NIST Contracts in the East of England

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 111 111
Rank change year-on-year +49 0 +18
Contract jobs citing NIST 27 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.42% 0.10% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.85% 1.20% 4.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile £86 - £420
25th Percentile £244 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £505
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.79% -19.20%
75th Percentile £525 - £608
90th Percentile £545 - £674
England median daily rate £595 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -4.88% -3.85% +0.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £29.31 - -
25th Percentile £43.58 - -
Median hourly rate £88.00 £80.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £91.50 - -
90th Percentile £100.55 - -
England median hourly rate £84.50 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year +25.19% +5.23% -11.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 195 167 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 17.46% 8.69% 14.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 87 169
10th Percentile £225 £240 £204
25th Percentile £315 £328 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £410 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -13.68% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £516 £600
90th Percentile £675 £593 £700
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 37 22
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.35 £12.10
25th Percentile £17.40 £14.99 £13.29
Median hourly rate £31.64 £15.79 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +100.38% -7.85% -36.54%
75th Percentile £87.75 £25.00 £58.72
90th Percentile £91.50 £65.25 £79.75
England median hourly rate £32.00 £24.31 £42.50
% change year-on-year +31.66% -42.81% +63.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for NIST in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for NIST in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NIST in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for NIST in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Bedfordshire +15 17 £525 - 12
Hertfordshire - 4 £249 - 18
Cambridgeshire - 2 £475 - 8
Suffolk - 2 £519 - 3
Essex +13 1 - - 2
Norfolk - 1 £500 - 3
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) AWS
3 5 (18.52%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 5 (18.52%) OneDrive
4 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (7.41%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (7.41%) AWS KMS
4 2 (7.41%) GCP
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Firewall
1 3 (11.11%) Network Security
2 2 (7.41%) SSL
2 2 (7.41%) X.509
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (3.70%) DHCP
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.70%) VPN
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
3 1 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (29.63%) Military
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) French Language
3 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Security Engineer
2 8 (29.63%) Lead
3 6 (22.22%) Design Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
6 2 (7.41%) Compliance Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Information Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Compliance Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Implementation Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Network Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Network Security Architect
7 1 (3.70%) Project Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
7 1 (3.70%) Senior Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
1 4 (14.81%) Security Operations Centre
1 4 (14.81%) Security Posture
2 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.41%) PKI
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 5 (18.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) GAP Analysis
2 10 (37.04%) Security Operations
3 9 (33.33%) Key Management
4 8 (29.63%) Incident Management
4 8 (29.63%) Patch Management
4 8 (29.63%) Security Management
5 7 (25.93%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (25.93%) Information Assurance
5 7 (25.93%) SABSA
5 7 (25.93%) Zero Trust
6 6 (22.22%) Cloud Security
6 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
6 6 (22.22%) Incident Response
6 6 (22.22%) MODAF
6 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (18.52%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Management
7 5 (18.52%) Information Security
7 5 (18.52%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) CISSP
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 6 (22.22%) CISM
5 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (11.11%) OSCP
7 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
7 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (3.70%) CCIE
8 1 (3.70%) CCIE Security
8 1 (3.70%) CCNP
8 1 (3.70%) CCSP
8 1 (3.70%) CEH
8 1 (3.70%) CISA
8 1 (3.70%) CRISC
8 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (3.70%) GIAC
8 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (59.26%) GDPR
1 16 (59.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (33.33%) NCSC
2 9 (33.33%) NIST 800
3 8 (29.63%) JSP 440
4 7 (25.93%) HIPAA
5 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (14.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (14.81%) PCI DSS
6 3 (11.11%) COBIT
7 2 (7.41%) FIPS 140-2
7 2 (7.41%) GRC
7 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
8 1 (3.70%) COSO
8 1 (3.70%) ISO 31000
8 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
8 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 8 (29.63%) Active Directory
2 6 (22.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Ansible
2 1 (3.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Zscaler
3 1 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
3 1 (3.70%) Cisco
3 1 (3.70%) Clearswift
3 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
3 1 (3.70%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.70%) Thycotic