NIST 800 Contracts in the City of London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for NIST 800 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NIST 800 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 167 187
Rank change year-on-year +46 +20 -37
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 5 5 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.14% 0.024%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.32% 1.08% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
10th Percentile £620 - -
25th Percentile £725 £563 £821
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £650 £843
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% -22.85% +23.90%
75th Percentile £875 £675 £864
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £850 £650 £843
% change year-on-year +30.77% -22.85% +23.90%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

NIST 800 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 City of London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 378 462 669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.21% 12.71% 15.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 337 448
10th Percentile £363 £400 £350
25th Percentile £463 £499 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +6.28%
75th Percentile £663 £725 £638
90th Percentile £770 £838 £751
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £16.78 - £19.13
25th Percentile £17.96 - £23.06
Median hourly rate £20.61 - £43.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +200.00%
75th Percentile £22.65 - £61.94
90th Percentile £23.46 - £62.28
Central London median hourly rate £23.40 £23.50 £43.50
% change year-on-year -0.43% -45.98% +200.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Business Agility
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (20.00%) EBIOS
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) SABSA
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) CISM
2 4 (80.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSK
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) FFIEC
3 1 (20.00%) GIAC
3 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 31000
2 3 (60.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft