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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 427 366 373
Rank change year-on-year -61 +7 +46
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 31 9 16
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.067% 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.79% 0.38% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 10
10th Percentile £490 £450 £393
25th Percentile £513 £484 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +19.62% -0.48% -30.00%
75th Percentile £686 £653 £636
90th Percentile £728 £691 £738
England median daily rate £650 £523 £668
% change year-on-year +24.40% -21.75% +0.11%

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 3,936 2,342 2,213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 19.34% 17.38% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,676 1,551 1,390
10th Percentile £350 £325 £319
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £684
90th Percentile £725 £750 £800
England median daily rate £513 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.85% -3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 54 39
10th Percentile £15.93 £23.47 £18.13
25th Percentile £21.33 £25.15 £23.80
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.00 £31.62
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +7.53% +12.43%
75th Percentile £40.00 £44.37 £50.88
90th Percentile £59.15 £62.60 £73.25
England median hourly rate £32.40 £32.74 £33.93
% change year-on-year -1.04% -3.52% -13.93%

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 2 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 2 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London - 6 £625 - 5
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 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (41.94%) Azure
2 12 (38.71%) AWS
3 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (9.68%) OCI
5 3 (9.68%) SaaS
6 2 (6.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Firewall
2 8 (25.81%) Network Security
3 5 (16.13%) NGFW
4 3 (9.68%) IPsec
4 3 (9.68%) VPN
5 2 (6.45%) DNS
5 2 (6.45%) HTTP
5 2 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (6.45%) Modbus
5 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.23%) Ethernet
6 1 (3.23%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (41.94%) Architect
2 11 (35.48%) Security Architect
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Senior
3 4 (12.90%) Senior Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Network Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Network Security Architect
4 3 (9.68%) Security Analyst
4 3 (9.68%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Consultant
5 2 (6.45%) Security Assurance Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.45%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Tester
6 1 (3.23%) CyberArk Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.23%) Lead
6 1 (3.23%) Security Incident Analyst
6 1 (3.23%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) OAuth
1 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (9.68%) PKI
2 3 (9.68%) Taxonomies
3 2 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.45%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.23%) CSOC
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) FMCG
4 1 (3.23%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.23%) IoT
4 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (45.16%) Cloud Security
2 14 (45.16%) Security Architecture
3 10 (32.26%) Information Security
4 8 (25.81%) Risk Assessment
4 8 (25.81%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (22.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (22.58%) Incident Response
5 7 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (22.58%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (19.35%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
7 5 (16.13%) Security Testing
7 5 (16.13%) SIEM
7 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (16.13%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (12.90%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (12.90%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Python
2 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 2 (6.45%) Korn
3 2 (6.45%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (6.45%) Objective-C
4 1 (3.23%) C
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) CISSP
2 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) SC Cleared
4 8 (25.81%) CISM
4 8 (25.81%) CRISC
5 6 (19.35%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (16.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (12.90%) CCSP
8 3 (9.68%) CISA
8 3 (9.68%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (9.68%) GIAC
8 3 (9.68%) OSCP
9 2 (6.45%) Azure Certification
9 2 (6.45%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (6.45%) GCIA
9 2 (6.45%) GCIH
9 2 (6.45%) IISP
9 2 (6.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (6.45%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (100.00%) NIST
2 15 (48.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (35.48%) NCSC
4 7 (22.58%) GRC
5 4 (12.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (9.68%) PCI DSS
7 2 (6.45%) COBIT
7 2 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (6.45%) Def Stans
7 2 (6.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (6.45%) SOC 1
7 2 (6.45%) SOC 2
8 1 (3.23%) Data Quality
8 1 (3.23%) FedRAMP
8 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Nexpose
1 2 (6.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 6 (19.35%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco
3 2 (6.45%) Google
3 2 (6.45%) Okta
3 2 (6.45%) VMware
3 2 (6.45%) Zscaler
4 1 (3.23%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.23%) Rockwell
4 1 (3.23%) Siemens