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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 365 427
Rank change year-on-year +13 +62 +136
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 9 15 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.068% 0.093% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.39% 0.68% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 22
10th Percentile £438 £393 £589
25th Percentile £465 £460 £617
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £750
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -30.00% -3.23%
75th Percentile £545 £636 £775
90th Percentile £634 £738 £866
England median daily rate £525 £675 £700
% change year-on-year -22.26% -3.52% -6.67%

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 2,292 2,202 3,128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.31% 13.69% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,516 1,415 2,341
10th Percentile £323 £335 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £678 £700
90th Percentile £750 £800 £798
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 42 38
10th Percentile - £18.13 £16.78
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £21.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £29.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -14.83% +41.19%
75th Percentile £43.10 £49.69 £53.13
90th Percentile £54.05 £71.88 £71.25
England median hourly rate £32.50 £31.12 £35.63
% change year-on-year +4.43% -12.66% +58.36%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025. 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
South London - 1 - -
NIST 800
England

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) GNU Octave
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
General
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Security Risk Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Security Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Technology Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) PyTorch
1 2 (22.22%) TensorFlow
2 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Information Security
2 4 (44.44%) SABSA
3 3 (33.33%) Application Security
3 3 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) EBIOS
3 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
4 2 (22.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
5 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 1 (11.11%) Deep Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Machine Learning
5 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) CISSP
2 5 (55.56%) GIAC
3 4 (44.44%) CISA
3 4 (44.44%) CRISC
3 4 (44.44%) SANS
4 3 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (33.33%) CCSK
4 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (22.22%) CISM
6 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (11.11%) Degree
6 1 (11.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) NIST
2 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (11.11%) COBIT
3 1 (11.11%) ISO 31000
3 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Rapid7