NIST Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham 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 28 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing NIST 15 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 6.22% - 1.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 40.54% - 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £413 - -
25th Percentile £449 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 - -
75th Percentile £493 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £619 £603
% change year-on-year -3.03% +2.70% +26.84%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 37 6 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 15.35% 5.61% 31.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 3 9
10th Percentile £408 £412 £440
25th Percentile £449 £466 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £565 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% +18.95% +8.20%
75th Percentile £521 £573 £863
90th Percentile £588 - £880
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Wokingham

NIST
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing NIST

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 4 (26.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) AWS
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
1 7 (46.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) JIRA
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 3 (20.00%) Security Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) Testing Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Penetration Tester
3 1 (6.67%) PMO Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (13.33%) CSOC
2 2 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (6.67%) SCADA
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (60.00%) DevSecOps
2 9 (60.00%) SIEM
3 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (46.67%) CI/CD
4 7 (46.67%) DevOps
5 4 (26.67%) Actionable Insight
5 4 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (26.67%) PRINCE2
5 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 2 (13.33%) Agile
7 2 (13.33%) Privileged Access Management
7 2 (13.33%) Security Operations
8 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
8 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
1 7 (46.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (100.00%) CISM
1 15 (100.00%) CISSP
2 9 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (40.00%) Degree
4 4 (26.67%) PMI Certification
4 4 (26.67%) PMP
5 2 (13.33%) CREST Certified
5 2 (13.33%) GIAC
5 2 (13.33%) SANS
6 1 (6.67%) CEH
6 1 (6.67%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (46.67%) GDPR
3 4 (26.67%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) BeyondTrust
1 7 (46.67%) CyberArk
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (6.67%) Splunk
3 1 (6.67%) Tenable