NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 440 367 356
Rank change year-on-year -73 -11 +41
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 28 12 17
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.087% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.68% 0.48% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 11
10th Percentile £479 £480 £450
25th Percentile £513 £501 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -4.55% -29.03%
75th Percentile £678 £663 £646
90th Percentile £733 £694 £738
England median daily rate £650 £520 £660
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.24% -1.01%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills 4,143 2,491 2,092
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 20.35% 18.08% 13.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,832 1,669 1,295
10th Percentile £353 £325 £321
25th Percentile £443 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.71% -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £791
England median daily rate £520 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.91% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 57 25
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.25 £20.40
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.15 £25.75
Median hourly rate £33.60 £34.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -2.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £53.75 £44.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £67.00 £91.78
England median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £32.06
% change year-on-year +7.98% -6.43% -20.84%

NIST 800 Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in London

NIST 800 Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

NIST 800 Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in London over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in London

NIST 800 Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -20 1 - -
NIST 800
England

NIST 800 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.