NIST Contracts in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 214 225
Rank change year-on-year +58 +11 +124
Contract jobs citing NIST 223 198 296
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.68% 1.12% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.21% 8.23% 8.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 154 221
10th Percentile £425 £415 £475
25th Percentile £513 £525 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £710 £775 £800
90th Percentile £825 £825 £850
England median daily rate £590 £625 £650
% change year-on-year -5.60% -3.85% +0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
England median hourly rate £84.50 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year +25.19% +5.23% -11.43%

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,185 2,407 3,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 16.45% 13.66% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,444 1,678 2,551
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £756 £800 £799
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 60 35
10th Percentile £22.75 £12.50 £18.07
25th Percentile £25.15 £17.94 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.50 £23.80 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.96% -8.46% -32.03%
75th Percentile £49.38 £43.75 £63.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £55.50 £81.50
England median hourly rate £31.76 £24.18 £40.32
% change year-on-year +31.35% -40.03% +55.08%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in London

NIST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in London.

Daily rate trend for NIST in London

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in London over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in London

NIST
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in London.

Hourly rate trend for NIST in London

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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 5 July 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
Central London +3 31 £641 +2.48% 103
East London +17 8 £585 -6.92% 3
West London +12 4 £425 +30.77% 13
South London - 3 £550 - 1
North London - 2 £438 -
NIST
England

NIST
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 5 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.45%) Confluence
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.90%) GNU Octave
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (42.60%) Azure
2 63 (28.25%) AWS
3 39 (17.49%) GCP
4 17 (7.62%) Entra ID
5 15 (6.73%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (5.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 8 (3.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 8 (3.59%) Serverless
8 7 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 6 (2.69%) OCI
10 5 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (1.79%) SaaS
12 3 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.35%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.80%) Firewall
2 29 (13.00%) Network Security
3 14 (6.28%) VPN
4 6 (2.69%) DNS
5 5 (2.24%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.24%) WAN
6 3 (1.35%) SSL
6 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.90%) HTTP
7 2 (0.90%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.90%) SMTP
7 2 (0.90%) VLAN
8 1 (0.45%) DMZ
8 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.45%) MPLS
8 1 (0.45%) SAN
8 1 (0.45%) SNMP
8 1 (0.45%) SSH
8 1 (0.45%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.69%) GIS
2 2 (0.90%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.45%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.45%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.79%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) MLflow
3 1 (0.45%) GitLab
3 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.45%) JMeter
3 1 (0.45%) Postman
3 1 (0.45%) Selenium
General
1 70 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 61 (27.35%) Finance
3 21 (9.42%) Legal
4 20 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.52%) Public Sector
6 15 (6.73%) Banking
7 8 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.24%) Law
10 4 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.35%) Marketing
12 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 2 (0.90%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.90%) Police
12 2 (0.90%) Public Speaking
13 1 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
13 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (34.98%) Architect
2 70 (31.39%) Security Architect
3 27 (12.11%) Consultant
4 24 (10.76%) Analyst
4 24 (10.76%) Security Engineer
5 20 (8.97%) Senior
6 18 (8.07%) Security Consultant
7 16 (7.17%) Security Manager
8 15 (6.73%) Lead
9 14 (6.28%) Security Analyst
10 11 (4.93%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (4.93%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 10 (4.48%) Enterprise Architect
11 10 (4.48%) Enterprise Security Architect
11 10 (4.48%) Senior Architect
11 10 (4.48%) Senior Security Architect
12 7 (3.14%) Risk Analyst
13 6 (2.69%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (2.69%) Business Analyst
13 6 (2.69%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.93%) OAuth
1 11 (4.93%) OpenID
1 11 (4.93%) SAML
2 7 (3.14%) SailPoint
3 5 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.79%) LDAP
5 3 (1.35%) PyTorch
5 3 (1.35%) TensorFlow
6 2 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.90%) Node.js
6 2 (0.90%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.45%) REST
7 1 (0.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (17.49%) Security Posture
2 23 (10.31%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.04%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.04%) Operational Technology
5 8 (3.59%) PKI
6 6 (2.69%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (2.69%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.24%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.79%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.79%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.28%) Windows
2 12 (5.38%) Linux
3 5 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.90%) AIX
4 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.90%) Solaris
5 1 (0.45%) CentOS
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
5 1 (0.45%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (45.29%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (31.39%) Cloud Security
3 64 (28.70%) Risk Management
4 60 (26.91%) Information Security
4 60 (26.91%) Security Architecture
5 49 (21.97%) Incident Response
6 39 (17.49%) Identity Access Management
7 38 (17.04%) Vulnerability Management
8 36 (16.14%) Risk Assessment
8 36 (16.14%) SIEM
9 33 (14.80%) Security Operations
10 32 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (13.45%) SABSA
12 29 (13.00%) DevOps
13 26 (11.66%) Penetration Testing
14 24 (10.76%) DevSecOps
14 24 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
15 22 (9.87%) Threat Modelling
16 21 (9.42%) Data Loss Prevention
16 21 (9.42%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.94%) Python
2 21 (9.42%) PowerShell
3 13 (5.83%) Bash
4 7 (3.14%) Java
5 4 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.79%) SQL
6 2 (0.90%) Bicep
7 1 (0.45%) BeanShell
7 1 (0.45%) C
7 1 (0.45%) Go
7 1 (0.45%) Perl
7 1 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 65 (29.15%) CISSP
2 36 (16.14%) Security Cleared
3 34 (15.25%) CISM
4 32 (14.35%) Degree
5 31 (13.90%) SC Cleared
6 17 (7.62%) CISA
6 17 (7.62%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (6.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (6.28%) CRISC
10 12 (5.38%) Azure Certification
10 12 (5.38%) CCSP
11 11 (4.93%) GIAC
12 9 (4.04%) CEH
13 8 (3.59%) AWS Certification
13 8 (3.59%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (3.59%) GCIH
14 7 (3.14%) SANS
15 6 (2.69%) Master's Degree
15 6 (2.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (65.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (28.25%) GDPR
3 28 (12.56%) PCI DSS
4 25 (11.21%) GRC
5 19 (8.52%) NIST 800
6 16 (7.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (5.38%) HIPAA
8 10 (4.48%) SLA
8 10 (4.48%) SOC 2
9 9 (4.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (3.59%) NCSC
11 6 (2.69%) COBIT
11 6 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (1.79%) EU AI Act
12 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.90%) COSO
13 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.90%) QA
System Software
1 16 (7.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.90%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.90%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) Firmware
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.73%) Terraform
2 6 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.79%) QRadar
5 3 (1.35%) Ansible
5 3 (1.35%) Grafana
6 2 (0.90%) Nessus
6 2 (0.90%) SELinux
7 1 (0.45%) CASB
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.45%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (19.28%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.28%) CyberArk
3 11 (4.93%) Cisco
4 10 (4.48%) Okta
5 9 (4.04%) Tenable
6 7 (3.14%) BeyondTrust
6 7 (3.14%) Oracle
6 7 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.69%) ESRI
7 6 (2.69%) Google
7 6 (2.69%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.69%) Qualys
7 6 (2.69%) Splunk
8 5 (2.24%) Fortinet
8 5 (2.24%) VMware
8 5 (2.24%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.79%) AlgoSec
9 4 (1.79%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.79%) Tufin
10 3 (1.35%) Ping Identity