NIST Contracts in Cumbria

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 9
Rank change year-on-year -10 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing NIST 3 14 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria 1.54% 5.41% 14.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.50% 20.90% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 3
10th Percentile - £661 £374
25th Percentile - £666 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £669 £533
Median % change year-on-year - +25.63% -0.47%
75th Percentile - £670 £654
90th Percentile - £689 £727
North West median daily rate £675 £650 £550
% change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -24.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.95 -
North West median hourly rate - £35.95 £39.60
% change year-on-year - -9.22% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 24 67 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 12.31% 25.87% 24.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 29 4
10th Percentile - £475 £380
25th Percentile £438 £493 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £582 £509
Median % change year-on-year -22.94% +14.29% +9.81%
75th Percentile £463 £666 £594
90th Percentile - £669 £703
North West median daily rate £475 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 29 3
10th Percentile £36.46 - £58.68
25th Percentile £43.51 - £67.95
Median hourly rate £55.25 £10.95 £83.40
Median % change year-on-year +404.57% -86.87% +47.51%
75th Percentile £69.33 - -
90th Percentile £77.78 £11.45 -
North West median hourly rate £30.38 £12.84 £38.55
% change year-on-year +136.60% -66.69% +114.17%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Cumbria

NIST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Cumbria.

Daily rate trend for NIST in Cumbria

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in Cumbria.

Hourly rate trend for NIST in Cumbria

NIST
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Barrow-in-Furness -11 2 - -
NIST
North West

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) NAS
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Eclipse
General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Information Management
1 2 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SELinux
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Red Hat
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk