NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 2.70% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 50 29 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 22.52% 18.71% 18.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 9 16
10th Percentile £325 £148 £209
25th Percentile £431 £300 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £496
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.76% +13.43%
75th Percentile £575 £590 £638
90th Percentile £663 £628 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 £488 £493
% change year-on-year +2.56% -1.02% +12.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.31 - -
Median hourly rate £12.96 £24.18 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.42% +34.33% -
75th Percentile £13.60 £46.90 -
90th Percentile £25.26 £83.20 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £12.96 £24.18 £18.00
% change year-on-year -46.42% +34.33% -

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in County Antrim

NIST 800
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast - 6 £500 -
NIST 800
Northern Ireland

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Register
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CISA
1 4 (66.67%) CISM
1 4 (66.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) OneTrust