NIST 800 Contracts in the UK excluding London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 395 490
Rank change year-on-year +75 +95 -51
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 72 40 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.18% 0.082%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.42% 1.19% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 31 19
10th Percentile £513 £450 £537
25th Percentile £532 £532 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £601 £700
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -14.21% +3.70%
75th Percentile £694 £680 £800
90th Percentile £708 - £875
UK median daily rate £583 £650 £731
% change year-on-year -10.38% -11.11% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.00 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,970 3,361 4,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.08% 14.80% 14.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,702 2,196 3,114
10th Percentile £250 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
75th Percentile £583 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £680 £650
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 197 199
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.50
25th Percentile £12.69 £18.00 £14.89
Median hourly rate £19.00 £37.50 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year -49.33% +68.24% +6.14%
75th Percentile £46.88 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.40 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £23.05 £38.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -39.36% +37.04% +32.05%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

NIST 800
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South West +61 53 £600 +14.29% 10
South East +34 27 £661 +11.83%
North of England +30 18 £582 +1.22%
Yorkshire +24 18 £582 +1.22%
Midlands +16 8 £538 -20.88% 1
West Midlands +6 7 £538 -20.88% 1
East of England +2 2 £400 -20.79%
East Midlands - 1 - -
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UK

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) Network Security
General
1 57 (79.17%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.89%) Public Sector
2 10 (13.89%) Telecoms
3 9 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Military
4 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (30.56%) Analyst
2 15 (20.83%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 14 (19.44%) Lead
4 9 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 8 (11.11%) SOC Manager
6 5 (6.94%) Security Engineer
7 4 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared Project Manager
8 3 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Incident Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.17%) SIEM Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Security Manager
9 2 (2.78%) Security Project Manager
10 1 (1.39%) Compliance Analyst
10 1 (1.39%) Consultant
10 1 (1.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 1 (1.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (1.39%) Operational Security Manager
10 1 (1.39%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (13.89%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 57 (79.17%) Cyber Defence
1 57 (79.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 50 (69.44%) Cyber Threat
3 43 (59.72%) Management Information System
4 12 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (6.94%) Operational Technology
6 3 (4.17%) SCADA
7 2 (2.78%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.39%) Industry 4.0
8 1 (1.39%) IoT
8 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.39%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (90.28%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (86.11%) SIEM
3 56 (77.78%) Information Security
4 50 (69.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 50 (69.44%) Protective Monitoring
5 49 (68.06%) Incident Management
6 48 (66.67%) Case Management
6 48 (66.67%) Incident Response
6 48 (66.67%) Mentoring
6 48 (66.67%) SOAR
6 48 (66.67%) Use Case
7 47 (65.28%) Threat Intelligence
8 46 (63.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 45 (62.50%) CRM
9 45 (62.50%) Root Cause Analysis
10 12 (16.67%) Security Operations
11 9 (12.50%) Security Architecture
12 8 (11.11%) Agile
13 7 (9.72%) Programme Management
13 7 (9.72%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 63 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 59 (81.94%) DV Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) CISM
4 9 (12.50%) CISSP
5 6 (8.33%) Degree
6 3 (4.17%) CISA
7 1 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.39%) CCSK
7 1 (1.39%) CCSP
7 1 (1.39%) CEH
7 1 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (100.00%) NIST
2 3 (4.17%) ISA99
3 2 (2.78%) GDPR
4 1 (1.39%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (13.89%) Kibana
1 10 (13.89%) logstash
Vendors
1 57 (79.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.89%) Tanium
3 3 (4.17%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.39%) Cadence