NIST Contract Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England citing NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	115	42	73
Rank change year-on-year	-73	+31	+17
Contract jobs citing NIST	13	61	18
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England	0.55%	4.30%	1.36%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	2.88%	23.55%	10.59%
Number of daily rates quoted	5	23	8
10^th Percentile	£301	£121	£493
25^th Percentile	£413	£488	£528
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£425	£550	£588
Median % change year-on-year	-22.73%	-6.38%	-9.48%
75^th Percentile	£525	£624	£616
90^th Percentile	£588	£656	£663
England median daily rate	£560	£550	£625
% change year-on-year	+1.82%	-12.00%	-0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted	5	15	0
10^th Percentile	£85.50	£29.95	-
25^th Percentile	-	£82.88	-
Median hourly rate	£90.00	£91.00	-
Median % change year-on-year	-1.10%	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	£91.50	-
90^th Percentile	-	£96.60	-
England median hourly rate	£75.00	£87.50	£78.40
% change year-on-year	-14.29%	+11.61%	+67.70%

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the East of England.

	6 months to 2 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	452	259	170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England	19.27%	18.27%	12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted	138	116	78
10^th Percentile	£281	£219	£262
25^th Percentile	£356	£337	£318
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£464	£500	£433
Median % change year-on-year	-7.25%	+15.61%	-14.36%
75^th Percentile	£597	£575	£555
90^th Percentile	£740	£650	£640
England median daily rate	£520	£500	£518
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.41%	-4.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted	207	51	20
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£13.50	£14.28
25^th Percentile	£15.56	£16.69	£16.17
Median hourly rate	£40.00	£19.91	£27.61
Median % change year-on-year	+100.90%	-27.88%	-37.97%
75^th Percentile	£67.70	£86.63	£55.31
90^th Percentile	£80.00	£91.50	£67.50
England median hourly rate	£32.40	£30.00	£32.50
% change year-on-year	+7.98%	-7.69%	-13.33%

NIST Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

NIST Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NIST.

NIST 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 2 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the East of England

NIST Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing NIST.

NIST 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 2 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bedfordshire	-19	8	£510	+2.00%	4
Essex	-19	2	£425	-	2
Norfolk	-1	1	£227	-54.66%	1
Cambridgeshire	-19	1	£620	+12.73%	6
Hertfordshire	-28	1	-	-	9
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NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 2 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing NIST also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East of England region citing NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	84.6%	11
2	ISO/IEC 27001	69.2%	9
2	Security Cleared	69.2%	9
4	SC Cleared	61.5%	8
5	Firmware	46.2%	6
5	GAP Analysis	46.2%	6
5	Incident Response	46.2%	6
5	NCSC	46.2%	6
5	Penetration Testing	46.2%	6
5	Security Management	46.2%	6
11	Degree	38.5%	5
11	Microsoft	38.5%	5
11	Systems Engineering	38.5%	5
14	Azure	30.8%	4
14	Cyber Resilience	30.8%	4
14	SIEM	30.8%	4
14	Threat Intelligence	30.8%	4
14	Vulnerability Management	30.8%	4
19	Active Directory	23.1%	3
19	Computer Science	23.1%	3
19	Continuous Improvement	23.1%	3
19	Cryptography	23.1%	3
19	Cyber Threat Intelligence	23.1%	3
19	Entra ID	23.1%	3
19	Information Security	23.1%	3
19	ISACA	23.1%	3
19	Key Management	23.1%	3
19	MITRE ATT&CK	23.1%	3
19	Model-Based Systems Engineering	23.1%	3
19	NIST 800	23.1%	3

NIST Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	69.2%	9
2	NCSC	46.2%	6
3	NIST 800	23.1%	3
4	Actionable Recommendations	7.7%	1
4	Cyber Essentials	7.7%	1