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 requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 93 87
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 +55
Contract jobs citing NIST 33 24 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.58% 1.36% 1.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.64% 8.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 38
10th Percentile £405 £425 £340
25th Percentile £481 £462 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £638 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £755 £717 £697
90th Percentile £800 £759 £875
Central London median daily rate £638 £635 £625
% change year-on-year +0.39% +1.60% -3.85%

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 432 284 383
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.64% 16.09% 16.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 176 285
10th Percentile £363 £370 £366
25th Percentile £433 £461 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £674 £676 £675
90th Percentile £789 £769 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £20.01 - £25.05
25th Percentile £24.18 - £32.75
Median hourly rate £27.75 - £46.55
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.85%
75th Percentile £41.31 - £60.64
90th Percentile £62.58 - £68.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £20.35 £42.50
% change year-on-year +28.34% -52.13% +80.85%

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 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the City of London

NIST
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:

Cloud Services
1 22 (66.67%) Azure
2 17 (51.52%) AWS
3 5 (15.15%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.09%) OCI
6 2 (6.06%) Amazon SageMaker
6 2 (6.06%) IaaS
6 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (6.06%) PaaS
6 2 (6.06%) SaaS
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon ECR
7 1 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Control Tower
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.03%) GitHub
7 1 (3.03%) Nutanix
7 1 (3.03%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Network Security
2 2 (6.06%) Firewall
3 1 (3.03%) DNS
3 1 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.03%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) WAN
3 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.03%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Git
1 1 (3.03%) MLflow
General
1 17 (51.52%) Finance
2 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 9 (27.27%) Financial Institution
4 6 (18.18%) Banking
5 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Migration Manager
1 10 (30.30%) Migration Project Manager
1 10 (30.30%) Project Manager
2 3 (9.09%) Analyst
2 3 (9.09%) Architect
2 3 (9.09%) Security Architect
2 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 3 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Consultant
3 2 (6.06%) CyberArk Engineer
3 2 (6.06%) Programme Manager
3 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
3 2 (6.06%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (3.03%) .NET
2 1 (3.03%) Google JAX
2 1 (3.03%) Hugging Face
2 1 (3.03%) JAX
2 1 (3.03%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (3.03%) PyTorch
2 1 (3.03%) Spring
2 1 (3.03%) TensorFlow
2 1 (3.03%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 4 (12.12%) Security Posture
3 3 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.03%) CMDB
4 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.03%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.06%) Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (6.06%) Windows
1 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Security Architecture
2 12 (36.36%) Agile
2 12 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (36.36%) Validation
3 11 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (33.33%) Migration
3 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 11 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 11 (33.33%) Project Management
4 10 (30.30%) Project Governance
5 8 (24.24%) SIEM
6 7 (21.21%) Incident Response
6 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (18.18%) AI
8 5 (15.15%) Change Management
8 5 (15.15%) Cloud Security
8 5 (15.15%) Information Security
8 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
8 5 (15.15%) Security Operations
8 5 (15.15%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) Java
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 11 (33.33%) PMP
2 8 (24.24%) CISSP
3 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
4 6 (18.18%) CISM
4 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 5 (15.15%) Degree
6 4 (12.12%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (12.12%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (9.09%) CISA
7 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (9.09%) CRISC
8 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (6.06%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (6.06%) CISMP
8 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (6.06%) GIAC
8 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
9 1 (3.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (87.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (39.39%) GDPR
3 5 (15.15%) PCI DSS
4 4 (12.12%) NCSC
4 4 (12.12%) NIST 800
5 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (9.09%) GRC
6 2 (6.06%) COBIT
6 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
6 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (6.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (3.03%) EU AI Act
7 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (3.03%) ITGC
7 1 (3.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) CyberArk
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.09%) Google
4 2 (6.06%) LogRhythm
4 2 (6.06%) Oracle
4 2 (6.06%) VMware
5 1 (3.03%) BMC
5 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.03%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.03%) Rapid7
5 1 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.03%) Splunk
5 1 (3.03%) Zerto