NIST 800 Contract Job Trends in West End of London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 800 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 1.89% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
Central London median daily rate £625 £550 £850
% change year-on-year +13.64% -35.29% +30.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West End of London

NIST 800 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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12 6 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 22.64% 10.34% 28.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 7
10th Percentile £438 £281 £365
25th Percentile £463 £366 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -0.09% +7.60%
75th Percentile £600 £713 -
90th Percentile £608 £780 -
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 £20.35 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.34% - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £22.50 £23.40
% change year-on-year +16.04% -3.85% -6.40%

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Key Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST