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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 186 212
Rank change year-on-year +25 +26 +121
Contract jobs citing NIST 143 168 303
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.46% 1.11% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.65% 7.65% 9.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 139 214
10th Percentile £513 £481 £500
25th Percentile £550 £528 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £627 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -3.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £688 £744 £750
90th Percentile £800 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £625 £620 £650
% change year-on-year +0.81% -4.62% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
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% -6.47%

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 1,482 2,195 3,120
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 15.11% 14.49% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,518 2,277
10th Percentile £287 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.58% +3.60%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £714 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 78 66
10th Percentile £16.68 £12.75 £18.60
25th Percentile £21.25 £14.00 £23.67
Median hourly rate £35.25 £21.94 £39.80
Median % change year-on-year +60.70% -44.89% -10.01%
75th Percentile £67.50 £46.56 £59.82
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.13
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +64.29% -40.00% +27.27%

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 5 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 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 49 (34.27%) Azure
2 31 (21.68%) AWS
3 19 (13.29%) GCP
4 4 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.80%) SonarCloud
5 3 (2.10%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (2.10%) AWS KMS
5 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.40%) AWS CloudTrail
6 2 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.40%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (1.40%) IaaS
6 2 (1.40%) OCI
6 2 (1.40%) PaaS
6 2 (1.40%) SaaS
7 1 (0.70%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.99%) Firewall
2 17 (11.89%) Network Security
3 9 (6.29%) VPN
4 5 (3.50%) SSL
4 5 (3.50%) WAN
5 4 (2.80%) MPLS
5 4 (2.80%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.80%) VSAN
6 3 (2.10%) BGP
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (2.10%) DNS
6 3 (2.10%) LAN
6 3 (2.10%) NGFW
6 3 (2.10%) OSPF
6 3 (2.10%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.10%) Wireless
7 2 (1.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.40%) VLAN
7 2 (1.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
1 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Snyk
2 2 (1.40%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.70%) GitLab
3 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.70%) SonarQube
General
1 61 (42.66%) Social Skills
2 35 (24.48%) Finance
3 21 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.29%) Legal
5 8 (5.59%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (4.20%) Retail
7 5 (3.50%) Banking
7 5 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.80%) Military
9 3 (2.10%) Law
10 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.40%) French Language
10 2 (1.40%) German Language
10 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.70%) Automotive
11 1 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.70%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (26.57%) Architect
2 26 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 25 (17.48%) Consultant
4 17 (11.89%) Security Consultant
4 17 (11.89%) Security Manager
5 14 (9.79%) Analyst
6 8 (5.59%) Project Manager
6 8 (5.59%) Senior
7 7 (4.90%) Auditor
8 6 (4.20%) Enterprise Architect
8 6 (4.20%) Information Security Consultant
8 6 (4.20%) IT Manager
8 6 (4.20%) Security Project Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.50%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (3.50%) Designer
9 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 5 (3.50%) IT Auditor
9 5 (3.50%) Security Analyst
9 5 (3.50%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.29%) LDAP
2 8 (5.59%) SAML
3 4 (2.80%) OAuth
4 3 (2.10%) OpenID
5 2 (1.40%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.40%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.70%) ADO
6 1 (0.70%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.70%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.70%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.78%) Security Posture
2 19 (13.29%) Operational Technology
3 15 (10.49%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.59%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (4.90%) PKI
6 6 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.20%) SCADA
6 6 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (3.50%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (2.80%) Algorithms
8 4 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.80%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.10%) Cyberattack
9 3 (2.10%) Data Structures
9 3 (2.10%) Insider Threat
9 3 (2.10%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.50%) Linux
2 4 (2.80%) Windows
3 2 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (41.26%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 34 (23.78%) Incident Response
3 34 (23.78%) Information Security
4 31 (21.68%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (21.68%) Security Architecture
5 29 (20.28%) Risk Management
6 28 (19.58%) Identity Access Management
7 24 (16.78%) Security Operations
8 23 (16.08%) SIEM
8 23 (16.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 23 (16.08%) Vulnerability Management
9 21 (14.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 18 (12.59%) Risk Assessment
11 16 (11.19%) DevOps
11 16 (11.19%) Project Management
12 15 (10.49%) Computer Science
12 15 (10.49%) Roadmaps
12 15 (10.49%) Threat Modelling
13 14 (9.79%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 23 (16.08%) Python
2 17 (11.89%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.10%) Bash
4 2 (1.40%) C++
4 2 (1.40%) Java
4 2 (1.40%) SQL
5 1 (0.70%) C
5 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.70%) R
Qualifications
1 49 (34.27%) CISSP
2 29 (20.28%) CISM
3 26 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 22 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 21 (14.69%) Degree
6 13 (9.09%) CISA
7 12 (8.39%) CEH
7 12 (8.39%) GIAC
8 9 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (5.59%) SANS
10 7 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (4.20%) DV Cleared
11 6 (4.20%) Master's Degree
12 5 (3.50%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (3.50%) GCIH
12 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (2.80%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.80%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 3 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (40.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (27.97%) GDPR
3 19 (13.29%) PCI DSS
4 17 (11.89%) NIST 800
5 14 (9.79%) HIPAA
6 13 (9.09%) GRC
7 12 (8.39%) NCSC
8 7 (4.90%) COBIT
9 6 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (4.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.80%) COSO
10 4 (2.80%) SLA
10 4 (2.80%) SOC 2
11 2 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (1.40%) EU AI Act
11 2 (1.40%) FIPS 140-2
11 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.70%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (4.20%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.70%) Docker
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (4.20%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.80%) QRadar
3 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.10%) Terraform
4 2 (1.40%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.40%) SELinux
5 1 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.70%) Ansible
5 1 (0.70%) CASB
5 1 (0.70%) Grafana
5 1 (0.70%) Nessus
5 1 (0.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.49%) Palo Alto
3 11 (7.69%) Cisco
4 8 (5.59%) CyberArk
5 7 (4.90%) Splunk
6 6 (4.20%) VMware
7 4 (2.80%) Tenable
8 3 (2.10%) Oracle
9 2 (1.40%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (1.40%) IBM
9 2 (1.40%) Okta
9 2 (1.40%) Qualys
9 2 (1.40%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.70%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.70%) Centrify
10 1 (0.70%) Kenna
10 1 (0.70%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.70%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.70%) Thycotic
10 1 (0.70%) Zscaler