NIST Contract Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 91 104
Rank change year-on-year -28 +13 +7
Contract jobs citing NIST 25 29 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.22% 1.72% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.54% 8.19% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 13
10th Percentile £420 £413 £459
25th Percentile £463 £463 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £538 £635
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% -15.35% +2.83%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £775
90th Percentile £750 £850 -
Central London median daily rate £556 £556 £635
% change year-on-year - -12.40% +2.42%

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

6 months to
2 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills 451 354 365
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 22.04% 20.95% 17.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 258 210
10th Percentile £400 £329 £361
25th Percentile £463 £418 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -0.43%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £826 £766
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £34.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £30.41 £34.48 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.80% -1.49% -51.72%

NIST Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

NIST job vacancy trend in the City of London

NIST Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

NIST Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the City of London

NIST Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1ISO/IEC 2700164.0%16
2GDPR32.0%8
3DORA20.0%5
4Cyber Essentials16.0%4
4GRC16.0%4
4NCSC16.0%4
7COBIT12.0%3
7Cyber Essentials PLUS12.0%3
7EU AI Act12.0%3
10ISO/IEC 270058.0%2
10ISO/IEC 420018.0%2
10ITGC8.0%2
10SOC 28.0%2
14Actionable Recommendations4.0%1
14JSP 4404.0%1
14PERC4.0%1