NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in Central London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 131 151
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 +59
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.053% 0.086% 0.067%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.27% 0.53% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £635 £750
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -15.33% -10.98%
75th Percentile - - £775
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £525 £550 £775
% change year-on-year -4.55% -29.03% +18.32%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 376 375 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 19.83% 16.07% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 211 344
10th Percentile £325 £350 £383
25th Percentile £419 £450 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £578
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +0.43%
75th Percentile £676 £650 £695
90th Percentile £825 £750 £812
London median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £26.54 - -
25th Percentile £29.54 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £34.48 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% -51.72% +271.79%
75th Percentile £46.13 - £73.75
90th Percentile £69.55 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £33.75
% change year-on-year -2.86% +3.70% +26.67%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in Central London

NIST 800
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing NIST 800.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
City of Westminster - 1 £700 - 1
NIST 800
London

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance Leader
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST