NIST Contract Job Trends in London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	181	161	238
Rank change year-on-year	-20	+77	-4
Contract jobs citing NIST	342	241	147
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.68%	1.75%	0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	8.19%	9.74%	7.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	248	156	94
10^th Percentile	£434	£406	£490
25^th Percentile	£500	£479	£525
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£580	£575	£650
Median % change year-on-year	+0.87%	-11.54%	+3.17%
75^th Percentile	£678	£675	£766
90^th Percentile	£779	£750	£775
England median daily rate	£555	£550	£625
% change year-on-year	+0.91%	-12.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	2	2
10^th Percentile	-	£81.63	£70.24
25^th Percentile	-	£82.19	£72.40
Median hourly rate	-	£88.75	£78.40
Median % change year-on-year	-	+13.20%	-
75^th Percentile	-	£94.69	£82.00
90^th Percentile	-	£94.88	£82.72
England median hourly rate	£78.70	£87.50	£78.40
% change year-on-year	-10.06%	+11.61%	+67.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

NIST 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 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	4,177	2,474	2,070
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	20.53%	17.99%	13.34%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,856	1,652	1,279
10^th Percentile	£354	£325	£319
25^th Percentile	£443	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£545	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+3.81%	-4.55%	-1.79%
75^th Percentile	£640	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£750	£750	£776
England median daily rate	£520	£500	£513
% change year-on-year	+4.00%	-2.44%	-5.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted	62	55	24
10^th Percentile	£15.55	£18.25	£20.30
25^th Percentile	£21.33	£25.15	£25.26
Median hourly rate	£35.00	£33.46	£35.90
Median % change year-on-year	+4.60%	-6.80%	+10.46%
75^th Percentile	£56.19	£43.98	£52.56
90^th Percentile	£62.38	£64.80	£93.21
England median hourly rate	£32.40	£29.00	£30.67
% change year-on-year	+11.71%	-5.43%	-22.21%

NIST Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

NIST Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NIST.

NIST Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in London over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.

NIST Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing NIST.

NIST 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 within the London region over the 6 months to 10 November 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	-27	31	£550	-4.35%	55
West London	-15	6	£569	+34.62%	5
South London	-7	3	£495	-5.71%	1
East London	-1	2	£750	+33.33%	5
North London	-	1	£650	-	2
NIST England

NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing NIST 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.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	63.2%	216
2	ISO/IEC 27001	62.0%	212
3	Azure	35.1%	120
4	CISSP	34.5%	118
5	Stakeholder Management	28.7%	98
6	AWS	26.3%	90
7	CISM	26.0%	89
7	Risk Management	26.0%	89
9	Security Cleared	24.6%	84
10	Security Architecture	23.1%	79
11	Microsoft	22.5%	77
12	Vulnerability Management	21.6%	74
13	Cloud Security	20.8%	71
14	Stakeholder Engagement	20.5%	70
15	Identity Access Management	19.0%	65
16	SC Cleared	18.7%	64
17	Roadmaps	17.5%	60
18	Entra ID	17.0%	58
19	Threat Modelling	16.1%	55
20	Information Security	15.5%	53
21	Incident Response	15.2%	52
22	AI	14.9%	51
22	Security Operations	14.9%	51
24	GRC	14.3%	49
24	NCSC	14.3%	49
26	GCP	14.0%	48
26	Python	14.0%	48
26	SIEM	14.0%	48
29	GDPR	13.7%	47
30	Continuous Improvement	13.5%	46

NIST 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	ISO/IEC 27001	62.0%	212
2	GRC	14.3%	49
2	NCSC	14.3%	49
4	GDPR	13.7%	47
5	PCI DSS	9.6%	33
6	DORA	9.1%	31
7	NIST 800	7.6%	26
8	SOC 2	7.3%	25
9	COBIT	7.0%	24
10	Cyber Essentials	6.4%	22
11	ISO/IEC 42001	4.1%	14
12	EU AI Act	3.5%	12
12	QA	3.5%	12
14	Sarbanes-Oxley	2.6%	9
15	Cyber Essentials PLUS	2.0%	7
15	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	2.0%	7
17	Data Quality	1.8%	6
18	HIPAA	1.5%	5
19	HMG Security Policy Framework	1.2%	4
19	ISO/IEC 27005	1.2%	4