NIST Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring NIST skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 35 63
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 +21
Contract jobs citing NIST 1 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.42% 2.74% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.85% 21.05% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £497 -
25th Percentile £475 £504 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £536 £743
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% -27.91% +14.31%
75th Percentile £525 £583 -
90th Percentile - £658 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £511 £743
% change year-on-year -2.19% -31.20% +14.31%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 54 38 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 22.50% 13.01% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 26 52
10th Percentile £250 £183 £244
25th Percentile £393 £238 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £478 £485
Median % change year-on-year -10.99% -1.55% +7.78%
75th Percentile £515 £547 £743
90th Percentile £534 £600 £1,056
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £425 £488 £550
% change year-on-year -12.82% -11.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £17.26 -
25th Percentile - £20.31 -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £26.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.24% - -
75th Percentile £34.44 £31.85 -
90th Percentile £46.02 £34.79 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £26.18 -
% change year-on-year -41.74% - -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Milton Keynes

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing NIST

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Remediation Plan
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) RSA Archer