NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in Luton

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 -13
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 10 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 7.41% 1.15% 2.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 29.41% 5.56% 9.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £210 - -
25th Percentile £396 - £690
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +101.73%
75th Percentile £544 - £710
90th Percentile £623 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 - £700
% change year-on-year - - +101.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £87.75 - £52.75
25th Percentile £90.00 - £53.13
Median hourly rate £91.00 - £55.00
75th Percentile £91.50 - £56.88
90th Percentile - - £57.25
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £91.00 - £55.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 34 18 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 25.19% 20.69% 23.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 32
10th Percentile £76 £270 -
25th Percentile £313 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +22.22%
75th Percentile £650 £550 £600
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 2
10th Percentile £83.75 £42.60 £52.75
25th Percentile £88.13 £45.38 £53.13
Median hourly rate £91.00 £50.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.00% -9.09% +0.46%
75th Percentile £91.50 £58.75 £56.88
90th Percentile £97.10 £64.00 £57.25
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £88.75 £41.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +113.86% -24.55% -3.51%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in Luton

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Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing NIST 800.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing NIST 800

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Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in Luton over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in Luton

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Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing NIST 800.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing NIST 800

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) Modbus
General
1 9 (90.00%) Military
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Security Engineer
2 7 (70.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) GAP Analysis
1 7 (70.00%) Incident Management
1 7 (70.00%) Information Assurance
1 7 (70.00%) Key Management
1 7 (70.00%) MODAF
1 7 (70.00%) Patch Management
1 7 (70.00%) SABSA
1 7 (70.00%) Security Management
2 4 (40.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) CISSP
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) NIST
2 9 (90.00%) JSP 440
2 9 (90.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Firmware