NIST Contract Job Trends in Corsham

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Wiltshire > Corsham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Corsham requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 27 30
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +19
Contract jobs citing NIST 10 11 31
As % of all contract jobs in Corsham 2.76% 5.64% 6.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.83% 32.35% 26.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 19
10th Percentile £519 £575 £500
25th Percentile £521 £576 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £613 £582
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +5.24% -6.88%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £638
90th Percentile £706 £756 £640
Wiltshire median daily rate £540 £613 £582
% change year-on-year -11.84% +5.24% -6.88%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Corsham

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 Corsham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 48 34 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Corsham 13.26% 17.44% 25.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 21 73
10th Percentile £497 £513 £361
25th Percentile £519 £563 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £625 £545
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +14.68% -12.80%
75th Percentile £589 £675 £638
90th Percentile £697 £706 £700
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £580 £545
% change year-on-year -7.33% +6.42% -4.97%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Corsham

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Corsham

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Corsham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Corsham citing NIST

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in Corsham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in Corsham over the 6 months to 5 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in Corsham

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Corsham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) BGP
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 5 (50.00%) MPLS
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
1 5 (50.00%) TACACS
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Electronics
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) PKI
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Linux
1 5 (50.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Waterfall
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Assurance
5 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (10.00%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) PHP
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) APMG
4 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (30.00%) GIAC
4 3 (30.00%) GSEC
4 3 (30.00%) SSCP
5 2 (20.00%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (20.00%) CLAS
6 1 (10.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) CISM
6 1 (10.00%) CITP
6 1 (10.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (30.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (30.00%) JSP 440
3 2 (20.00%) NCSC
3 2 (20.00%) RMADS
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (30.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
1 5 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) SAP