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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 87 106
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +5
Contract jobs citing NIST 35 30 22
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.55% 1.71% 1.05%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.61% 8.80% 6.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 20 18
10th Percentile £457 £458 £500
25th Percentile £500 £513 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £580 £625
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% -7.20% -7.41%
75th Percentile £738 £744 £775
90th Percentile £760 £828 -
Central London median daily rate £570 £585 £625
% change year-on-year -2.56% -6.40% -5.66%

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 460 341 345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 20.34% 19.45% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 237 201
10th Percentile £354 £321 £350
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £668 £713 £675
90th Percentile £775 £838 £751
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - -0.05% -7.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - £23.83 £16.60
25th Percentile - £26.57 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +70.00% -
75th Percentile - £56.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - £75.95 £23.40
Central London median hourly rate £30.41 £34.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year -10.56% +35.03% -

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 19 September 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (28.57%) Azure
2 9 (25.71%) AWS
3 6 (17.14%) GCP
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (14.29%) SaaS
5 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (5.71%) OCI
5 2 (5.71%) Vertex AI
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (2.86%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (2.86%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (2.86%) Azure AI
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.86%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (2.86%) Google Gemini
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Network Security
1 2 (5.71%) X.509
2 1 (2.86%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (2.86%) DNS
2 1 (2.86%) Firewall
2 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.86%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
2 9 (25.71%) Finance
3 6 (17.14%) Legal
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.86%) Automotive
7 1 (2.86%) Banking
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Law
7 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Architect
2 7 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 6 (17.14%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Lead
5 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
5 3 (8.57%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.57%) SOX Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) Data Protection Consultant
6 2 (5.71%) IT Risk Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Risk Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Security Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Senior
7 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Digital Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) OAuth
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.71%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.86%) CMDB
3 1 (2.86%) CSOC
3 1 (2.86%) Data Fabric
3 1 (2.86%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Genomics
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.86%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 9 (25.71%) Security Architecture
4 7 (20.00%) AI
4 7 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (17.14%) Incident Response
5 6 (17.14%) OWASP
5 6 (17.14%) Regulatory Compliance
5 6 (17.14%) Threat Modelling
5 6 (17.14%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (14.29%) Attestation
6 5 (14.29%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
7 4 (11.43%) Key Management
7 4 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (11.43%) Project Delivery
7 4 (11.43%) Remediation Plan
7 4 (11.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.86%) Bicep
2 1 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (2.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 9 (25.71%) CISSP
3 8 (22.86%) SC Cleared
4 3 (8.57%) CISA
4 3 (8.57%) CRISC
4 3 (8.57%) Degree
5 2 (5.71%) CISM
5 2 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.71%) OSCP
6 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.86%) CEH
6 1 (2.86%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (2.86%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.86%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.86%) GIAC
6 1 (2.86%) IISP
6 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (62.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (22.86%) COBIT
2 8 (22.86%) GDPR
3 6 (17.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (17.14%) ITGC
3 6 (17.14%) NCSC
4 5 (14.29%) GRC
5 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (11.43%) NIST 800
6 3 (8.57%) EU AI Act
6 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 3 (8.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (5.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (5.71%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.86%) Def Stans
8 1 (2.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.86%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.86%) PCI DSS
8 1 (2.86%) PERC
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.86%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Google
3 1 (2.86%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.86%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.86%) OneTrust
3 1 (2.86%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.86%) Qualys
3 1 (2.86%) Splunk