National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
North West > Merseyside
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 30 | 43 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +13 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside | - | 0.44% | 0.64% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 4.55% | 6.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £650 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +57.58% | -31.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £419 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £669 | £650 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.88% | +15.56% | -22.41% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 23 | 22 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside | 13.45% | 9.78% | 9.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 8 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £143 | - | £159 |
| 25th Percentile | £150 | £115 | £300 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £215 | £162 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.13% | -59.63% | -8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £475 | £450 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £503 | £510 | £650 |
| North West median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +5.26% | +2.43% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £14.50 | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £31.76 | £12.84 | £39.60 |
| % change year-on-year | +147.35% | -67.58% | +116.99% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Merseyside.