 50 (51.55%) Mentoring
9 48 (49.48%) CRM
9 48 (49.48%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (20.62%) Security Architecture
11 17 (17.53%) Security Operations
12 12 (12.37%) Risk Management
13 10 (10.31%) Agile
14 9 (9.28%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 68 (70.10%) Security Cleared
2 64 (65.98%) DV Cleared
3 21 (21.65%) CISM
4 19 (19.59%) CISSP
5 11 (11.34%) CISA
6 9 (9.28%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (9.28%) CRISC
6 9 (9.28%) Degree
7 8 (8.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (6.19%) CCSK
8 6 (6.19%) GIAC
9 4 (4.12%) SANS
10 3 (3.09%) CCSP
11 2 (2.06%) CEH
11 2 (2.06%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (2.06%) GCIH
11 2 (2.06%) GSEC
11 2 (2.06%) Linux+ Certification
11 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 2 (2.06%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (97.94%) NIST
2 7 (7.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.22%) PCI DSS
3 5 (5.15%) ISO 31000
4 4 (4.12%) GDPR
4 4 (4.12%) ISA99
5 2 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (2.06%) NCSC
6 1 (1.03%) ISO 22301
6 1 (1.03%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Docker
1 2 (2.06%) Snort
2 1 (1.03%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (12.37%) logstash
2 10 (10.31%) Kibana
3 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.06%) Terraform
4 1 (1.03%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 67 (69.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.31%) Tanium
3 3 (3.09%) Google
3 3 (3.09%) LogRhythm
4 2 (2.06%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.06%) Cybereason
4 2 (2.06%) Splunk
5 1 (1.03%) Cadence
5 1 (1.03%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.03%) ForeScout
5 1 (1.03%) Palo Alto