National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
East of England > Cambridgeshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +12 |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | - | - | 0.18% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 1.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £543 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £555 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -16.23% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £568 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East of England median daily rate | £522 | £400 | £528 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.50% | -24.17% | -15.60% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cambridgeshire
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 Cambridgeshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 15 | 41 | 86 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire | 5.45% | 8.12% | 15.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 22 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £250 | £363 | £185 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £373 | £285 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £410 | £435 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +34.15% | -5.75% | +2.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £639 | £415 | £508 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £561 | £596 |
| East of England median daily rate | £550 | £410 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | +34.15% | -6.82% | +3.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.84 | - | £12.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.91 | £14.16 | £13.07 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.01 | £15.14 | £13.58 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.96% | +11.49% | +4.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.12 | £25.00 | £17.32 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.18 | - | £17.65 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £60.00 | £15.79 | £17.72 |
| % change year-on-year | +279.99% | -10.89% | -13.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Cambridgeshire.