NIST Contract Job Trends in Chelsea

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Kensington and Chelsea > Chelsea

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chelsea requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chelsea 8.33% - 25.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.00% - 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £619 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - -
75th Percentile £656 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £638 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Chelsea

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 Chelsea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelsea 41.67% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £395 - £226
25th Percentile £463 - £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £306
75th Percentile £539 - £355
90th Percentile £609 - £382
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £500 - £213
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £26.56
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate £23.00 - £26.56

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelsea 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001