NIST Job Trends in Belfast

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 47 44
Rank change year-on-year - -3 -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 0 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast - 0.35% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 2.04% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £67,500
75th Percentile - - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary - - £60,000

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Belfast

NIST 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 in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 26 49 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 7.76% 17.07% 11.48%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 21
10th Percentile - £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £56,000 £71,539 £71,250
County Antrim median annual salary £37,500 £67,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -44.44% +35.00% +11.11%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

NIST job vacancy trend in Belfast

NIST
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing NIST