NIST Contracts in the Thames Valley

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 117 119 142
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 -1
Contract jobs citing NIST 20 28 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.75% 0.97% 0.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.01% 6.95% 5.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 22
10th Percentile £578 £511 £539
25th Percentile £606 £613 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £670 £644
Median % change year-on-year -8.58% +4.08% +3.00%
75th Percentile £669 £691 £784
90th Percentile £713 £711 £811
South East median daily rate £650 £700 £625
% change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +32.98%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 399 403 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.88% 14.01% 14.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 235 335
10th Percentile £216 £306 £225
25th Percentile £325 £419 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £584
90th Percentile £600 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £475 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -4.04% +4.21% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 20 16
10th Percentile £18.15 £16.03 £10.26
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.50 £11.93
Median hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £17.76
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +35.17% -15.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.30 £22.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £73.66 £46.93
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £46.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year -40.54% +120.24% -17.65%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for NIST in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -20 16 £713 +6.34% 4
Buckinghamshire - 4 £613 -
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Git
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.00%) French Language
4 1 (5.00%) German Language
4 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Architect
2 8 (40.00%) Consultant
2 8 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 7 (35.00%) Security Architect
4 5 (25.00%) Senior
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
6 3 (15.00%) IT Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Senior Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Senior VMware Architect
6 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (15.00%) VMware Architect
7 2 (10.00%) Information Risk Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Lead Security Consultant
7 2 (10.00%) Risk Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Google JAX
1 3 (15.00%) PyTorch
1 3 (15.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (15.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (15.00%) Algorithms
4 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.00%) Cyberattack
5 1 (5.00%) Industry 4.0
5 1 (5.00%) IoT
5 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (55.00%) Information Security
2 11 (55.00%) Risk Management
3 10 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
4 9 (45.00%) Application Security
4 9 (45.00%) Information Security Management
4 9 (45.00%) ITIL
4 9 (45.00%) OWASP
4 9 (45.00%) Security Management
4 9 (45.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (40.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (35.00%) Budget Management
6 7 (35.00%) Budgeting
6 7 (35.00%) Capacity Management
6 7 (35.00%) Project Planning
6 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (20.00%) Security Architecture
8 3 (15.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) C
1 3 (15.00%) C++
1 3 (15.00%) Java
1 3 (15.00%) Python
1 3 (15.00%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) ISACA
2 3 (15.00%) CISM
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (10.00%) CISA
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CRISC
4 1 (5.00%) CCSK
4 1 (5.00%) CCSP
4 1 (5.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.00%) CISMP
4 1 (5.00%) CISSP
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (60.00%) GDPR
2 10 (50.00%) COBIT
3 4 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (15.00%) GRC
4 3 (15.00%) NCSC
5 1 (5.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) VMware