NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in Somerset

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.41% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate - £600 £582
% change year-on-year - +3.09% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 41 28 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 16.80% 17.39% 16.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 13 21
10th Percentile - £465 £135
25th Percentile £263 £563 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.21% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £588
90th Percentile £575 £755 £612
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile £60.15 - -
25th Percentile £60.38 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £13.26 £12.24
Median % change year-on-year +363.80% +8.33% -72.80%
75th Percentile £63.38 - £12.82
90th Percentile £64.05 - £35.13
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -3.85% +62.50% -36.74%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in Somerset

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) NIST