NIST Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 184 220
Rank change year-on-year +26 +36 +122
Contract jobs citing NIST 151 167 293
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.52% 1.09% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.15% 7.46% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 138 206
10th Percentile £513 £478 £500
25th Percentile £550 £532 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £602 £629 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.30% -3.31% +4.42%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £736
90th Percentile £788 £825 £844
UK median daily rate £629 £620 £650
% change year-on-year +1.46% -4.62% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.50 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £39.60
75th Percentile £92.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £83.20 £67.50 £64.15
% change year-on-year +23.26% +5.23% -2.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,488 2,240 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.02% 14.60% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,005 1,532 2,292
10th Percentile £281 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £603 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 79 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £22.87 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.53% -46.81% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £44.38 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £20.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.85% -44.53% +33.93%

NIST
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

NIST trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

NIST
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST.

NIST daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing NIST over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

NIST daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing NIST.

NIST hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 53 (35.10%) Azure
2 35 (23.18%) AWS
3 18 (11.92%) GCP
4 6 (3.97%) IaaS
4 6 (3.97%) PaaS
4 6 (3.97%) SaaS
5 4 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.65%) SonarCloud
6 3 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (1.99%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.99%) AWS KMS
6 3 (1.99%) Cloudflare
6 3 (1.99%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.32%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (1.32%) OCI
8 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.91%) Firewall
2 17 (11.26%) Network Security
3 11 (7.28%) VPN
4 8 (5.30%) VSAN
5 7 (4.64%) WAN
6 6 (3.97%) MPLS
7 5 (3.31%) SSL
8 4 (2.65%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.99%) BGP
9 3 (1.99%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.99%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.99%) DNS
9 3 (1.99%) LAN
9 3 (1.99%) NetScaler
9 3 (1.99%) NGFW
9 3 (1.99%) OSPF
9 3 (1.99%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.99%) Wireless
10 2 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (1.32%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Data Mining
1 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.99%) Snyk
2 2 (1.32%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 62 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.18%) Finance
3 22 (14.57%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.96%) Legal
4 9 (5.96%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (3.97%) Retail
6 5 (3.31%) Banking
6 5 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.65%) Military
8 3 (1.99%) Law
9 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) French Language
9 2 (1.32%) German Language
9 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.66%) Police
Job Titles
1 42 (27.81%) Architect
2 26 (17.22%) Security Architect
3 25 (16.56%) Consultant
4 17 (11.26%) Security Consultant
4 17 (11.26%) Security Manager
5 14 (9.27%) Analyst
6 13 (8.61%) Senior
7 8 (5.30%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.30%) Senior Architect
7 8 (5.30%) Senior Technical Architect
7 8 (5.30%) Technical Architect
8 7 (4.64%) Auditor
9 6 (3.97%) Enterprise Architect
9 6 (3.97%) Information Security Consultant
9 6 (3.97%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.97%) Security Project Manager
10 5 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) IT Auditor
10 5 (3.31%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.31%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.96%) LDAP
2 8 (5.30%) SAML
3 4 (2.65%) OAuth
4 3 (1.99%) OpenID
5 2 (1.32%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.66%) ADO
6 1 (0.66%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.66%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.66%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.66%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.89%) Security Posture
2 19 (12.58%) Operational Technology
3 15 (9.93%) Management Information System
4 11 (7.28%) PKI
5 10 (6.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (5.30%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.97%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.97%) SCADA
7 6 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (3.31%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (2.65%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (2.65%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.99%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.99%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.99%) Insider Threat
10 3 (1.99%) Product Ownership
11 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
11 2 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.30%) Linux
2 6 (3.97%) Windows
3 3 (1.99%) AIX
3 3 (1.99%) Unix
4 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (39.07%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (25.17%) Cloud Security
3 34 (22.52%) Information Security
4 33 (21.85%) Incident Response
5 31 (20.53%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (20.53%) Security Architecture
6 29 (19.21%) Risk Management
7 28 (18.54%) Identity Access Management
8 23 (15.23%) Security Operations
8 23 (15.23%) SIEM
8 23 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (15.23%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (13.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 18 (11.92%) Risk Assessment
11 16 (10.60%) DevOps
11 16 (10.60%) Project Management
11 16 (10.60%) Zero Trust
12 15 (9.93%) CI/CD
12 15 (9.93%) DevSecOps
12 15 (9.93%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.89%) Python
2 16 (10.60%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.99%) Bash
4 2 (1.32%) C++
4 2 (1.32%) Java
4 2 (1.32%) SQL
5 1 (0.66%) C
5 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 48 (31.79%) CISSP
2 34 (22.52%) Security Cleared
3 30 (19.87%) SC Cleared
4 29 (19.21%) CISM
5 21 (13.91%) Degree
6 13 (8.61%) CISA
7 12 (7.95%) CEH
8 11 (7.28%) GIAC
9 9 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (5.96%) DV Cleared
9 9 (5.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (4.64%) MCSE
10 7 (4.64%) SANS
10 7 (4.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (3.97%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.31%) CCIE
12 5 (3.31%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.31%) GCIH
13 4 (2.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (38.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (26.49%) GDPR
3 18 (11.92%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.26%) NIST 800
5 16 (10.60%) NCSC
6 13 (8.61%) GRC
6 13 (8.61%) HIPAA
7 10 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (4.64%) COBIT
9 6 (3.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.65%) COSO
10 4 (2.65%) SLA
10 4 (2.65%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.32%) EU AI Act
11 2 (1.32%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.66%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 13 (8.61%) Active Directory
1 13 (8.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (6.62%) VMware NSX
3 4 (2.65%) Docker
3 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.66%) Firmware
5 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.97%) Ansible
1 6 (3.97%) Kubernetes
1 6 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.65%) QRadar
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.99%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.99%) Puppet
3 3 (1.99%) SCCM
3 3 (1.99%) Terraform
4 2 (1.32%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.32%) SELinux
5 1 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.66%) CASB
5 1 (0.66%) Grafana
5 1 (0.66%) Nessus
5 1 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.92%) Palo Alto
3 17 (11.26%) Cisco
4 13 (8.61%) VMware
5 8 (5.30%) CyberArk
6 7 (4.64%) Splunk
7 4 (2.65%) Tenable
8 3 (1.99%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.99%) Citrix
8 3 (1.99%) F5
8 3 (1.99%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle
8 3 (1.99%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.32%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (1.32%) IBM
9 2 (1.32%) Okta
9 2 (1.32%) Qualys
9 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.66%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.66%) Aruba