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 requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	182	155	223
Rank change year-on-year	-27	+68	-5
Contract jobs citing NIST	336	243	170
As % of all contract jobs in London	1.64%	1.82%	1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	8.29%	10.04%	7.80%
Number of daily rates quoted	238	155	113
10^th Percentile	£435	£405	£450
25^th Percentile	£500	£478	£513
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£580	£575	£650
Median % change year-on-year	+0.87%	-11.54%	-
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£775
90^th Percentile	£790	£765	-
England median daily rate	£560	£563	£625
% change year-on-year	-0.44%	-10.00%	-0.79%
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	£73.00	£88.75	£80.00
% change year-on-year	-17.75%	+10.94%	+71.12%

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.

	6 months to 22 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	4,051	2,420	2,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	19.82%	18.08%	13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted	2,744	1,612	1,359
10^th Percentile	£351	£325	£325
25^th Percentile	£438	£413	£425
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£540	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.86%	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£644	£650	£675
90^th Percentile	£738	£750	£800
England median daily rate	£518	£500	£520
% change year-on-year	+3.50%	-3.85%	-3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted	52	58	33
10^th Percentile	£15.01	£18.68	£18.13
25^th Percentile	£21.28	£25.15	£23.80
Median hourly rate	£28.03	£34.00	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-17.57%	-2.86%	+7.69%
75^th Percentile	£42.69	£44.37	£55.00
90^th Percentile	£60.55	£66.50	£82.31
England median hourly rate	£31.73	£31.49	£33.93
% change year-on-year	+0.76%	-7.19%	-11.78%

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 22 October 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 22 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	-24	37	£566	+2.95%	11
West London	-21	5	£488	+15.38%	5
East London	0	3	£750	+33.33%	3
South London	-5	3	£495	-14.84%	1
North London	-	1	£650	-
NIST England

NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 October 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 with a requirement for NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	64.0%	215
2	Cybersecurity	62.2%	209
3	Azure	38.7%	130
4	CISSP	34.2%	115
5	AWS	28.6%	96
6	Stakeholder Management	27.7%	93
7	Risk Management	26.2%	88
8	CISM	25.3%	85
9	Microsoft	25.0%	84
10	Security Architecture	24.7%	83
11	Security Cleared	23.8%	80
12	Cloud Security	21.7%	73
13	Stakeholder Engagement	21.4%	72
14	Entra ID	19.6%	66
14	SC Cleared	19.6%	66
16	Identity Access Management	19.3%	65
17	Roadmaps	18.5%	62
18	Vulnerability Management	17.9%	60
19	Threat Modelling	16.4%	55
20	GCP	15.8%	53
21	GRC	15.2%	51
22	Information Security	14.9%	50
23	AI	14.3%	48
23	Incident Response	14.3%	48
25	Zero Trust	14.0%	47
26	GDPR	13.4%	45
27	Active Directory	13.1%	44
27	Python	13.1%	44
29	NCSC	12.8%	43
30	Continuous Improvement	12.5%	42

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	64.0%	215
2	GRC	15.2%	51
3	GDPR	13.4%	45
4	NCSC	12.8%	43
5	DORA	8.6%	29
5	PCI DSS	8.6%	29
7	COBIT	8.0%	27
7	NIST 800	8.0%	27
9	SOC 2	7.1%	24
10	Cyber Essentials	6.5%	22
11	ISO/IEC 42001	4.2%	14
12	EU AI Act	3.6%	12
12	QA	3.6%	12
14	Sarbanes-Oxley	2.7%	9
15	Cyber Essentials PLUS	2.1%	7
15	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	2.1%	7
17	Data Quality	1.8%	6
17	ITGC	1.8%	6
19	HIPAA	1.5%	5
20	HMG Security Policy Framework	1.2%	4