NIST Contract Job Trends in Halifax

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
West Yorkshire > Halifax

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Halifax 2.56% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £535 £650
% change year-on-year +7.48% -17.69% +8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Halifax

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 Halifax.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Halifax 2.56% 17.86% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £555 -
25th Percentile £463 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £488 £588 -
90th Percentile - £595 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% -7.50% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Halifax

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Halifax

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Halifax 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS