NIST 800 Contracts in England

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring NIST 800 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST 800 over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 451 568
Rank change year-on-year +27 +117 +152
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 44 85 86
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.23% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.14% 1.62% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 41 57
10th Percentile £508 £488 £508
25th Percentile £539 £520 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £582 £650
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -10.46% -13.91%
75th Percentile £653 £700 £703
90th Percentile £838 £875 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £582 £650
% change year-on-year +3.09% -10.46% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - £51.25
Median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +52.38% -
75th Percentile £92.50 - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £80.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +6.25% +52.38% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

NIST 800 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,873 5,259 6,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.88% 14.18% 13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,481 3,364 4,554
10th Percentile £275 £300 £280
25th Percentile £400 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 348 209
10th Percentile £18.12 £10.95 £14.84
25th Percentile £22.63 £13.14 £19.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.04 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.84% -44.91% +46.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £79.51 £67.41 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £34.75 £20.61 £36.25
% change year-on-year +68.65% -43.16% +31.82%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in England.

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in England.

Hourly rate trend for NIST 800 in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the England region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
London +45 19 £588 -24.19% 36
South East +23 8 £600 +3.00% 11
Midlands +15 6 £600 +5.45% 5
East of England +41 5 £525 +31.25%
South West -7 4 £585 +6.36% 17
West Midlands +7 3 £600 +5.45% 3
East Midlands - 3 - - 2
North of England -5 1 £575 -1.20% 2
North West - 1 £575 -
NIST 800
UK

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 6 (13.64%) AWS
3 4 (9.09%) GCP
4 2 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.55%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (4.55%) AWS KMS
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.27%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.18%) Firewall
2 3 (6.82%) Network Security
3 2 (4.55%) DNS
3 2 (4.55%) HTTP
3 2 (4.55%) Modbus
3 2 (4.55%) SMTP
3 2 (4.55%) SSL
3 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.55%) X.509
4 1 (2.27%) Ethernet
4 1 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.27%) RTP
General
1 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.36%) Legal
3 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Finance
3 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.55%) Banking
4 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.55%) Military
4 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (2.27%) Marketing
5 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Public Speaking
5 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Architect
2 11 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 7 (15.91%) Analyst
3 7 (15.91%) Senior
4 5 (11.36%) Consultant
4 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Lead
5 4 (9.09%) Risk Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Architect
5 4 (9.09%) Senior Security Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Information Assurance Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Information Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Security Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Security Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) Auditor
7 2 (4.55%) IT Auditor
7 2 (4.55%) Security Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Security Specialist
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Auditor
7 2 (4.55%) Senior IT Auditor
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.00%) Operational Technology
2 7 (15.91%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
4 3 (6.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 3 (6.82%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (6.82%) SCADA
4 3 (6.82%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (4.55%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.55%) Low-Code
5 2 (4.55%) PKI
5 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 2 (4.55%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.27%) Blog
6 1 (2.27%) CESG
6 1 (2.27%) IoT
6 1 (2.27%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.27%) Replication
6 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Linux
2 4 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (38.64%) Risk Management
3 16 (36.36%) Security Architecture
4 13 (29.55%) Information Security
5 11 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 9 (20.45%) Incident Response
6 9 (20.45%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 8 (18.18%) Cloud Security
7 8 (18.18%) SABSA
8 7 (15.91%) Risk Assessment
8 7 (15.91%) Security Management
8 7 (15.91%) SIEM
9 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
9 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
10 5 (11.36%) Information Assurance
10 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (11.36%) Threat Intelligence
11 4 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
11 4 (9.09%) Incident Management
11 4 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (40.91%) CISSP
2 16 (36.36%) CISA
3 12 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 11 (25.00%) CISM
5 10 (22.73%) GIAC
6 8 (18.18%) Degree
6 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 7 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (13.64%) SANS
9 5 (11.36%) CCSK
9 5 (11.36%) CRISC
10 4 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (9.09%) DV Cleared
11 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
12 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
12 2 (4.55%) CEH
12 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (4.55%) GCIA
12 2 (4.55%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (100.00%) NIST
2 24 (54.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (13.64%) GDPR
3 6 (13.64%) GRC
4 5 (11.36%) NCSC
5 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (9.09%) PCI DSS
6 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 3 (6.82%) JSP 440
7 2 (4.55%) FIPS 140-2
7 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
7 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.27%) COBIT
8 1 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (2.27%) ISO 22301
8 1 (2.27%) ISO 31000
8 1 (2.27%) PSD2
8 1 (2.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.55%) Nagios
1 2 (4.55%) OPNET
1 2 (4.55%) SCCM
2 1 (2.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (2.27%) CSIRT
2 1 (2.27%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.82%) Splunk
3 2 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.55%) Google
3 2 (4.55%) Qualys
3 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.55%) Snow
4 1 (2.27%) Cisco
4 1 (2.27%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.27%) Tenable
4 1 (2.27%) Zscaler