National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 18 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | - | 2.94% | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 20.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £975 | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £575 | £975 | £693 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.03% | +40.79% | -23.06% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 12 | 10 | 26 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 17.14% | 14.71% | 26.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £343 | £319 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £542 | £328 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £447 | £593 | £363 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.61% | +63.56% | +42.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £468 | £889 | £388 |
| 90th Percentile | £505 | £988 | £449 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £450 | £593 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -24.10% | +19.78% | +7.03% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £29.30 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £36.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £11.77 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -72.31% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £47.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £49.52 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £13.50 | £11.77 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.70% | -72.31% | +129.73% |
NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
