NIST Contracts in the South East

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 148 146 196
Rank change year-on-year -2 +50 -43
Contract jobs citing NIST 52 80 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 1.37% 0.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.18% 9.02% 5.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 59 45
10th Percentile £478 £525 £493
25th Percentile £545 £619 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £700 £613
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +31.72%
75th Percentile £648 £725 £700
90th Percentile £697 £818 £788
England median daily rate £625 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 842 887 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 15.24% 15.22% 16.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 564 804
10th Percentile £232 £200 £225
25th Percentile £362 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £578 £588
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 42 50
10th Percentile £10.82 £18.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £15.38 £18.75 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +42.52% -17.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £51.14 £33.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £48.95
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in the South East.

Daily rate trend for NIST in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for NIST in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley +3 27 £613 -9.26% 12
Hampshire +4 23 £583 -13.63% 5
Berkshire -14 21 £517 -23.48% 11
Buckinghamshire +31 6 £613 +28.95% 1
West Sussex - 1 £500 - 1
NIST
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Azure
2 5 (9.62%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.92%) IaaS
3 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) Network Security
2 2 (3.85%) Broadband
3 1 (1.92%) DNS
3 1 (1.92%) Internet
3 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.92%) VPN
General
1 19 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 12 (23.08%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.69%) French Language
4 4 (7.69%) German Language
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (30.77%) Consultant
1 16 (30.77%) Security Consultant
2 12 (23.08%) Lead
3 11 (21.15%) Architect
4 10 (19.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 9 (17.31%) Senior
6 6 (11.54%) Senior Architect
6 6 (11.54%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 6 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.62%) Analyst
7 5 (9.62%) Security Architect
8 4 (7.69%) Cloud Consultant
8 4 (7.69%) Cloud Security Consultant
8 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 4 (7.69%) Senior VMware Architect
8 4 (7.69%) VMware Architect
9 3 (5.77%) IT Architect
9 3 (5.77%) Security Analyst
10 2 (3.85%) Information Security Officer
10 2 (3.85%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (38.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 16 (30.77%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (26.92%) Cyber Defence
3 14 (26.92%) Management Information System
4 10 (19.23%) Data Centre
5 3 (5.77%) Public Cloud
6 2 (3.85%) IoT
6 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.92%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (78.85%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (53.85%) Information Security
3 18 (34.62%) Risk Management
3 18 (34.62%) SIEM
4 16 (30.77%) Protective Monitoring
5 15 (28.85%) Incident Management
6 14 (26.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 14 (26.92%) Use Case
6 14 (26.92%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (25.00%) Case Management
7 13 (25.00%) Incident Response
7 13 (25.00%) SOAR
8 12 (23.08%) CRM
8 12 (23.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 12 (23.08%) Mentoring
8 12 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
9 11 (21.15%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (21.15%) ITIL
10 10 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (55.77%) Security Cleared
2 24 (46.15%) DV Cleared
3 10 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (15.38%) CISM
4 8 (15.38%) ISACA
4 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 7 (13.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (13.46%) CISA
5 7 (13.46%) CISSP
6 6 (11.54%) CISMP
6 6 (11.54%) CRISC
7 3 (5.77%) CCNP
7 3 (5.77%) Degree
7 3 (5.77%) MCSE
7 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (3.85%) CCSP
9 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.92%) CCSK
9 1 (1.92%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (40.38%) NIST 800
2 16 (30.77%) COBIT
3 10 (19.23%) GDPR
3 10 (19.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (15.38%) NCSC
5 7 (13.46%) GRC
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.92%) IASME
6 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.54%) VMware