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 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	432	355	363
Rank change year-on-year	-77	+8	+43
Contract jobs citing NIST 800	27	11	17
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.13%	0.082%	0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.66%	0.45%	0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	10	9	11
10^th Percentile	£474	£468	£400
25^th Percentile	£513	£495	£470
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£638	£525	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+21.43%	-	-30.00%
75^th Percentile	£684	£550	£616
90^th Percentile	£743	£689	£738
England median daily rate	£675	£520	£660
% change year-on-year	+29.81%	-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 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	4,069	2,433	2,167
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	19.89%	18.19%	13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,760	1,627	1,348
10^th Percentile	£353	£325	£325
25^th Percentile	£440	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£543	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.45%	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£644	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£800
England median daily rate	£520	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-3.85%	-3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	53	58	32
10^th Percentile	£15.06	£18.68	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£25.15	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£28.55	£34.00	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-16.03%	-2.86%	+7.69%
75^th Percentile	£45.00	£44.37	£59.22
90^th Percentile	£61.15	£66.50	£82.76
England median hourly rate	£31.46	£31.49	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-0.10%	-10.03%	-6.67%

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 23 October 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 23 October 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	-	1	-	-	4
NIST 800 England

NIST 800 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing NIST 800 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region citing NIST 800.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	27
2	Cybersecurity	88.9%	24
3	CISSP	51.9%	14
4	Cloud Security	44.4%	12
4	Security Architecture	44.4%	12
6	Azure	40.7%	11
6	ISO/IEC 27001	40.7%	11
8	AWS	37.0%	10
9	CISM	33.3%	9
9	Firewall	33.3%	9
11	CRISC	29.6%	8
11	Microsoft	29.6%	8
11	Stakeholder Management	29.6%	8
11	Vulnerability Management	29.6%	8
15	Active Directory	25.9%	7
15	GRC	25.9%	7
15	Information Security	25.9%	7
15	NCSC	25.9%	7
15	Network Security	25.9%	7
20	Cisco Certification	22.2%	6
20	Continuous Improvement	22.2%	6
20	Cyber Threat Intelligence	22.2%	6
20	Enterprise Architecture	22.2%	6
20	Incident Response	22.2%	6
20	Palo Alto	22.2%	6
20	Risk Assessment	22.2%	6
20	SC Cleared	22.2%	6
20	Security Cleared	22.2%	6
20	Threat Intelligence	22.2%	6
30	(ISC)2 CCSP	18.5%	5

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.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	27
2	ISO/IEC 27001	40.7%	11
3	GRC	25.9%	7
3	NCSC	25.9%	7
5	DORA	7.4%	2
5	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	7.4%	2
5	SOC 1	7.4%	2
5	SOC 2	7.4%	2
9	Cyber Essentials	3.7%	1
9	Data Quality	3.7%	1
9	Def Stans	3.7%	1
9	FedRAMP	3.7%	1
9	GDPR	3.7%	1
9	HMG Security Policy Framework	3.7%	1
9	PCI DSS	3.7%	1