NIST Contracts in Surrey

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Contract jobs citing NIST 3 0 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 1.01% - 3.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.66% - 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 20
10th Percentile - - £573
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £700
75th Percentile - - £838
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £600 £613 £700
% change year-on-year -2.04% -12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 53 78 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 17.79% 13.29% 25.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 67 131
10th Percentile £151 £246 £161
25th Percentile £161 £304 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £405
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +11.11% +1.25%
75th Percentile £506 £563 £588
90th Percentile £558 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 1
10th Percentile £24.18 - -
25th Percentile £24.30 £19.25 £29.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £26.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -14.52% +1.64%
75th Percentile £53.75 £39.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £88.90 £50.38 -
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Surrey

NIST
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Surrey.

Daily rate trend for NIST in Surrey

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST in Surrey.

Hourly rate trend for NIST in Surrey

NIST
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Redhill - 2 - -
Guildford - 1 - - 17
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) TPMS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Information Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (66.67%) Communications Security
2 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Security Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CEH
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (33.33%) NIST 800