The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 8 August 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills
3,211
8,489
10,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
10.28%
10.22%
11.39%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,895
5,315
6,809
Median daily rate
£465
£450
£450
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33%
-
-
10th Percentile
£258
£233
£256
90th Percentile
£645
£638
£638
UK median daily rate
£460
£450
£450
% change year-on-year
+2.22%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
162
374
346
Median hourly rate
£27.09
£22.00
£24.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.13%
-10.20%
+22.81%
10th Percentile
£12.05
£10.77
£11.25
90th Percentile
£52.46
£53.75
£52.50
Median hourly rate
£26.25
£22.00
£22.75
% change year-on-year
+19.32%
-3.30%
+9.19%
NIST Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
NIST Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in England.
NIST Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in England over the 6 months to 8 August 2020.
NIST Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in England.
NIST 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 8 August 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 8 August 2020, IT contractor jobs citing NIST also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region with a requirement for NIST.
NIST Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
