NIST 800 Contracts in the South West

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for NIST 800 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NIST 800 over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 166 161
Rank change year-on-year +57 -5 -20
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 41 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.28% 0.054% 0.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.24% 0.47% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 0 4
10th Percentile - - £539
25th Percentile £513 - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £540
75th Percentile £582 - £630
90th Percentile £669 - £792
England median daily rate £582 £650 £750
% change year-on-year -10.46% -13.33% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

NIST 800 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 566 424 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.72% 11.51% 11.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 307 299
10th Percentile £263 £200 £207
25th Percentile £416 £386 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £477
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +7.44% -4.60%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £586
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 44 21
10th Percentile £12.40 £17.65 £47.41
25th Percentile £14.00 £49.75 £56.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £64.57 £69.05
Median % change year-on-year -30.31% -6.48% +38.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.81 £71.08
90th Percentile £74.44 £83.40 £81.23
England median hourly rate £20.55 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -51.64% +54.55% +31.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in the South West.

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire - 36 £582 - 1
Bristol +20 4 £525 - 2
Somerset - 1 £700 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) Network Security
General
1 31 (75.61%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Telecoms
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Military
4 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (34.15%) Lead
2 11 (26.83%) Analyst
3 10 (24.39%) Cyber Defence Analyst
4 8 (19.51%) Project Manager
4 8 (19.51%) SOC Manager
5 4 (9.76%) DV Cleared Project Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.44%) Security Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Security Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Security Project Manager
6 1 (2.44%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 37 (90.24%) Cyber Defence
2 32 (78.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 27 (65.85%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (56.10%) Management Information System
5 12 (29.27%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (95.12%) SIEM
2 37 (90.24%) Information Security
3 36 (87.80%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (70.73%) Mentoring
5 28 (68.29%) Case Management
5 28 (68.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 28 (68.29%) Incident Management
5 28 (68.29%) Incident Response
5 28 (68.29%) SOAR
5 28 (68.29%) Threat Intelligence
5 28 (68.29%) Use Case
6 27 (65.85%) CRM
6 27 (65.85%) Protective Monitoring
6 27 (65.85%) Root Cause Analysis
7 24 (58.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 12 (29.27%) Security Operations
9 8 (19.51%) Agile
9 8 (19.51%) Security Architecture
10 7 (17.07%) Programme Management
10 7 (17.07%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 38 (92.68%) Security Cleared
2 37 (90.24%) DV Cleared
3 7 (17.07%) CISM
3 7 (17.07%) CISSP
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (2.44%) GDPR
2 1 (2.44%) ISA99
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm