NIST Contract Job Trends in South London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
London > South London

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 31 44
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 -
Contract jobs citing NIST 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.72% 1.43% 0.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.87% 9.38% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £509 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £475
75th Percentile £538 - £488
90th Percentile £598 - -
London median daily rate £625 £633 £650
% change year-on-year -1.19% -2.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £73.60 -
London median hourly rate £88.75 £83.20 -
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 46 32 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 15.86% 15.24% 7.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 14 12
10th Percentile £402 £243 £380
25th Percentile £463 £358 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £488
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -3.59% +34.48%
75th Percentile £545 £524 £581
90th Percentile £630 £596 £600
London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £73.60 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - -11.59% -
London median hourly rate £26.11 £37.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year -29.43% +28.70% -17.86%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

NIST job vacancy trend in South London

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing NIST

NIST
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing NIST.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing NIST

NIST
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South London region over the 6 months to 3 March 2026. 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
Croydon - 5 £525 - 3
NIST
London

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) OWASP
1 5 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (80.00%) Security Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (60.00%) Application Security
3 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (60.00%) Decision Tree
3 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
3 3 (60.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Static Application Security Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) CEH
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
3 3 (60.00%) SANS
4 2 (40.00%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST 800
2 2 (40.00%) NCSC