National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Lancashire > Blackburn
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 16 | - | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing NIST | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn | 1.69% | - | 4.55% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 16.67% | - | 100.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | - | £41,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | - | £42,000 |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | - | £43,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £47,500 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.83% | -11.11% | -32.50% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Blackburn
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 Blackburn.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn | 10.17% | 9.46% | 4.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,500 | £27,250 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £43,438 | £32,500 | £41,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,592 | £35,000 | £42,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.98% | -16.67% | +66.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £55,313 | £42,563 | £43,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £60,000 | £44,625 | - |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £47,683 | £50,402 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.39% | +6.11% | +5.56% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackburn.
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Salary Trend in Blackburn
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing NIST.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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