NIST 800 Jobs

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring NIST 800 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST 800 over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 727 1089
Rank change year-on-year 0 +362 -84
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 78 85 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.094% 0.13% 0.069%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.67% 0.95% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 44 68 73
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £62,250 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -3.45% +20.83%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -3.45% +23.40%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

NIST 800 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,600 8,941 26,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.05% 13.98% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5,358 6,673 13,405
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.81% +3.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,385 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 14 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 20 September 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
UK excluding London -5 73 £60,000 -14.29% 11
England -8 72 £60,000 -14.29% 18
North of England +21 24 £57,560 -5.64% 1
North West - 19 £57,560 - 1
South East -12 18 £70,000 +11.11% 4
Work from Home -1 12 £60,000 -14.29% 6
Midlands -18 12 £57,500 -8.00% 1
South West -4 8 £60,000 -14.29% 4
West Midlands -15 8 £57,500 -4.17%
Scotland -27 6 £62,500 -3.85% 1
Yorkshire +18 5 £45,000 -26.23%
London +5 5 £105,000 +61.54% 5
East of England -37 5 £72,500 +3.57%
East Midlands -29 4 - - 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 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (6.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.41%) Azure
3 4 (5.13%) AWS
3 4 (5.13%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (3.85%) IaaS
4 3 (3.85%) PaaS
4 3 (3.85%) SaaS
5 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.38%) Network Security
2 6 (7.69%) Firewall
3 4 (5.13%) BGP
3 4 (5.13%) Internet
3 4 (5.13%) NAS
3 4 (5.13%) SAN
3 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
3 4 (5.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.28%) Power BI
General
1 17 (21.79%) Social Skills
2 15 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.97%) Legal
4 5 (6.41%) Finance
4 5 (6.41%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.13%) Aerospace
5 4 (5.13%) Electronics
5 4 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.13%) Military
6 1 (1.28%) Advertising
6 1 (1.28%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 18 (23.08%) Security Manager
2 13 (16.67%) Security Specialist
3 12 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 12 (15.38%) IT Manager
4 10 (12.82%) IT Security Manager
5 9 (11.54%) Architect
5 9 (11.54%) Security Architect
6 8 (10.26%) Analyst
7 7 (8.97%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 7 (8.97%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.69%) Head of Compliance
8 6 (7.69%) Head of Information
8 6 (7.69%) Head of Information Assurance
8 6 (7.69%) Senior
9 5 (6.41%) Compliance Manager
9 5 (6.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (6.41%) Security Analyst
9 5 (6.41%) Security Compliance Manager
10 4 (5.13%) Administrator
10 4 (5.13%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 17 (21.79%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (15.38%) Operational Technology
4 9 (11.54%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (11.54%) Security Posture
5 7 (8.97%) SCADA
6 6 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (6.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (5.13%) CSOC
8 4 (5.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (5.13%) IoT
8 4 (5.13%) NHS
8 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
8 4 (5.13%) Smart City
9 2 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 2 (2.56%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
10 1 (1.28%) PKI
10 1 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Linux
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 8 (10.26%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.13%) Ubuntu
3 4 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (87.18%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (56.41%) Information Security
3 24 (30.77%) Risk Management
4 19 (24.36%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 18 (23.08%) Cyber Assurance
5 18 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (23.08%) Security Architecture
6 17 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (17.95%) Computer Science
8 13 (16.67%) Information Assurance
8 13 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 12 (15.38%) Project Management
9 12 (15.38%) SIEM
10 11 (14.10%) Data Security
10 11 (14.10%) Incident Management
10 11 (14.10%) Incident Response
10 11 (14.10%) Validation
11 10 (12.82%) Decision-Making
12 9 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 9 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.56%) Python
2 1 (1.28%) C++
2 1 (1.28%) Java
2 1 (1.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (38.46%) Degree
2 27 (34.62%) CISSP
3 24 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 17 (21.79%) CISM
5 14 (17.95%) CompTIA Security+
6 13 (16.67%) CCSK
7 12 (15.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (14.10%) SC Cleared
9 8 (10.26%) CCSP
9 8 (10.26%) CISA
9 8 (10.26%) GIAC
10 6 (7.69%) A+ Certification
10 6 (7.69%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (6.41%) CEH
11 5 (6.41%) CESG Certified Professional
11 5 (6.41%) DV Cleared
11 5 (6.41%) ISACA
11 5 (6.41%) SANS
12 4 (5.13%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (100.00%) NIST
2 52 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (17.95%) NCSC
4 13 (16.67%) GRC
5 11 (14.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (12.82%) GDPR
7 9 (11.54%) SOC 2
8 6 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (7.69%) Def Stans
9 5 (6.41%) FedRAMP
10 2 (2.56%) COBIT
10 2 (2.56%) PCI DSS
11 1 (1.28%) GPG13
11 1 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (1.28%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.28%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (1.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.85%) Kibana
2 3 (3.85%) logstash
2 3 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.13%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.13%) SYSPRO
2 4 (5.13%) VMware
3 3 (3.85%) CA
4 1 (1.28%) Tanium