NIST Contract Job Trends in Warrington

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing NIST 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 2.01% 1.43% 4.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.14% 20.00% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £545 - £519
90th Percentile - - £530
Cheshire median daily rate £543 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.19% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 42 5 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 28.19% 7.14% 17.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 2 9
10th Percentile £156 - £301
25th Percentile £200 £313 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £325 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.15% -13.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £573 £338 £500
90th Percentile £624 - £541
Cheshire median daily rate £489 £447 £525
% change year-on-year +9.45% -14.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.25 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £83.75 - -
90th Percentile £90.63 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £82.50 £32.00 -
% change year-on-year +157.81% - -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NIST relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

NIST job vacancy trend in Warrington

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing NIST

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Technology
1 2 (66.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) ArchiMate
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) LLM
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
2 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Automation Anywhere
1 1 (33.33%) Blue Prism
1 1 (33.33%) Databricks
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
1 1 (33.33%) UiPath