NIST Jobs in Bristol

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 92 150
Rank change year-on-year +26 +58 +5
Permanent jobs citing NIST 39 66 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 3.31% 2.02% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.97% 13.92% 4.56%
Number of salaries quoted 35 43 18
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,250 £46,650
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £64,875
Median % change year-on-year - +7.90% +12.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £107,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £95,000 - £81,625
South West median annual salary £66,250 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -17.19% +23.08% +13.04%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 217 474 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 18.41% 14.49% 18.07%
Number of salaries quoted 109 337 238
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,050 £35,940
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,202 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +3.80% +9.20%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £97,500 £86,601
South West median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £53,519
% change year-on-year +15.00% -6.58% +7.04%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Bristol

NIST
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in Bristol.

Salary trend for NIST in Bristol

NIST
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Bristol over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in Bristol

NIST
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Avonmouth - 2 £63,750 -
NIST
South West

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (2.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (43.59%) AWS
2 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 8 (20.51%) Azure
4 3 (7.69%) SaaS
5 2 (5.13%) IaaS
5 2 (5.13%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.56%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.56%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (2.56%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.56%) Datadog
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.56%) Serverless
6 1 (2.56%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (33.33%) Firewall
2 10 (25.64%) Network Security
3 8 (20.51%) VPN
4 2 (5.13%) DHCP
4 2 (5.13%) DNS
4 2 (5.13%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 15 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.56%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (33.33%) Lead
2 9 (23.08%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Security Engineer
3 8 (20.51%) Security Analyst
4 7 (17.95%) Team Leader
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 6 (15.38%) Cloud Security Lead
5 6 (15.38%) Lead Cloud Engineer
6 4 (10.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Security Manager
7 3 (7.69%) Coordinator
7 3 (7.69%) Security Assurance Coordinator
8 2 (5.13%) Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Information Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Information Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
8 2 (5.13%) IT Security Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Security Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) SailPoint
2 3 (7.69%) OAuth
2 3 (7.69%) OpenID
2 3 (7.69%) SAML
3 2 (5.13%) JSON
3 2 (5.13%) JWT
3 2 (5.13%) Keycloak
3 2 (5.13%) LDAP
3 2 (5.13%) OAuth2
3 2 (5.13%) REST
3 2 (5.13%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (5.13%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) PKI
3 2 (5.13%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.56%) IoT
4 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Technology Transformation
2 12 (30.77%) Cloud Security
2 12 (30.77%) Information Security
2 12 (30.77%) Risk Management
3 11 (28.21%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (20.51%) Network Design
4 8 (20.51%) Roadmaps
4 8 (20.51%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (17.95%) Application Security
5 7 (17.95%) OWASP
6 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 6 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 6 (15.38%) SIEM
6 6 (15.38%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (12.82%) RBAC
7 5 (12.82%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (10.26%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (10.26%) Security Architecture
8 4 (10.26%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Java
1 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) CISSP
2 13 (33.33%) CISM
3 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) CCSK
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.13%) CEH
6 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) GIAC
6 2 (5.13%) ISSAP
6 2 (5.13%) SANS
7 1 (2.56%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.56%) CISA
7 1 (2.56%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (53.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (25.64%) Accessibility
2 10 (25.64%) GDPR
3 8 (20.51%) PCI DSS
4 6 (15.38%) NCSC
5 3 (7.69%) Def Stans
5 3 (7.69%) GRC
5 3 (7.69%) RMADS
6 2 (5.13%) COBIT
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (5.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) Argo
1 2 (5.13%) Graylog
1 2 (5.13%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.69%) Splunk
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco
3 1 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.56%) Dell
3 1 (2.56%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle