National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Lancashire > Blackburn
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Blackburn | - | - | 5.26% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 50.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £368 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £385 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £403 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | - | - | £385 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -42.96% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Blackburn
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 Blackburn.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackburn | 12.50% | - | 10.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £368 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | £385 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -18.95% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £403 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £450 | £218 | £443 |
| % change year-on-year | +106.90% | -50.85% | -15.71% |
NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackburn.
