National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 42 | 53 | 55 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | +2 | -17 |
| Contract jobs citing NIST | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 3.13% | 0.39% | 0.36% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 16.50% | 2.47% | 2.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £542 | - | £638 |
| 25th Percentile | £556 | £525 | £646 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £570 | £550 | £679 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.64% | -18.94% | +6.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £575 | £730 |
| 90th Percentile | £615 | - | £749 |
| North West median daily rate | £650 | £550 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.18% | -24.14% | +24.78% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 103 | 81 | 95 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 18.93% | 15.94% | 17.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 51 | 49 | 50 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £288 | £195 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £350 | £314 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £463 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.70% | +8.82% | -3.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £570 | £550 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | £648 | £577 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +2.70% | +3.93% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.53 | £14.56 | £22.63 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.66 | £20.76 | £24.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £42.50 | £30.54 | £27.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.16% | +9.52% | +31.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £35.00 | £30.70 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £38.20 | £31.94 |
| North West median hourly rate | £12.00 | £37.50 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -68.00% | -25.74% | +220.63% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in Cheshire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in Cheshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | +10 | 15 | £570 | +3.64% | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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: