NIST Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 116 126
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing NIST 27 32 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.01% 1.09% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.74% 7.37% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 25
10th Percentile £295 £475 £543
25th Percentile £525 £613 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £675 £625
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% +8.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £643 £713 £775
90th Percentile £672 £770 £800
South East median daily rate £613 £700 £613
% change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% +31.72%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 470 434 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.59% 14.77% 15.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 262 342
10th Percentile £180 £252 £225
25th Percentile £315 £400 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +7.14%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £600 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 15 15
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.50 £11.39
25th Percentile £22.94 £19.75 £13.16
Median hourly rate £27.50 £23.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% +9.52% -0.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.00 £21.28
90th Percentile £68.84 £65.66 £25.30
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £31.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -11.29% +47.27% -17.45%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire -12 21 £517 -23.48% 11
Buckinghamshire +31 6 £613 +28.95% 1
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (11.11%) AWS
1 3 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Network Security
2 2 (7.41%) Broadband
3 1 (3.70%) Internet
General
1 6 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 4 (14.81%) French Language
2 4 (14.81%) German Language
3 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Consultant
1 14 (51.85%) Security Consultant
2 10 (37.04%) Architect
3 9 (33.33%) Senior
4 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Architect
5 6 (22.22%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 6 (22.22%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (14.81%) Cloud Consultant
6 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security Consultant
6 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 4 (14.81%) Security Architect
6 4 (14.81%) Senior VMware Architect
6 4 (14.81%) VMware Architect
7 3 (11.11%) IT Architect
8 2 (7.41%) Information Security Officer
8 2 (7.41%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (7.41%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Data Centre
2 3 (11.11%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) IoT
3 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (7.41%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
4 1 (3.70%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (59.26%) Risk Management
3 13 (48.15%) Information Security
4 11 (40.74%) Identity Access Management
4 11 (40.74%) ITIL
5 10 (37.04%) Application Security
5 10 (37.04%) Information Security Management
5 10 (37.04%) OWASP
5 10 (37.04%) Security Management
5 10 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
7 7 (25.93%) Budget Management
7 7 (25.93%) Budgeting
7 7 (25.93%) Capacity Management
7 7 (25.93%) Project Planning
7 7 (25.93%) Roadmaps
8 6 (22.22%) Business Continuity
8 6 (22.22%) Cloud Security
9 5 (18.52%) Agile
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (29.63%) CISM
2 8 (29.63%) ISACA
3 7 (25.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 7 (25.93%) CISA
3 7 (25.93%) CISSP
4 6 (22.22%) CISMP
4 6 (22.22%) CRISC
4 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) CCNP
5 3 (11.11%) Degree
5 3 (11.11%) MCSE
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (7.41%) CCSP
6 2 (7.41%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.70%) CCSK
7 1 (3.70%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) COBIT
2 10 (37.04%) GDPR
3 8 (29.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (25.93%) GRC
5 6 (22.22%) NCSC
6 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft