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 requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	113	89	117
Rank change year-on-year	-24	+28	-2
Contract jobs citing NIST	37	33	22
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	1.56%	1.76%	0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	6.99%	8.82%	5.43%
Number of daily rates quoted	28	25	14
10^th Percentile	£445	£415	£516
25^th Percentile	£491	£463	£603
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£566	£550	£672
Median % change year-on-year	+2.95%	-18.19%	+5.04%
75^th Percentile	£709	£690	£775
90^th Percentile	£750	£835	-
London median daily rate	£580	£575	£650
% change year-on-year	+0.87%	-11.54%	-

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Central London.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	529	374	405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London	22.30%	19.96%	17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	385	265	233
10^th Percentile	£350	£321	£348
25^th Percentile	£450	£413	£463
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-7.56%
75^th Percentile	£656	£688	£650
90^th Percentile	£775	£831	£750
London median daily rate	£540	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.86%	-4.55%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	8	2
10^th Percentile	-	£22.53	-
25^th Percentile	£25.00	£25.62	-
Median hourly rate	£30.41	£34.24	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-11.19%	-2.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£41.55	£40.81	-
90^th Percentile	£51.87	£66.35	-
London median hourly rate	£28.03	£34.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-17.57%	-2.86%	+7.69%

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 22 October 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 22 October 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	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
City of London	-29	27	£570	+4.83%	48
Kensington and Chelsea	0	4	£581	+29.17%
West End of London	-10	3	£530	-18.46%	1
City of Westminster	-10	2	£538	-17.31%	7
Southwark	-	1	£550	-
NIST London

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 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 with a requirement for NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	62.2%	23
1	ISO/IEC 27001	62.2%	23
3	Microsoft	32.4%	12
4	Azure	29.7%	11
4	Security Cleared	29.7%	11
6	SC Cleared	27.0%	10
7	Risk Management	24.3%	9
8	GDPR	21.6%	8
8	Security Architecture	21.6%	8
10	CISSP	18.9%	7
10	Incident Response	18.9%	7
10	NCSC	18.9%	7
10	Regulatory Compliance	18.9%	7
10	Stakeholder Engagement	18.9%	7
10	Stakeholder Management	18.9%	7
10	Vulnerability Management	18.9%	7
17	AWS	16.2%	6
17	DORA	16.2%	6
17	GRC	16.2%	6
17	Microsoft Purview	16.2%	6
17	Operational Resilience	16.2%	6
17	OWASP	16.2%	6
17	Risk Assessment	16.2%	6
24	AI	13.5%	5
24	Entra ID	13.5%	5
24	GCP	13.5%	5
24	Key Management	13.5%	5
24	Microsoft Intune	13.5%	5
24	Remediation Plan	13.5%	5
24	SaaS	13.5%	5

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	62.2%	23
2	GDPR	21.6%	8
3	NCSC	18.9%	7
4	DORA	16.2%	6
4	GRC	16.2%	6
6	COBIT	10.8%	4
6	Cyber Essentials	10.8%	4
8	Cyber Essentials PLUS	8.1%	3
8	EU AI Act	8.1%	3
8	ITGC	8.1%	3
11	ISO/IEC 27005	5.4%	2
11	ISO/IEC 42001	5.4%	2
11	SOC 2	5.4%	2
14	Actionable Recommendations	2.7%	1
14	Data Quality	2.7%	1
14	JSP 440	2.7%	1
14	NIST 800	2.7%	1
14	PERC	2.7%	1
14	SLA	2.7%	1