NIST Contracts in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 149 137 211
Rank change year-on-year -12 +74 -20
Contract jobs citing NIST 52 82 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 1.45% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.94% 9.92% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 62 40
10th Percentile £582 £552 £478
25th Percentile £585 £628 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +32.98%
75th Percentile £690 £763 £725
90th Percentile £700 £838 £800
England median daily rate £625 £650 £638
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.96% +6.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

NIST 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 749 827 1,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.02% 14.62% 15.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 519 782
10th Percentile £255 £200 £230
25th Percentile £363 £363 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 46 52
10th Percentile £10.82 £15.21 £12.31
25th Percentile £17.34 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £39.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.82% +89.29% -17.65%
75th Percentile £60.00 £52.95 £32.81
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £48.75
England median hourly rate £23.80 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +54.55% +33.92%

NIST
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 11 June 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 11 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
Hampshire +2 30 £655 -2.93% 6
Thames Valley -4 19 £613 -8.58% 6
Berkshire -16 15 £713 +6.34% 6
Buckinghamshire - 4 £613 -
East Sussex +3 1 £650 -7.14% 3
West Sussex - 1 £500 - 1
NIST
England

NIST
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 4 (7.69%) Azure
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (1.92%) IaaS
3 1 (1.92%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.31%) Network Security
2 1 (1.92%) DNS
2 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.92%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Git
General
1 27 (51.92%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) French Language
5 1 (1.92%) German Language
5 1 (1.92%) Legal
5 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (23.08%) Consultant
1 12 (23.08%) Lead
2 11 (21.15%) Architect
2 11 (21.15%) Security Consultant
3 9 (17.31%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 8 (15.38%) Security Architect
5 7 (13.46%) Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
7 4 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 3 (5.77%) IT Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Security Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Senior VMware Architect
8 3 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.77%) VMware Architect
9 2 (3.85%) Information Manager
9 2 (3.85%) Information Security Risk Manager
9 2 (3.85%) Risk Manager
9 2 (3.85%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (3.85%) Google JAX
2 2 (3.85%) PyTorch
2 2 (3.85%) scikit-learn
2 2 (3.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 26 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 20 (38.46%) Cyber Threat
3 19 (36.54%) Cyber Defence
3 19 (36.54%) Management Information System
4 9 (17.31%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.69%) Security Posture
6 2 (3.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.92%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.92%) Industry 4.0
7 1 (1.92%) IoT
7 1 (1.92%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (71.15%) Cybersecurity
2 31 (59.62%) Information Security
3 24 (46.15%) SIEM
4 22 (42.31%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 20 (38.46%) Incident Response
5 20 (38.46%) Protective Monitoring
6 19 (36.54%) Use Case
7 18 (34.62%) Case Management
7 18 (34.62%) Incident Management
7 18 (34.62%) SOAR
8 17 (32.69%) CRM
8 17 (32.69%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 17 (32.69%) Root Cause Analysis
8 17 (32.69%) Threat Intelligence
9 16 (30.77%) Mentoring
10 14 (26.92%) Risk Management
11 13 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
12 10 (19.23%) Identity Access Management
12 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
13 9 (17.31%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) Python
2 2 (3.85%) C
2 2 (3.85%) C++
2 2 (3.85%) Java
2 2 (3.85%) R
3 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (65.38%) Security Cleared
2 29 (55.77%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) ISACA
4 6 (11.54%) CISM
4 6 (11.54%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.69%) CISSP
6 3 (5.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (5.77%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.85%) CISA
7 2 (3.85%) CRISC
8 1 (1.92%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.92%) CCSK
8 1 (1.92%) CCSP
8 1 (1.92%) CEH
8 1 (1.92%) CESG Certified Professional
8 1 (1.92%) CISMP
8 1 (1.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (51.92%) NIST 800
2 11 (21.15%) GDPR
3 10 (19.23%) COBIT
4 7 (13.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (7.69%) NCSC
6 3 (5.77%) GRC
7 1 (1.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (1.92%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.92%) RMADS
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Kibana
1 5 (9.62%) logstash
2 3 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (48.08%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Tanium
3 3 (5.77%) VMware