NIST Contract Job Trends in West End of London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
31 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 4.62% 4.44% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.79% 28.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £586 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% - -
75th Percentile £618 - -
90th Percentile £622 - -
Central London median daily rate £575 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -6.20% -1.92% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West End of London

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 West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 19 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 29.23% 15.56% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £313 £209 £144
25th Percentile £510 £225 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £650 £426
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +52.76% -33.25%
75th Percentile £613 - £500
90th Percentile £638 £755 £538
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £561
% change year-on-year - -2.00% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.86 - -
25th Percentile £40.93 - -
Median hourly rate £46.66 - -
75th Percentile £53.02 - -
90th Percentile £56.46 - -
Central London median hourly rate £46.66 £34.00 £23.40
% change year-on-year +37.24% +45.30% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

NIST job vacancy trend in West End of London

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Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing NIST

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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 2 (66.67%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Security Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Key Management
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) ISMS
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) SIAM
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST 800
3 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
NIST jobs