NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in England

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 544 464 484
Rank change year-on-year -80 +20 +67
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 83 53 52
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.19% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.02% 1.11% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 32 35
10th Percentile £472 £387 £474
25th Percentile £531 £418 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year +18.10% -22.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £725 £638 £700
90th Percentile £775 £722 £765
UK median daily rate £615 £525 £650
% change year-on-year +17.14% -19.23% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 1
10th Percentile £64.09 £85.50 -
25th Percentile £77.90 £90.00 -
Median hourly rate £84.00 £91.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.75% +45.45%
75th Percentile £104.00 £91.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £84.00 £91.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.75% +45.45%

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 8,160 4,775 4,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.67% 17.21% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,138 3,112 2,598
10th Percentile £328 £300 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £720 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% -3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 578 228 216
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £12.24
25th Percentile £17.03 £17.96 £15.20
Median hourly rate £33.98 £31.82 £30.56
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +4.12% -13.92%
75th Percentile £67.84 £60.00 £63.99
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.83 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £30.00 £27.09
% change year-on-year +10.00% +10.74% -22.60%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in England

NIST 800
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NIST 800.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in England

NIST 800
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NIST 800.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing NIST 800 in England over the 6 months to 13 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for NIST 800 in England

NIST 800
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 13 September 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -68 30 £610 +25.13% 35
South East -50 25 £700 +16.67% 17
South West -34 11 £658 +1.15% 7
North of England - 10 £700 - 4
North West - 6 - - 3
Yorkshire - 4 £700 -
East of England -34 3 - - 7
West Midlands -45 3 £463 -26.00% 3
Midlands -48 3 £463 +3.93% 4
NIST 800
UK

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (24.10%) AWS
2 19 (22.89%) Azure
3 12 (14.46%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (6.02%) SaaS
5 4 (4.82%) Amazon Cognito
5 4 (4.82%) GCP
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (3.61%) OCI
7 1 (1.20%) Apigee
7 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.20%) GitHub
7 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.20%) Kong
7 1 (1.20%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (13.25%) Firewall
2 9 (10.84%) Network Security
3 8 (9.64%) VPN
4 5 (6.02%) DNS
4 5 (6.02%) NGFW
5 4 (4.82%) IPsec
5 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
5 4 (4.82%) VLAN
6 3 (3.61%) DHCP
6 3 (3.61%) Modbus
7 2 (2.41%) HTTP
7 2 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (2.41%) SD-WAN
7 2 (2.41%) WAN
8 1 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.20%) DMZ
8 1 (1.20%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.20%) Internet
8 1 (1.20%) MPLS
8 1 (1.20%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) GitLab
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) Postman
General
1 24 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Finance
3 11 (13.25%) Public Sector
4 10 (12.05%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (10.84%) Aerospace
6 8 (9.64%) Manufacturing
7 6 (7.23%) Military
8 4 (4.82%) Banking
9 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Cyber-Physical System
10 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 31 (37.35%) Architect
2 21 (25.30%) Security Architect
3 12 (14.46%) Lead
4 9 (10.84%) Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) Consultant
5 8 (9.64%) Security Analyst
6 6 (7.23%) Network Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Network Security Architect
6 6 (7.23%) Security Engineer
7 5 (6.02%) Lead Architect
7 5 (6.02%) Senior
8 4 (4.82%) CyberArk Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.82%) Senior Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Technical Architect
8 4 (4.82%) Technical Leader
9 3 (3.61%) Principal Security Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Product Architect
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) ModSecurity
2 2 (2.41%) OAuth
3 1 (1.20%) JSON
3 1 (1.20%) JWT
3 1 (1.20%) Kafka
3 1 (1.20%) NETCONF
3 1 (1.20%) Node.js
3 1 (1.20%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (1.20%) RESTCONF
3 1 (1.20%) RESTful
3 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
3 1 (1.20%) SAML
3 1 (1.20%) SOAP
3 1 (1.20%) Swagger
3 1 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.25%) Operational Technology
2 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.23%) SCADA
4 5 (6.02%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
6 3 (3.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.61%) Taxonomies
6 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.41%) CESG
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.41%) IoT
7 2 (2.41%) PKI
8 1 (1.20%) CCTV
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.20%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Windows
2 4 (4.82%) Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Unix
4 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (61.45%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (28.92%) Risk Management
3 20 (24.10%) Information Security
3 20 (24.10%) Security Architecture
3 20 (24.10%) Vulnerability Management
4 17 (20.48%) Cloud Security
5 16 (19.28%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (19.28%) Risk Assessment
6 14 (16.87%) Incident Response
6 14 (16.87%) SIEM
6 14 (16.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (16.87%) Threat Intelligence
7 13 (15.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 13 (15.66%) Zero Trust
8 12 (14.46%) Enterprise Architecture
9 10 (12.05%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (12.05%) Privileged Access Management
9 10 (12.05%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (10.84%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.23%) Python
2 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.41%) Korn
2 2 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (2.41%) Objective-C
2 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) C
3 1 (1.20%) C#
3 1 (1.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 42 (50.60%) Security Cleared
2 27 (32.53%) SC Cleared
3 22 (26.51%) CISSP
4 20 (24.10%) CISM
5 13 (15.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 13 (15.66%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (9.64%) Degree
6 8 (9.64%) DV Cleared
7 6 (7.23%) CRISC
8 5 (6.02%) CISA
8 5 (6.02%) ISACA
8 5 (6.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (4.82%) CEH
9 4 (4.82%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (4.82%) SSCP
10 3 (3.61%) OSCP
11 2 (2.41%) CISMP
11 2 (2.41%) GCIA
11 2 (2.41%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (98.80%) NIST
2 35 (42.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (32.53%) NCSC
4 14 (16.87%) Def Stans
5 10 (12.05%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (10.84%) GRC
7 7 (8.43%) COBIT
7 7 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (6.02%) IASME
9 5 (6.02%) PCI DSS
10 3 (3.61%) GDPR
10 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
10 3 (3.61%) JSP 440
10 3 (3.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (3.61%) SOC 2
11 2 (2.41%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 2 (2.41%) ISA99
11 2 (2.41%) SOC 1
System Software
1 9 (10.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) Firmware
3 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.20%) Docker
4 1 (1.20%) UAG
4 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.61%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.41%) Nexpose
3 2 (2.41%) Puppet
4 1 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.20%) Ansible
4 1 (1.20%) CASB
4 1 (1.20%) QRadar
4 1 (1.20%) Suricata
4 1 (1.20%) TrustSec
4 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) Palo Alto
3 4 (4.82%) CyberArk
3 4 (4.82%) OneLogin
4 3 (3.61%) Cisco
4 3 (3.61%) Google
4 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.61%) Workday
5 2 (2.41%) Okta
5 2 (2.41%) VMware
5 2 (2.41%) Zscaler
6 1 (1.20%) Becrypt
6 1 (1.20%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.20%) SAP
6 1 (1.20%) Siemens
6 1 (1.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.20%) Wonderware