NIST 800 Contracts in England

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 455 586 723
Rank change year-on-year +131 +137 -149
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 86 87 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.17% 0.087%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.63% 1.30% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 57 42
10th Percentile £489 £508 £542
25th Percentile £521 £563 £647
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £650 £755
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% -13.91% +11.85%
75th Percentile £728 £703 £817
90th Percentile £875 £750 £868
UK median daily rate £582 £650 £750
% change year-on-year -10.46% -13.33% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +52.38% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,277 6,715 9,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.20% 13.35% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,369 4,564 6,397
10th Percentile £300 £280 £288
25th Percentile £408 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 349 204 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £14.49 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.50 £16.44
Median hourly rate £22.34 £41.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.84% +50.00% +30.95%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.93 £68.30
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £36.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year -42.61% +29.46% +33.02%

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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 1 May 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 1 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
South West +56 41 £550 - 1
South East +33 21 £583 -1.37% 1
London +76 20 £750 +8.30% 9
Yorkshire +38 17 £582 +1.22%
North of England +35 17 £582 +1.22%
Midlands +21 9 £569 -16.32% 5
West Midlands +21 9 £569 -16.32% 4
East of England +8 2 £400 - 4
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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 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.14%) Azure
2 6 (6.98%) AWS
3 4 (4.65%) GCP
4 2 (2.33%) IaaS
4 2 (2.33%) SaaS
5 1 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) Network Security
2 4 (4.65%) Firewall
3 1 (1.16%) Modbus
3 1 (1.16%) TCP/IP
General
1 52 (60.47%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.79%) Finance
3 10 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.63%) Telecoms
4 9 (10.47%) Military
4 9 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.49%) Banking
7 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (29.07%) Analyst
2 19 (22.09%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 15 (17.44%) Lead
4 9 (10.47%) Consultant
4 9 (10.47%) Project Manager
4 9 (10.47%) Security Consultant
5 8 (9.30%) Architect
5 8 (9.30%) Security Architect
5 8 (9.30%) SOC Manager
6 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 4 (4.65%) Senior
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Architect
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Security Architect
8 3 (3.49%) Information Security Consultant
8 3 (3.49%) Security Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Compliance Analyst
9 2 (2.33%) Security Engineer
10 1 (1.16%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.16%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 55 (63.95%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (60.47%) Cyber Defence
3 51 (59.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 39 (45.35%) Management Information System
5 14 (16.28%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (6.98%) Operational Technology
6 6 (6.98%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.49%) Industry 4.0
7 3 (3.49%) IoT
8 2 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.16%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (1.16%) Replication
9 1 (1.16%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (77.91%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (68.60%) SIEM
3 58 (67.44%) Information Security
4 45 (52.33%) Protective Monitoring
5 44 (51.16%) Incident Response
6 43 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 42 (48.84%) Incident Management
8 41 (47.67%) Case Management
8 41 (47.67%) SOAR
8 41 (47.67%) Use Case
9 40 (46.51%) Mentoring
9 40 (46.51%) Threat Intelligence
10 39 (45.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 38 (44.19%) Root Cause Analysis
12 37 (43.02%) CRM
13 23 (26.74%) Security Architecture
14 17 (19.77%) Security Operations
15 13 (15.12%) Agile
15 13 (15.12%) Risk Management
15 13 (15.12%) SABSA
Qualifications
1 57 (66.28%) Security Cleared
2 52 (60.47%) DV Cleared
3 21 (24.42%) CISM
4 20 (23.26%) CISSP
5 14 (16.28%) CISA
6 12 (13.95%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (13.95%) CRISC
7 11 (12.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (8.14%) CCSK
8 7 (8.14%) Degree
9 5 (5.81%) GIAC
9 5 (5.81%) SANS
10 3 (3.49%) CCSP
10 3 (3.49%) CEH
10 3 (3.49%) FFIEC
10 3 (3.49%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.16%) CCNA
11 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (93.02%) NIST
2 7 (8.14%) ISO 31000
2 7 (8.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.14%) PCI DSS
3 3 (3.49%) GDPR
3 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (2.33%) ISA99
4 2 (2.33%) NCSC
5 1 (1.16%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.16%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (62.79%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.49%) Google
3 2 (2.33%) Cadence
4 1 (1.16%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.16%) ForeScout
4 1 (1.16%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.16%) ServiceNow