NIST Contract Job Trends in Central London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	119	90	115
Rank change year-on-year	-29	+25	+3
Contract jobs citing NIST	32	36	17
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	1.40%	1.88%	0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	6.03%	9.30%	4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted	27	28	10
10^th Percentile	£415	£416	£446
25^th Percentile	£463	£491	£513
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£556	£613
Median % change year-on-year	-1.12%	-9.18%	-0.81%
75^th Percentile	£666	£706	£741
90^th Percentile	£738	£824	£775
London median daily rate	£586	£571	£650
% change year-on-year	+2.49%	-12.12%	+3.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	531	387	385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London	23.21%	20.18%	16.54%
Number of daily rates quoted	397	281	217
10^th Percentile	£350	£325	£349
25^th Percentile	£450	£420	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£551
Median % change year-on-year	-	-0.09%	-6.30%
75^th Percentile	£650	£688	£656
90^th Percentile	£775	£825	£750
London median daily rate	£546	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+3.90%	-4.55%	-1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	7	2
10^th Percentile	-	£26.54	-
25^th Percentile	£25.00	£29.54	-
Median hourly rate	£30.41	£34.48	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-11.80%	-1.49%	-51.72%
75^th Percentile	£41.55	£46.13	-
90^th Percentile	£51.87	£69.55	-
London median hourly rate	£35.00	£33.73	£35.90
% change year-on-year	+3.77%	-6.04%	+10.46%

NIST Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

NIST Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

NIST Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in Central London over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in Central London

NIST 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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
City of London	-23	23	£550	+2.33%	35
Kensington and Chelsea	0	4	£581	+29.17%	1
West End of London	-9	3	£530	-18.46%
City of Westminster	-11	1	£500	-23.08%	12
Southwark	-	1	£550	-
NIST London

NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing NIST also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region citing NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	59.4%	19
1	ISO/IEC 27001	59.4%	19
3	Azure	34.4%	11
4	Microsoft	31.3%	10
4	Security Cleared	31.3%	10
6	SC Cleared	28.1%	9
6	Vulnerability Management	28.1%	9
8	GDPR	25.0%	8
8	Incident Response	25.0%	8
10	NCSC	21.9%	7
10	Security Architecture	21.9%	7
12	AWS	18.8%	6
12	OWASP	18.8%	6
12	Risk Management	18.8%	6
12	SIEM	18.8%	6
16	AI	15.6%	5
16	CISSP	15.6%	5
16	GCP	15.6%	5
16	Microsoft Intune	15.6%	5
16	Microsoft Purview	15.6%	5
16	Risk Assessment	15.6%	5
16	SaaS	15.6%	5
16	Security Operations	15.6%	5
24	Cyber Essentials	12.5%	4
24	Data Loss Prevention	12.5%	4
24	Data Protection	12.5%	4
24	Digital Transformation Programme	12.5%	4
24	DORA	12.5%	4
24	Entra ID	12.5%	4
24	Key Management	12.5%	4

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	59.4%	19
2	GDPR	25.0%	8
3	NCSC	21.9%	7
4	Cyber Essentials	12.5%	4
4	DORA	12.5%	4
6	Cyber Essentials PLUS	9.4%	3
6	EU AI Act	9.4%	3
6	GRC	9.4%	3
9	ISO/IEC 27005	6.3%	2
9	ISO/IEC 42001	6.3%	2
9	SOC 2	6.3%	2
12	Actionable Recommendations	3.1%	1
12	COBIT	3.1%	1
12	Data Quality	3.1%	1
12	ITGC	3.1%	1
12	JSP 440	3.1%	1
12	NIST 800	3.1%	1
12	PCI DSS	3.1%	1
12	PERC	3.1%	1
12	SLA	3.1%	1