FIPS 140-2
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring FIPS 140-2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited FIPS 140-2 over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 549 | - | 653 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing FIPS 140-2 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.021% | - | 0.028% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.13% | - | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £497 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £515 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | - | £486 |
| 75th Percentile | £553 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £604 | - | £599 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | - | £486 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
FIPS 140-2 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.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5,579 | 5,314 | 7,419 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 16.82% | 13.61% | 13.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,593 | 3,293 | 5,027 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £292 | £308 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £505 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.99% | -3.81% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £606 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £713 | £738 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 252 | 324 | 250 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £11.18 | £14.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.43 | £14.48 | £18.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.93 | £25.68 | £39.51 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.84% | -35.00% | +58.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £55.00 | £62.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £83.37 | £70.00 | £79.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £24.83 | £25.00 | £35.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.68% | -29.58% | +61.36% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing FIPS 140-2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing FIPS 140-2.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing FIPS 140-2 over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FIPS 140-2 within the UK over the 6 months to 3 August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | - | 7 | £525 | - | 3 |
| UK excluding London | - | 7 | £525 | - | 4 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | £558 | - | |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £558 | - | |
| Work from Home | - | 3 | £525 | - | 2 |
| East of England | - | 2 | £525 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| North of England | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: