NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in Preston

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.12% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £775 £575 -
% change year-on-year +34.78% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 15 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 16.85% 8.96% 12.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £596 - £539
25th Percentile £713 - £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £447 £593
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -24.61% +37.08%
75th Percentile £900 - -
90th Percentile £915 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £725 £526 £550
% change year-on-year +37.77% -4.32% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £32.78 - -
25th Percentile £36.22 - -
Median hourly rate £41.94 £24.76 £11.77
Median % change year-on-year +69.39% +110.37% -70.58%
75th Percentile £43.70 - -
90th Percentile £44.76 - £12.95
Lancashire median hourly rate £52.78 £19.04 £11.77
% change year-on-year +177.14% +61.79% -70.58%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in Preston

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DoDAF
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST