National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
East of England > Essex
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 30 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +6 | +17 |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex | - | 0.45% | 0.81% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 9.09% | 3.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £515 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £537 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -30.37% | +9.43% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £634 |
| East of England median daily rate | £510 | £400 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +27.38% | -24.53% | -15.20% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex
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 Essex.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 17 | 11 | 51 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex | 19.54% | 4.91% | 20.73% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 8 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £314 | £355 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £315 | £475 | £226 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £363 | £550 | £308 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.09% | +78.57% | -37.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £425 | £559 | £471 |
| 90th Percentile | £440 | £603 | £632 |
| East of England median daily rate | £528 | £410 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | +28.66% | -6.82% | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.00 | £21.16 | £43.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £32.50 | £28.92 | £43.86 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £43.24 | £44.08 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.06% | -1.91% | -30.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £58.93 | £44.31 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.00 | £67.52 | £44.44 |
| East of England median hourly rate | £60.00 | £15.79 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +279.99% | -9.77% | +9.38% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Essex.