NIST Contract Job Trends in Bedford

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 3.85% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £500 £700
% change year-on-year - -28.57% +101.73%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedford

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 Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 15.38% 10.53% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +155.81%
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £655 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £88.75 £41.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +113.86% -24.55% -3.51%

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware