NIST Jobs in the North of England

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 330 301
Rank change year-on-year +86 -29 +30
Permanent jobs citing NIST 149 103 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.84% 0.61% 0.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.31% 2.78% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 138 68 96
10th Percentile £35,920 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,250 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -0.42% +32.22%
75th Percentile £84,919 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £67,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

NIST 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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,363 3,708 2,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 13.36% 21.95% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,637 1,161 1,729
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the North of England.

Salary trend for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
North West +38 93 £60,000 +20.00% 16
Yorkshire +71 32 £55,000 -15.38% 7
North East +19 24 £42,500 -14.36% 3
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (0.67%) Apache
1 1 (0.67%) IIS
1 1 (0.67%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.67%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.26%) Azure
2 38 (25.50%) AWS
3 34 (22.82%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.71%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (4.03%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (4.03%) SaaS
6 4 (2.68%) IaaS
6 4 (2.68%) PaaS
7 3 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (24.83%) Firewall
2 35 (23.49%) WAN
3 31 (20.81%) Network Security
4 27 (18.12%) SD-WAN
5 10 (6.71%) TCP/IP
6 9 (6.04%) Intrusion Detection
6 9 (6.04%) Wireshark
7 6 (4.03%) LAN
8 3 (2.01%) DMZ
8 3 (2.01%) PPP
8 3 (2.01%) tcpdump
8 3 (2.01%) VPN
9 2 (1.34%) DNS
9 2 (1.34%) HTTP
9 2 (1.34%) Internet
9 2 (1.34%) SMTP
9 2 (1.34%) VoIP
9 2 (1.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (6.71%) GitLab
2 9 (6.04%) JIRA
3 1 (0.67%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.67%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (19.46%) Finance
2 28 (18.79%) Social Skills
3 20 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.38%) Legal
6 7 (4.70%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.68%) Law
8 3 (2.01%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.01%) Retail
9 1 (0.67%) Games
9 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.67%) Public Speaking
9 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (22.15%) Architect
1 33 (22.15%) Lead
1 33 (22.15%) Security Architect
2 26 (17.45%) Analyst
3 23 (15.44%) Security Engineer
4 21 (14.09%) Senior
5 20 (13.42%) Lead Architect
5 20 (13.42%) Lead Security Architect
6 15 (10.07%) Security Analyst
7 13 (8.72%) Security Manager
8 11 (7.38%) Security Specialist
9 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Consultant
10 9 (6.04%) Product Owner
10 9 (6.04%) Security Consultant
10 9 (6.04%) Senior Architect
10 9 (6.04%) Senior Product Owner
10 9 (6.04%) Senior Security Architect
11 7 (4.70%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (0.67%) CSS
1 1 (0.67%) Keycloak
1 1 (0.67%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (45.64%) Management Information System
2 26 (17.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 17 (11.41%) Cyber Threat
3 17 (11.41%) Security Posture
4 11 (7.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (6.71%) Private Cloud
6 9 (6.04%) Product Ownership
7 7 (4.70%) Cyberattack
8 6 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (4.03%) PMI
9 5 (3.36%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.68%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (2.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (2.01%) Smart Energy
12 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 2 (1.34%) Operational Technology
13 1 (0.67%) CSOC
13 1 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
13 1 (0.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (14.77%) Windows
2 11 (7.38%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.71%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.04%) Linux
5 6 (4.03%) Android
5 6 (4.03%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.01%) Kali Linux
6 3 (2.01%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.34%) Unix
8 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (66.44%) Cybersecurity
2 93 (62.42%) Information Security
3 46 (30.87%) Security Architecture
4 43 (28.86%) Risk Management
5 38 (25.50%) SIEM
6 34 (22.82%) Coaching
6 34 (22.82%) Mentoring
7 31 (20.81%) Security Management
8 28 (18.79%) Cloud Security
8 28 (18.79%) Incident Response
8 28 (18.79%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (18.12%) Application Security
10 26 (17.45%) Identity Management
10 26 (17.45%) OWASP
10 26 (17.45%) Secure Coding
11 24 (16.11%) Security Operations
12 23 (15.44%) Information Security Management
12 23 (15.44%) Zero Trust
13 22 (14.77%) Project Management
13 22 (14.77%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.71%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.37%) Python
3 2 (1.34%) Bash
4 1 (0.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (37.58%) CISSP
2 46 (30.87%) CISM
3 33 (22.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 33 (22.15%) CCSP
3 33 (22.15%) Cisco Certification
4 28 (18.79%) AWS Certification
4 28 (18.79%) Degree
5 26 (17.45%) Azure Certification
5 26 (17.45%) CCSK
6 14 (9.40%) CISA
7 11 (7.38%) CEH
8 8 (5.37%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (5.37%) SANS
9 7 (4.70%) CRISC
9 7 (4.70%) PCI QSA
9 7 (4.70%) SSCP
10 6 (4.03%) PMI Certification
10 6 (4.03%) Security Cleared
11 5 (3.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (2.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (60.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (24.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 29 (19.46%) PCI DSS
4 23 (15.44%) GDPR
5 20 (13.42%) NCSC
6 14 (9.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 10 (6.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 9 (6.04%) COBIT
8 9 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (4.70%) GRC
9 7 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (4.03%) NIST 800
11 4 (2.68%) TickIT
12 3 (2.01%) COSO
12 3 (2.01%) ISO 31000
12 3 (2.01%) ITGC
13 2 (1.34%) Def Stans
13 2 (1.34%) GLBA
14 1 (0.67%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.67%) HITRUST
System Software
1 27 (18.12%) Docker
2 12 (8.05%) Active Directory
3 6 (4.03%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.01%) Terminal Services
4 3 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.67%) Snort
Systems Management
1 35 (23.49%) Single Sign-On
2 27 (18.12%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.38%) Terraform
4 10 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.03%) Nmap
6 3 (2.01%) SELinux
7 2 (1.34%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.67%) Ansible
8 1 (0.67%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.07%) Splunk
3 9 (6.04%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.70%) Cisco
4 7 (4.70%) Qualys
5 6 (4.03%) Rapid7
5 6 (4.03%) Thycotic
6 5 (3.36%) Intel
7 4 (2.68%) Citrix
7 4 (2.68%) Dell
8 3 (2.01%) VMware
9 2 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.67%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.67%) iManage
10 1 (0.67%) Snow
10 1 (0.67%) Symantec