NIST Contracts in Knutsford

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 14 36
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 0.68% 9.43% 0.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.35% 76.92% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 £560 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -36.40% +3.64% -12.97%
75th Percentile £369 £580 £575
90th Percentile - £631 -
Cheshire median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -18.94%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 23 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 15.65% 12.26% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 4
10th Percentile £313 £423 £572
25th Percentile £357 £560 £641
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £570 £680
Median % change year-on-year -29.21% -16.18% +46.24%
75th Percentile £484 £580 £681
90th Percentile £630 £620 £683
Cheshire median daily rate £439 £488 £425
% change year-on-year -10.05% +14.71% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Knutsford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for NIST in Knutsford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS