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 requiring NIST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 91 98
Rank change year-on-year +39 +7 +23
Contract jobs citing NIST 39 8 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.01% 0.53% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.89% 5.37% 6.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 4
10th Percentile £102 £543 £466
25th Percentile £417 £550 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £577
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -0.35% -9.49%
75th Percentile £528 £619 £664
90th Percentile £549 £623 £692
England median daily rate £585 £630 £650
% change year-on-year -7.14% -3.08% +0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 5
10th Percentile £29.95 - £44.95
25th Percentile £82.88 - -
Median hourly rate £91.00 £80.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.75% +63.27% -
75th Percentile £91.50 - £55.00
90th Percentile £96.60 - £56.50
England median hourly rate £88.75 £80.00 £59.57
% change year-on-year +10.94% +34.29% -26.66%

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 218 149 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 16.82% 9.80% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 67 131
10th Percentile £211 £255 £273
25th Percentile £359 £322 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -17.95% +14.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £650 £598 £710
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 21 24
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.45 £14.99 £13.29
Median hourly rate £31.57 £25.00 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% +25.31% +24.69%
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 £50.50
90th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £68.13
England median hourly rate £31.82 £30.56 £35.50
% change year-on-year +4.12% -13.92% +54.35%

NIST
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

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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 13 September 2025.

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.

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

NIST
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 13 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for NIST in the East of England

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 13 September 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 25 £500 - 4
Hertfordshire +7 5 £249 -58.50% 8
Cambridgeshire +4 4 £500 -13.04% 5
Essex - 2 - - 8
Suffolk - 2 £550 - 3
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 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (23.08%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) Entra ID
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 5 (12.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (12.82%) OneDrive
5 2 (5.13%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (5.13%) AWS CloudTrail
5 2 (5.13%) AWS KMS
5 2 (5.13%) GCP
5 2 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
1 3 (7.69%) Network Security
2 2 (5.13%) SSL
2 2 (5.13%) X.509
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.56%) DHCP
3 1 (2.56%) DNS
3 1 (2.56%) LAN
3 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.56%) VPN
3 1 (2.56%) WAN
3 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 15 (38.46%) Military
2 11 (28.21%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) French Language
6 1 (2.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 22 (56.41%) Security Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Lead
3 7 (17.95%) Design Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 4 (10.26%) Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Security Architect
7 2 (5.13%) Compliance Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Information Security Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Security Consultant
8 1 (2.56%) Application Security Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Implementation Engineer
8 1 (2.56%) Network Security Architect
8 1 (2.56%) Project Manager
8 1 (2.56%) Security Risk Analyst
8 1 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.82%) Security Posture
3 4 (10.26%) Data Centre
3 4 (10.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.13%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.56%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.95%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) GAP Analysis
2 14 (35.90%) Key Management
3 13 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 13 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 13 (33.33%) Security Management
4 12 (30.77%) Incident Response
4 12 (30.77%) Information Assurance
4 12 (30.77%) SABSA
5 11 (28.21%) MODAF
5 11 (28.21%) Security Operations
6 8 (20.51%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (20.51%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (20.51%) Zero Trust
7 7 (17.95%) Impact Analysis
7 7 (17.95%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
8 6 (15.38%) Cloud Security
8 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (12.82%) Identity Management
9 5 (12.82%) Risk Management
9 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) Security Cleared
2 16 (41.03%) SC Cleared
3 14 (35.90%) CISSP
3 14 (35.90%) Degree
4 8 (20.51%) CISM
5 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (10.26%) OSCP
7 3 (7.69%) CEH
8 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
8 2 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (5.13%) CRISC
9 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (2.56%) CCIE
9 1 (2.56%) CCNP
9 1 (2.56%) CCSP
9 1 (2.56%) CISA
9 1 (2.56%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.56%) GIAC
9 1 (2.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (48.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (41.03%) GDPR
2 16 (41.03%) NCSC
2 16 (41.03%) NIST 800
3 15 (38.46%) JSP 440
4 8 (20.51%) HIPAA
5 7 (17.95%) PCI DSS
6 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (10.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (10.26%) GRC
7 3 (7.69%) COBIT
7 3 (7.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (5.13%) FIPS 140-2
9 1 (2.56%) COSO
9 1 (2.56%) ISO 31000
9 1 (2.56%) ISO 9001
9 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 13 (33.33%) Firmware
2 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Nexpose
2 1 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (25.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Zscaler
3 2 (5.13%) Tenable
4 1 (2.56%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (2.56%) Cisco
4 1 (2.56%) Citrix
4 1 (2.56%) Clearswift
4 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.56%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.56%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.56%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.56%) Qualys
4 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.56%) Thycotic
4 1 (2.56%) VMware