NIST Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring NIST skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.79% 1.59% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £534 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +38.95% - -
75th Percentile £756 £488 -
90th Percentile £768 - -
South East median daily rate £530 £625 £667
% change year-on-year -15.20% -6.30% +2.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 28 22 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 12.56% 17.46% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 14 26
10th Percentile £241 £170 £334
25th Percentile £475 £179 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £538
90th Percentile £649 - £758
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £14.10 - -
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - -
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £17.70 £54.36 £50.53
% change year-on-year -67.44% +7.58% +129.67%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

NIST job vacancy trend in West Sussex

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing NIST.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing NIST

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in West Sussex over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in West Sussex

NIST
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
Worthing - 3 £750 - 1
Horsham - 1 £570 -
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Governance Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (25.00%) OWASP
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISM
2 1 (25.00%) CRISC
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) GIAC
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) GAMP
3 1 (25.00%) GRC
3 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley