NIST Contract Job Trends in Warwick

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Warwickshire > Warwick

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwick requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 30 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing NIST 8 6 11
As % of all contract jobs in Warwick 2.88% 2.79% 8.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.11% 17.14% 36.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile - £488 -
25th Percentile - £494 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -13.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £584 £725
90th Percentile £725 £619 £750
Warwickshire median daily rate £550 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Warwick

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 Warwick.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 61 35 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwick 21.94% 16.28% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 22 22
10th Percentile £391 - £425
25th Percentile £406 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £606 £538 £716
90th Percentile £755 £599 £784
Warwickshire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +5.77%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwick

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Warwick

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Warwick

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwick citing NIST

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwick

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in Warwick over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in Warwick

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwick 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (37.50%) Security Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
2 2 (25.00%) CSOC
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) SCADA
2 2 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
3 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Business Process Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Change Control
4 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
5 2 (25.00%) DevSecOps
5 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) MoSCoW
5 2 (25.00%) OWASP
5 2 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (25.00%) SIEM
6 1 (12.50%) Application Security
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CISM
1 3 (37.50%) CISSP
2 2 (25.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) GIAC
2 2 (25.00%) SANS
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CEH
3 1 (12.50%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Tenable