NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for NIST 800 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST 800 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 842 1178
Rank change year-on-year +15 +336 -296
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 87 110 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.085% 0.11% 0.035%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.64% 0.61% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 61 73 37
10th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £51,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +11.11% +17.39%
75th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - £125,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% +16.67% +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

NIST 800 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST 800.

Salary trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +49 83 £72,500 -3.33% 22
UK excluding London +4 71 £72,500 +3.57% 14
South West -10 33 £105,000 +50.00% 9
Work from Home +42 27 £61,750 -11.79% 8
South East +8 17 £65,000 -31.58% 2
London +100 13 £95,000 +1.33% 7
North of England +52 7 £60,000 -14.29% 1
North West +10 7 £60,000 -14.29%
Midlands -3 7 £57,500 -8.00%
West Midlands +12 6 £57,500 -4.17%
East of England -6 6 £72,500 +3.57% 2
Scotland -57 1 £75,000 +15.74% 1

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 12 (13.79%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 13 (14.94%) AWS
2 8 (9.20%) IaaS
2 8 (9.20%) PaaS
2 8 (9.20%) SaaS
3 6 (6.90%) Azure
4 5 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.45%) GCP
6 2 (2.30%) OCI
7 1 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.15%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.33%) Network Security
2 7 (8.05%) Firewall
3 4 (4.60%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.15%) SAN
4 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.15%) Power BI
General
1 28 (32.18%) Military
2 25 (28.74%) Social Skills
3 21 (24.14%) Finance
4 20 (22.99%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (20.69%) Aerospace
6 10 (11.49%) Aviation
7 9 (10.34%) Telecoms
8 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (8.05%) Legal
9 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Advertising
11 1 (1.15%) Banking
11 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Law
11 1 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 38 (43.68%) Consultant
1 38 (43.68%) Security Consultant
2 18 (20.69%) Security Manager
3 17 (19.54%) Senior
4 16 (18.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 15 (17.24%) Senior Consultant
5 15 (17.24%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
5 15 (17.24%) Senior Security Consultant
6 11 (12.64%) Cyber Defence Consultant
7 8 (9.20%) Security Engineer
8 7 (8.05%) Security Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 6 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 6 (6.90%) Head of Compliance
9 6 (6.90%) Head of Information
9 6 (6.90%) Head of Information Assurance
9 6 (6.90%) Security Assurance Manager
10 5 (5.75%) Information Manager
10 5 (5.75%) Information Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 27 (31.03%) Management Information System
2 26 (29.89%) Cyber Defence
3 18 (20.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (13.79%) CESG
4 12 (13.79%) Operational Technology
5 9 (10.34%) Security Posture
6 8 (9.20%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (6.90%) SCADA
7 6 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (5.75%) Cloud Native
8 5 (5.75%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (5.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (2.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.30%) IoT
9 2 (2.30%) Replication
10 1 (1.15%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) AIX
1 2 (2.30%) Linux
1 2 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (2.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (90.80%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (78.16%) Information Security
3 40 (45.98%) Risk Management
4 36 (41.38%) Security Architecture
5 28 (32.18%) Information Assurance
6 27 (31.03%) Mentoring
7 26 (29.89%) Agile
7 26 (29.89%) Security Operations
8 25 (28.74%) Coaching
9 24 (27.59%) Resource Management
10 21 (24.14%) Project Management
11 20 (22.99%) SIEM
12 19 (21.84%) Programme Management
13 18 (20.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
14 17 (19.54%) Security Management
14 17 (19.54%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 15 (17.24%) Cyber Assurance
16 13 (14.94%) Cloud Security
16 13 (14.94%) Decision-Making
17 12 (13.79%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) Python
2 1 (1.15%) C++
2 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 52 (59.77%) Security Cleared
2 23 (26.44%) CISSP
2 23 (26.44%) DV Cleared
3 17 (19.54%) CISM
3 17 (19.54%) Degree
4 12 (13.79%) CISMP
4 12 (13.79%) IISP
4 12 (13.79%) SC Cleared
5 9 (10.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (10.34%) CCSP
5 9 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (8.05%) CCSK
6 7 (8.05%) CEH
6 7 (8.05%) GIAC
7 6 (6.90%) CESG Certified Professional
7 6 (6.90%) GPEN
8 5 (5.75%) CRISC
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (4.60%) CASP
10 3 (3.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (98.85%) NIST
2 37 (42.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (24.14%) NCSC
4 19 (21.84%) GRC
5 14 (16.09%) JSP 440
6 12 (13.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 11 (12.64%) RMADS
8 7 (8.05%) GDPR
9 5 (5.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (5.75%) ISO 31000
9 5 (5.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 4 (4.60%) PCI DSS
11 2 (2.30%) COBIT
11 2 (2.30%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.15%) Def Stans
12 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (6.90%) Nessus
1 6 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.15%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 11 (12.64%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.05%) CA
3 6 (6.90%) Qualys
4 2 (2.30%) ArcSight
4 2 (2.30%) Cisco
4 2 (2.30%) Oracle
4 2 (2.30%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.30%) Sophos
4 2 (2.30%) Splunk
4 2 (2.30%) Tripwire
5 1 (1.15%) Databricks