NIST Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring NIST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 39 69
Rank change year-on-year -1 +30 +31
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 9 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.31% 2.47% 0.26%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.49% 19.57% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - £498 -
25th Percentile £475 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £743
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% -31.20% +14.31%
75th Percentile £525 £560 -
90th Percentile - £655 -
South East median daily rate £600 £625 £673
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.10% +3.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 67 46 86
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 20.94% 12.64% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 30 61
10th Percentile £255 £189 £246
25th Percentile £394 £278 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -11.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £514 £558 £743
90th Percentile £533 £632 £1,150
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 0
10th Percentile £13.25 £17.26 -
25th Percentile £15.12 £20.31 -
Median hourly rate £15.25 £26.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -41.74% - -
75th Percentile £15.38 £31.85 -
90th Percentile - £34.79 -
South East median hourly rate £18.42 £51.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -63.89% +2.00% +138.10%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Buckinghamshire

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing NIST

NIST
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Milton Keynes -2 1 £500 -6.65% 5
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) RSA Archer