NIST 800 Contracts

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 623 781
Rank change year-on-year +117 +158 -147
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 92 96 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.16% 0.077%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.48% 1.20% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 58 44
10th Percentile £494 £509 £539
25th Percentile £525 £563 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £650 £750
Median % change year-on-year -10.46% -13.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £800
90th Percentile £875 £750 £864
UK excluding London median daily rate £582 £613 £725
% change year-on-year -4.98% -15.52% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.00 £52.50 -
% change year-on-year +52.38% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,212 7,992 11,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.35% 13.36% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,921 5,491 8,030
10th Percentile £297 £275 £292
25th Percentile £405 £410 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £750 £738 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 225 302
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.16 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.18 £18.50 £17.06
Median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £62.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £77.50 £67.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.00 £35.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year -48.57% +66.27% +0.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NIST 800 in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing NIST 800.

Hourly rate trend for NIST 800 in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England +130 88 £582 -10.46% 18
UK excluding London +85 59 £582 -4.98% 11
South West +61 41 £550 - 2
London +80 22 £750 +9.49% 6
South East +41 21 £583 -1.37% 1
North of England +38 17 £582 +1.22% 1
Yorkshire +31 17 £582 +1.22% 1
Work from Home +98 11 £550 -19.12% 11
West Midlands +23 9 £569 -16.32% 3
Midlands +16 9 £569 -16.32% 3
East of England +16 2 £400 - 4

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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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.52%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.61%) Azure
2 6 (6.52%) AWS
3 4 (4.35%) GCP
4 3 (3.26%) IaaS
4 3 (3.26%) SaaS
5 1 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.87%) Network Security
2 5 (5.43%) Firewall
3 1 (1.09%) Modbus
3 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
General
1 56 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.22%) Finance
3 13 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (10.87%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.78%) Military
5 9 (9.78%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.26%) Banking
8 2 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Analyst
2 19 (20.65%) Cyber Defence Analyst
3 16 (17.39%) Lead
4 13 (14.13%) Consultant
5 10 (10.87%) Architect
5 10 (10.87%) Security Architect
6 9 (9.78%) Project Manager
6 9 (9.78%) Security Consultant
7 8 (8.70%) SOC Manager
8 5 (5.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (5.43%) Senior
8 5 (5.43%) Senior Architect
8 5 (5.43%) Senior Security Architect
9 4 (4.35%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (4.35%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 3 (3.26%) Information Security Consultant
10 3 (3.26%) Risk Consultant
10 3 (3.26%) Security Analyst
11 2 (2.17%) Lead Architect
11 2 (2.17%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 55 (59.78%) Cyber Threat
2 52 (56.52%) Cyber Defence
3 51 (55.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 40 (43.48%) Management Information System
5 14 (15.22%) Security Operations Centre
6 7 (7.61%) Operational Technology
7 6 (6.52%) Security Posture
8 3 (3.26%) Industry 4.0
8 3 (3.26%) IoT
9 2 (2.17%) Product Ownership
10 1 (1.09%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (1.09%) Replication
10 1 (1.09%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (73.91%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (67.39%) Information Security
3 59 (64.13%) SIEM
4 46 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 45 (48.91%) Protective Monitoring
6 44 (47.83%) Incident Response
7 42 (45.65%) Incident Management
8 41 (44.57%) Case Management
8 41 (44.57%) SOAR
8 41 (44.57%) Use Case
9 40 (43.48%) Mentoring
9 40 (43.48%) Threat Intelligence
10 39 (42.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 38 (41.30%) Root Cause Analysis
12 37 (40.22%) CRM
13 25 (27.17%) Security Architecture
14 18 (19.57%) Risk Management
15 17 (18.48%) Security Operations
16 15 (16.30%) SABSA
17 13 (14.13%) Agile
Qualifications
1 57 (61.96%) Security Cleared
2 52 (56.52%) DV Cleared
3 25 (27.17%) CISSP
4 24 (26.09%) CISM
5 16 (17.39%) CISA
6 14 (15.22%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (15.22%) CRISC
7 13 (14.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 11 (11.96%) Degree
9 9 (9.78%) CCSK
10 7 (7.61%) GIAC
10 7 (7.61%) SANS
11 4 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (4.35%) FFIEC
11 4 (4.35%) Master's Degree
12 3 (3.26%) CCSP
12 3 (3.26%) CEH
12 3 (3.26%) SC Cleared
13 1 (1.09%) CCNA
13 1 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (92.39%) NIST
2 9 (9.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.61%) ISO 31000
3 7 (7.61%) PCI DSS
4 4 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 3 (3.26%) GDPR
6 2 (2.17%) ISA99
6 2 (2.17%) NCSC
7 1 (1.09%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.09%) JSP 440
7 1 (1.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.09%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (61.96%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.26%) Google
3 2 (2.17%) Cadence
4 1 (1.09%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.09%) ForeScout
4 1 (1.09%) LogRhythm
4 1 (1.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.09%) ServiceNow