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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 407 351 373
Rank change year-on-year -56 +22 +48
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 27 11 16
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.082% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.71% 0.48% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 6 11
10th Percentile £488 £450 £400
25th Percentile £513 £484 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £579 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% +5.23% -26.67%
75th Percentile £688 £830 £697
90th Percentile £725 £888 £738
England median daily rate £625 £525 £690
% change year-on-year +19.05% -23.91% +12.65%

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 3,800 2,291 2,226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.90% 17.12% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 1,534 1,475
10th Percentile £350 £325 £338
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £756 £794
England median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 49 41
10th Percentile £20.13 - £18.13
25th Percentile £23.16 £25.15 £22.00
Median hourly rate £28.55 £34.00 £27.84
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +22.13% +1.24%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.21 £50.00
90th Percentile £58.00 £54.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £36.07 £31.64 £25.77
% change year-on-year +14.00% +22.80% -27.42%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 - 2
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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (55.56%) Azure
2 14 (51.85%) AWS
3 8 (29.63%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (11.11%) GCP
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (11.11%) OCI
5 2 (7.41%) SaaS
6 1 (3.70%) Apigee
6 1 (3.70%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Firewall
1 5 (18.52%) Network Security
1 5 (18.52%) NGFW
2 3 (11.11%) IPsec
2 3 (11.11%) VPN
3 2 (7.41%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) HTTP
3 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.70%) Internet
4 1 (3.70%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) Postman
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Architect
2 9 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) CyberArk Architect
3 4 (14.81%) Senior
3 4 (14.81%) Senior Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Network Security Architect
4 3 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Senior Security Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Lead
5 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
5 2 (7.41%) SOC Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Solutions Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Information Assurance Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Information Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Security Incident Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) SIEM Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) SOC Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) OAuth
2 1 (3.70%) JSON
2 1 (3.70%) JWT
2 1 (3.70%) Kafka
2 1 (3.70%) Node.js
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth2
2 1 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (3.70%) RESTful
2 1 (3.70%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.70%) SAML
2 1 (3.70%) SOAP
2 1 (3.70%) Swagger
2 1 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
1 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.70%) CSOC
4 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (3.70%) IoT
4 1 (3.70%) PKI
4 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Windows
2 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (44.44%) Cloud Security
3 10 (37.04%) Security Architecture
4 9 (33.33%) Information Security
5 7 (25.93%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (25.93%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
7 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (18.52%) Design Patterns
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (18.52%) Incident Response
7 5 (18.52%) Privileged Access Management
7 5 (18.52%) Security Management
7 5 (18.52%) SIEM
7 5 (18.52%) SOAR
7 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
8 4 (14.81%) OWASP
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
8 4 (14.81%) Validation
8 4 (14.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Python
2 2 (7.41%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (7.41%) Objective-C
2 2 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) C
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) CISSP
2 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
3 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
4 3 (11.11%) GIAC
4 3 (11.11%) OSCP
5 2 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CISA
5 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CISM
5 2 (7.41%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (7.41%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (7.41%) Degree
5 2 (7.41%) GCIA
5 2 (7.41%) GCIH
5 2 (7.41%) IISP
5 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (7.41%) SSCP
6 1 (3.70%) CHECK Team Leader
6 1 (3.70%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (100.00%) NIST
2 13 (48.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (25.93%) NCSC
4 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (11.11%) GRC
4 3 (11.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (7.41%) COBIT
5 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 2 (7.41%) SOC 1
5 2 (7.41%) SOC 2
6 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
6 1 (3.70%) Def Stans
6 1 (3.70%) FedRAMP
6 1 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (7.41%) Nexpose
2 2 (7.41%) Puppet
3 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Palo Alto
3 4 (14.81%) CyberArk
4 3 (11.11%) ServiceNow
4 3 (11.11%) Workday
5 2 (7.41%) Google
5 2 (7.41%) Okta
5 2 (7.41%) Zscaler
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco