NIST Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 8.33% - 3.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.57% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 29.17% - 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £633 - £452
25th Percentile £681 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £508
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.28%
75th Percentile £794 - £563
90th Percentile £798 - £585
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £775 - £508
% change year-on-year - - +6.28%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in East Kilbride

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

NIST job vacancy trend in East Kilbride

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Chief Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CISA
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC