NIST Contracts in Berkshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 103 85
Rank change year-on-year +37 -18 +21
Contract jobs citing NIST 27 21 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.30% 1.06% 1.66%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.98% 6.05% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 12
10th Percentile £465 £157 £511
25th Percentile £550 £329 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £517 £675
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% -23.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £608 £640 £719
90th Percentile £649 £713 £774
South East median daily rate £600 £613 £700
% change year-on-year -2.04% -12.50% +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 208 347 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.73% 17.49% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 168 128
10th Percentile £313 £245 £339
25th Percentile £450 £323 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £602
90th Percentile £684 £600 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 12
10th Percentile £43.00 £20.80 £18.50
25th Percentile £58.94 £24.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +217.07% -2.61%
75th Percentile £71.09 £70.18 £34.50
90th Percentile £89.00 £74.57 £70.73
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Berkshire

NIST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for NIST in Berkshire

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in Berkshire

NIST
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +30 17 £575 +15.00% 15
Slough - 4 £615 - 9
Windsor -7 2 £550 -26.67%
Wokingham - 2 £450 -
Thatcham - 1 £600 -
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (29.63%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) AWS
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (11.11%) SonarCloud
4 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Network Security
2 6 (22.22%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (14.81%) Firewall
4 3 (11.11%) VPN
5 1 (3.70%) DNS
5 1 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.70%) LAN
5 1 (3.70%) Modbus
5 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (3.70%) SSL
5 1 (3.70%) WAN
5 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Snyk
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Automotive
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Head of Architecture
2 6 (22.22%) Head of Security
3 5 (18.52%) Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Head of Strategy
3 5 (18.52%) Security Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Project Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Security Manager
4 4 (14.81%) Security Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Compliance Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Compliance Project Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Data Compliance Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Security Compliance Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Security Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) SOC Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
7 1 (3.70%) Risk Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Operational Technology
2 4 (14.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.41%) SCADA
4 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) PKI
5 1 (3.70%) PMI
5 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) AIX
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
1 2 (7.41%) Unix
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (40.74%) OWASP
3 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
3 10 (37.04%) Vulnerability Management
4 9 (33.33%) Information Security
4 9 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 8 (29.63%) ITIL
5 8 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (22.22%) Cloud Security
6 6 (22.22%) Incident Response
6 6 (22.22%) Security Architecture
6 6 (22.22%) Security Operations
6 6 (22.22%) SIEM
6 6 (22.22%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (18.52%) Budgeting
7 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (18.52%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) CEH
4 4 (14.81%) CISA
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
6 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) GCIH
6 2 (7.41%) GIAC
6 2 (7.41%) ISACA
6 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.70%) CCSK
7 1 (3.70%) GCFA
7 1 (3.70%) GCIA
7 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (3.70%) SANS
7 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) GDPR
2 9 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (29.63%) COBIT
4 2 (7.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (7.41%) NCSC
4 2 (7.41%) NIST 800
4 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.70%) EU AI Act
5 1 (3.70%) GRC
5 1 (3.70%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
1 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) CASB
1 2 (7.41%) CSIRT
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.41%) Progress Chef
1 2 (7.41%) Puppet
1 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 1 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Cisco
2 2 (7.41%) Splunk
2 2 (7.41%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Aruba
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) Forcepoint
3 1 (3.70%) Google
3 1 (3.70%) Kenna
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow