National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 17 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | - |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | 0.89% | 2.03% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 5.26% | 10.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £600 | £538 | £613 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.52% | -12.16% | -12.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | - | £65.00 | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 0 | 19 | 28 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | - | 16.96% | 18.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £306 | £183 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £359 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £450 | £523 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -13.88% | +61.39% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £494 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £500 | £575 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.03 | £24.33 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.13 | £26.25 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £24.92 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.40% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £33.93 | £28.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.72 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £29.97 | £14.50 | £27.13 |
| % change year-on-year | +106.69% | -46.55% | +82.94% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Staffordshire.