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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 29 | 22 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | -7 | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing NIST | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | 5.80% | 4.14% | 6.48% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 30.77% | 14.29% | 25.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £654 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £388 | £663 | £531 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £669 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.21% | +25.63% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £413 | £670 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £688 | - |
| North West median daily rate | £575 | £660 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.88% | +20.00% | -20.00% |
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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 26 | 77 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria | 18.84% | 28.95% | 25.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 37 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £418 | £415 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £493 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £550 | £486 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.73% | +13.17% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £463 | £640 | £534 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £669 | £627 |
| North West median daily rate | £470 | £500 | £486 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.91% | +2.78% | +2.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.14 | £10.95 | £83.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +239.18% | -86.87% | +46.57% |
| North West median hourly rate | £62.50 | £10.95 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +470.78% | -68.71% | -50.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
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Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing NIST.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing NIST.
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DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness | +3 | 7 | £400 | -40.21% | 1 |
| NIST North West |
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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: