NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 121 124
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 +37
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 7 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.30% 0.058% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.69% 0.33% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £513 - £633
25th Percentile £534 - £756
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £850
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.77%
75th Percentile £699 - £875
90th Percentile £778 - -
Central London median daily rate £625 - £850
% change year-on-year - - +30.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 414 300 369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 17.91% 17.28% 17.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 196 267
10th Percentile £350 £375 £367
25th Percentile £427 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £561 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.00% -8.33%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £650
90th Percentile £763 £824 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £19.23 - £16.78
25th Percentile £22.24 - £17.96
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.61
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.77% -
75th Percentile £52.25 - £22.65
90th Percentile £66.95 - £23.46
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in the City of London

NIST 800
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing NIST 800.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the City of London

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) OCI
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) CyberArk Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Penetration Tester
1 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Security Assurance Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Security Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Security Specialist
1 1 (14.29%) Security Technical Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Senior
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Senior Security Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Technical Security Consultant
1 1 (14.29%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) CSOC
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) AI
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Response
3 1 (14.29%) LLM
3 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security
3 1 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) CISSP
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) CRISC
2 2 (28.57%) OSCP
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (14.29%) CEH
3 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (14.29%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (14.29%) CISA
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (42.86%) NCSC
3 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (14.29%) COBIT
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (14.29%) Def Stans
5 1 (14.29%) GRC
5 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) CyberArk
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle