NIST Jobs in the South West

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 178 218 225
Rank change year-on-year +40 +7 +46
Permanent jobs citing NIST 107 56 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.14% 0.83% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.63% 4.58% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 73 53 41
10th Percentile £40,250 £51,500 £32,600
25th Percentile £47,724 £52,500 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% +12.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £98,750 £79,750 £69,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,850 £82,500
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,240 1,223 1,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.22% 18.21% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 813 630 843
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,625 £38,088 £38,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,350 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the South West.

Salary trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the South West over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the South West

NIST
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South West 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
Bristol +45 65 £70,000 +7.90% 9
Dorset -18 18 £45,000 -15.09% 1
Wiltshire -5 14 £91,500 +66.36% 5
Gloucestershire -26 6 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Somerset - 3 £49,948 - 4
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (11.21%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.56%) AWS
2 18 (16.82%) Azure
3 4 (3.74%) Serverless
4 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.87%) GCP
6 1 (0.93%) IaaS
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.93%) PaaS
6 1 (0.93%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (34.58%) Network Security
2 8 (7.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.93%) VPN
General
1 35 (32.71%) Analytical Skills
1 35 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 28 (26.17%) Military
3 27 (25.23%) Finance
4 25 (23.36%) Retail
5 11 (10.28%) Aerospace
6 10 (9.35%) Aviation
7 9 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (7.48%) Law
8 8 (7.48%) Marketing
9 4 (3.74%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.93%) Legal
10 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 57 (53.27%) Consultant
2 55 (51.40%) Security Consultant
3 33 (30.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 27 (25.23%) Senior
5 26 (24.30%) Lead
6 21 (19.63%) Analyst
7 18 (16.82%) Security Analyst
8 15 (14.02%) Cyber Defence Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
9 14 (13.08%) Senior Security Consultant
10 12 (11.21%) Architect
11 11 (10.28%) Lead Consultant
11 11 (10.28%) Lead Security Consultant
12 9 (8.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 9 (8.41%) IT Analyst
12 9 (8.41%) IT Security Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Information Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Information Security Analyst
13 8 (7.48%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.87%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (28.04%) Security Operations Centre
2 19 (17.76%) Cyber Defence
3 15 (14.02%) CESG
3 15 (14.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 15 (14.02%) Management Information System
4 12 (11.21%) Onboarding
5 9 (8.41%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (5.61%) Public Cloud
6 6 (5.61%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (4.67%) Cloud Native
7 5 (4.67%) Replication
8 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (1.87%) Cyberattack
11 1 (0.93%) CCTV
11 1 (0.93%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.93%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Linux
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (84.11%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (61.68%) Information Security
3 45 (42.06%) SIEM
4 35 (32.71%) Security Operations
5 29 (27.10%) Cloud Security
6 28 (26.17%) Agile
7 26 (24.30%) Information Assurance
7 26 (24.30%) Risk Management
8 25 (23.36%) Security Architecture
9 23 (21.50%) Vulnerability Management
10 20 (18.69%) Coaching
10 20 (18.69%) Mentoring
11 19 (17.76%) Innovative Thinking
11 19 (17.76%) Programme Management
12 18 (16.82%) Matrix Organization
12 18 (16.82%) OWASP
12 18 (16.82%) Resource Management
12 18 (16.82%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 16 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (11.21%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.61%) C
1 6 (5.61%) Java
1 6 (5.61%) Python
1 6 (5.61%) R
1 6 (5.61%) Scala
1 6 (5.61%) SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (52.34%) Security Cleared
2 37 (34.58%) DV Cleared
3 33 (30.84%) CISSP
4 17 (15.89%) CISMP
5 16 (14.95%) Degree
6 12 (11.21%) IISP
7 11 (10.28%) CISM
7 11 (10.28%) SC Cleared
8 9 (8.41%) CEH
8 9 (8.41%) CompTIA CySA+
8 9 (8.41%) Master's Degree
9 8 (7.48%) AWS Certification
10 6 (5.61%) CCSK
10 6 (5.61%) CISA
10 6 (5.61%) SANS
11 5 (4.67%) CCSP
11 5 (4.67%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (4.67%) CRISC
12 4 (3.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (29.91%) NIST 800
2 31 (28.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (22.43%) PCI DSS
4 17 (15.89%) JSP 440
5 14 (13.08%) GDPR
5 14 (13.08%) RMADS
6 13 (12.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 11 (10.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (5.61%) GRC
9 4 (3.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (3.74%) NCSC
10 2 (1.87%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.87%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (10.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (8.41%) CASB
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (12.15%) Tanium
2 11 (10.28%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.28%) SolarWinds
2 11 (10.28%) Tripwire
3 1 (0.93%) Google