NIST Contracts in Bristol

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 27 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +8 +12 +19
Contract jobs citing NIST 8 20 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 1.31% 1.78% 0.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.02% 13.07% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £660 - £539
25th Percentile £666 £513 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £702 £525 £638
Median % change year-on-year +33.67% -17.65% -
75th Percentile £716 £650 £723
90th Percentile - £740 £788
South West median daily rate £625 £600 £650
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.75 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £72.75 £64.15
% change year-on-year -10.65% +13.41% -11.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 114 153 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 18.66% 13.64% 13.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 64 97
10th Percentile £242 £305 £361
25th Percentile £363 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £675
90th Percentile £649 £768 £814
South West median daily rate £525 £524 £550
% change year-on-year +0.24% -4.77% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 50 19
10th Percentile £15.48 £44.00 £47.00
25th Percentile £27.13 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £63.75 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +7.69% +52.69%
75th Percentile £68.44 - £77.50
90th Percentile £74.35 £74.04 £81.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £51.25 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.83% -21.15% +18.18%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for NIST in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Compliance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Information Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Security Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Service Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) LDAP
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (37.50%) Architecture Governance
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (37.50%) Information Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Security Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Architectural Design
4 1 (12.50%) Boundary Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Information Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Awareness
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) CISM
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (12.50%) Def Stans
2 1 (12.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft