NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 36 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NIST 800 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire | - | 1.06% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 10.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £650 | £600 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | +50.00% | -40.74% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire
NIST 800 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 Cambridgeshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 49 | 30 | 49 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 13.61% | 10.56% | 10.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25 | 17 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £400 | £333 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £406 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £565 | £570 | £410 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.88% | +39.02% | -8.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £658 | £613 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £650 | £675 |
| East of England median daily rate | £510 | £538 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.12% | +13.16% | +2.98% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £17.26 | £13.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.57 | £17.46 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £14.37 | £17.80 | £14.16 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.30% | +25.71% | -19.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.01 | £25.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £17.64 | £18.14 | - |
| East of England median hourly rate | £18.50 | £35.00 | £15.79 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.14% | +121.66% | -10.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing NIST 800.
