NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -14 - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.38% 0.63% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.78% 6.25% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% - -
75th Percentile £813 £588 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £775 £575 -
% change year-on-year +34.78% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 36 16 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 13.74% 10.13% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 7 7
10th Percentile £455 £438 £456
25th Percentile £641 £442 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.76% -5.00% +5.77%
75th Percentile £813 £566 £593
90th Percentile £915 £598 £644
North West median daily rate £475 £468 £500
% change year-on-year +1.50% -6.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 7
10th Percentile £39.65 - £11.46
25th Percentile £45.46 £13.50 -
Median hourly rate £52.78 £19.04 £11.77
Median % change year-on-year +177.14% +61.79% -70.58%
75th Percentile £56.69 £25.12 £12.75
90th Percentile £60.61 £25.76 £16.42
North West median hourly rate £52.78 £24.18 £13.73
% change year-on-year +118.26% +76.11% -67.69%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in Lancashire

NIST 800
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

NIST 800
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
Preston - 1 £775 - 1
NIST 800
North West

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DoDAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST