NIST Contracts with Work from Home Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 206 327
Rank change year-on-year +30 +121 +35
Contract jobs citing NIST 173 300 319
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.15% 1.20% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.94% 9.78% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 216 234
10th Percentile £485 £500 £463
25th Percentile £538 £563 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £738 £750 £738
90th Percentile £825 £850 £774
UK median daily rate £620 £650 £625
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - - £42.00
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - £39.60 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - -20.80% -12.28%
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - £90.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £64.15 £68.58
% change year-on-year +5.23% -6.47% +37.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,178 3,067 5,831
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.45% 12.22% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,506 2,244 4,151
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% +4.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.50 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -40.95% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.00% +26.13% +31.99%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST.

NIST daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing NIST over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

NIST daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing NIST.

NIST hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (4.05%) Confluence
2 6 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.31%) Apache Solr
3 4 (2.31%) nginx
4 2 (1.16%) IIS
5 1 (0.58%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.58%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.58%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 34 (19.65%) AWS
2 33 (19.08%) Azure
3 14 (8.09%) GCP
4 10 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.62%) GitHub
6 6 (3.47%) SaaS
7 5 (2.89%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (2.31%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.16%) IaaS
9 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.58%) PaaS
10 1 (0.58%) Serverless
10 1 (0.58%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 31 (17.92%) Network Security
2 22 (12.72%) Firewall
3 13 (7.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (5.78%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.20%) DNS
6 4 (2.31%) HTTPS
6 4 (2.31%) IPsec
6 4 (2.31%) tcpdump
6 4 (2.31%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.73%) Wireless
8 1 (0.58%) Broadband
8 1 (0.58%) DHCP
8 1 (0.58%) DMZ
8 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.58%) HTTP
8 1 (0.58%) Internet
8 1 (0.58%) SMTP
8 1 (0.58%) VLAN
8 1 (0.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.89%) MySQL
1 5 (2.89%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.31%) Apache Hive
2 4 (2.31%) Couchbase
2 4 (2.31%) Hadoop
2 4 (2.31%) Tableau
3 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.58%) Big Data
4 1 (0.58%) CouchDB
4 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.58%) Redis
4 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.58%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (5.78%) JIRA
2 6 (3.47%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.31%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (1.16%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.16%) Git
4 2 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.58%) Darcs
5 1 (0.58%) GitLab
5 1 (0.58%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.58%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.58%) RStudio
5 1 (0.58%) Travis CI
General
1 43 (24.86%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.50%) Finance
3 22 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.20%) Banking
6 6 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.89%) Legal
8 3 (1.73%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.73%) Retail
9 2 (1.16%) Advertising
9 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.16%) Local Government
9 2 (1.16%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (38.15%) Architect
2 52 (30.06%) Security Architect
3 24 (13.87%) Consultant
4 21 (12.14%) Analyst
5 14 (8.09%) Security Analyst
5 14 (8.09%) Security Consultant
6 13 (7.51%) Technical Architect
7 12 (6.94%) Security Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 11 (6.36%) Security Manager
9 10 (5.78%) Lead
10 8 (4.62%) Senior
11 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 7 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (3.47%) SIEM Architect
13 5 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
13 5 (2.89%) Information Analyst
13 5 (2.89%) Risk Consultant
13 5 (2.89%) Security Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.47%) RabbitMQ
2 4 (2.31%) JSON
2 4 (2.31%) LEMP Stack
2 4 (2.31%) OLE
2 4 (2.31%) YAML
3 1 (0.58%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.58%) CSS
3 1 (0.58%) EDI
3 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.58%) HTML
3 1 (0.58%) React
3 1 (0.58%) REST
3 1 (0.58%) RESTful
3 1 (0.58%) SAML
3 1 (0.58%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.72%) Management Information System
2 12 (6.94%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (5.20%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.62%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 8 (4.62%) Operational Technology
5 6 (3.47%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.89%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.89%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.31%) SCADA
7 4 (2.31%) YARA
8 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.16%) IoT
9 2 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.51%) Linux
2 12 (6.94%) Windows
3 4 (2.31%) CentOS
4 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (57.23%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (36.42%) Information Security
3 46 (26.59%) Security Architecture
4 45 (26.01%) Risk Management
5 38 (21.97%) SIEM
6 26 (15.03%) Incident Response
7 24 (13.87%) Security Management
8 23 (13.29%) Risk Assessment
9 22 (12.72%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (12.14%) Cloud Security
10 21 (12.14%) Information Security Management
10 21 (12.14%) Roadmaps
11 20 (11.56%) Penetration Testing
11 20 (11.56%) Use Case
11 20 (11.56%) Vulnerability Management
12 19 (10.98%) DevOps
13 18 (10.40%) Data Protection
13 18 (10.40%) Migration
14 16 (9.25%) Agile
14 16 (9.25%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.62%) Python
2 6 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.31%) C++
3 4 (2.31%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.31%) PHP
4 2 (1.16%) C#
4 2 (1.16%) Go
5 1 (0.58%) Bash
5 1 (0.58%) C
5 1 (0.58%) Java
5 1 (0.58%) R
5 1 (0.58%) Ruby
5 1 (0.58%) Rust
5 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (30.06%) CISSP
2 44 (25.43%) Security Cleared
3 42 (24.28%) CISM
4 36 (20.81%) SC Cleared
5 26 (15.03%) CISA
6 17 (9.83%) Degree
7 16 (9.25%) DV Cleared
8 13 (7.51%) CREST Certified
9 10 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (5.78%) CRISC
9 10 (5.78%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (4.05%) Master's Degree
11 6 (3.47%) CEH
11 6 (3.47%) GIAC
12 5 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (2.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (2.31%) CGEIT
13 4 (2.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 4 (2.31%) OSCP
14 3 (1.73%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (56.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (15.03%) GDPR
3 25 (14.45%) NCSC
4 16 (9.25%) PCI DSS
5 13 (7.51%) GRC
6 10 (5.78%) NIST 800
7 9 (5.20%) COBIT
8 7 (4.05%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (2.89%) HIPAA
10 4 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 4 (2.31%) QA
11 3 (1.73%) GPG13
11 3 (1.73%) JSP 440
12 2 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 2 (1.16%) ISAE 3402
12 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
12 2 (1.16%) ISO 31000
12 2 (1.16%) ITGC
12 2 (1.16%) RMADS
12 2 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) Docker
2 4 (2.31%) Snort
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Terraform
2 10 (5.78%) Ansible
3 8 (4.62%) Kubernetes
4 7 (4.05%) Kibana
5 4 (2.31%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 3 (1.73%) logstash
6 3 (1.73%) Nessus
7 2 (1.16%) Grafana
7 2 (1.16%) Packer
7 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.58%) CASB
8 1 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
8 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.78%) Google
2 10 (5.78%) LogRhythm
2 10 (5.78%) Splunk
3 6 (3.47%) Rapid7
4 4 (2.31%) Sophos
5 3 (1.73%) Atlassian
5 3 (1.73%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.73%) IBM
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle
6 2 (1.16%) Qualys
7 1 (0.58%) Axway
7 1 (0.58%) Cadence
7 1 (0.58%) Cisco
7 1 (0.58%) Forcepoint
7 1 (0.58%) Lotus
7 1 (0.58%) McAfee
7 1 (0.58%) SAP
7 1 (0.58%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.58%) VMware