NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 116 143
Rank change year-on-year -24 +27 -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 10 12 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.37% 0.45% 0.068%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.17% 2.96% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £402 - -
25th Percentile £405 £761 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £773 £450
Median % change year-on-year -43.43% +71.67% -
75th Percentile £475 £795 -
90th Percentile £556 - -
England median daily rate £520 £675 £667
% change year-on-year -22.96% +1.20% -11.07%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 460 405 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.24% 15.13% 14.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 330 246 285
10th Percentile £300 £236 £300
25th Percentile £369 £353 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% -0.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £595 £588
90th Percentile £650 £725 £695
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 20 25
10th Percentile £15.12 £12.00 £12.98
25th Percentile £16.12 £13.33 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.04 £18.60 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.65% -32.38% +39.84%
75th Percentile £34.16 £49.06 £31.76
90th Percentile £40.46 £55.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £33.93 £40.05
% change year-on-year -4.21% -15.28% +78.00%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing NIST 800

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
East Midlands +1 9 £425 - 1
West Midlands -23 1 £650 -15.86% 4
NIST 800
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (10.00%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Product Owner
1 3 (30.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Systems Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) SailPoint
2 3 (30.00%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) IT Audit
3 5 (50.00%) Kanban
4 3 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Data-Driven Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Fintech
4 3 (30.00%) Fraud Detection
4 3 (30.00%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (30.00%) Identity Management
4 3 (30.00%) Information Security
4 3 (30.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (30.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (30.00%) Scrum
4 3 (30.00%) Sprint Planning
4 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) CISA
1 6 (60.00%) CISM
1 6 (60.00%) CISSP
1 6 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (100.00%) NIST
2 6 (60.00%) COBIT
2 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (10.00%) NCSC
3 1 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) RSA Archer
2 3 (30.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Rapid7
2 4 (40.00%) Alteryx
2 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft