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 requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 335 367
Rank change year-on-year -44 +32 +86
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 25 19 22
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.78% 0.95% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 8 13
10th Percentile £513 £450 £500
25th Percentile £534 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £750
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -21.67% +9.49%
75th Percentile £688 £781 £875
90th Percentile £710 £883 -
England median daily rate £606 £600 £582
% change year-on-year +1.04% +3.09% -10.46%

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,220 1,992 2,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.20% 15.87% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,169 1,316 1,768
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £749 £775 £788
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 28 64
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.44 £13.09
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.04
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.75 £25.62
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +35.64% -16.68%
75th Percentile £50.25 £57.50 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.30 £86.37 £56.38
England median hourly rate £30.58 £34.75 £22.75
% change year-on-year -12.00% +52.75% -46.47%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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
Central London -2 10 £625 +13.64% 1
South London -13 2 £575 -
NIST 800
England

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (36.00%) AWS
1 9 (36.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) GCP
3 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.00%) OCI
5 1 (4.00%) Apigee
5 1 (4.00%) Kong
5 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.00%) SaaS
5 1 (4.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) BGP
1 1 (4.00%) DMZ
1 1 (4.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
1 1 (4.00%) VSAN
1 1 (4.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Database
2 1 (4.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) JIRA
2 1 (4.00%) Postman
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Banking
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Architect
2 5 (20.00%) Senior
3 4 (16.00%) Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) CyberArk Architect
4 3 (12.00%) Information Assurance Leader
4 3 (12.00%) Lead
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Senior Security Specialist
4 3 (12.00%) Technical Leader
4 3 (12.00%) Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) CyberArk Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Security Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Principal Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Security Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) REST
2 1 (4.00%) JSON
2 1 (4.00%) JWT
2 1 (4.00%) Kafka
2 1 (4.00%) Node.js
2 1 (4.00%) OAuth
2 1 (4.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.00%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (4.00%) RESTful
2 1 (4.00%) SOAP
2 1 (4.00%) Swagger
2 1 (4.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (16.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (12.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (8.00%) CSOC
5 1 (4.00%) AI Agents
5 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
5 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (4.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) PKI
5 1 (4.00%) Private Cloud
5 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Linux
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Unix
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Information Security
2 7 (28.00%) AI
2 7 (28.00%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
2 7 (28.00%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (28.00%) Risk Management
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 6 (24.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (20.00%) DevOps
4 5 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
4 5 (20.00%) Security Management
4 5 (20.00%) SIEM
4 5 (20.00%) Zero Trust
5 4 (16.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (16.00%) LLM
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) CISSP
2 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (24.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.00%) CISA
4 5 (20.00%) CISM
5 4 (16.00%) CEH
5 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 4 (16.00%) OSCP
6 3 (12.00%) CREST Certified
6 3 (12.00%) CRISC
7 2 (8.00%) CESG Certified Professional
7 2 (8.00%) CHECK Team Leader
7 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (8.00%) IISP
7 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
7 2 (8.00%) SSCP
8 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (4.00%) GIAC
8 1 (4.00%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (100.00%) NIST
2 15 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (28.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (24.00%) NCSC
5 4 (16.00%) GRC
5 4 (16.00%) SOC 2
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (8.00%) COBIT
7 2 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (4.00%) Def Stans
8 1 (4.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (4.00%) ISO 22301
8 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (12.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (4.00%) Ansible
2 1 (4.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) CyberArk
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.00%) Workday
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) Dell
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) NVIDIA
4 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.00%) Splunk
4 1 (4.00%) VMware