NIST Jobs in Central London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 148 186
Rank change year-on-year +17 +38 +43
Permanent jobs citing NIST 34 49 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.34% 1.30% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.21% 9.55% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 26 44 56
10th Percentile £51,250 £60,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,188 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £73,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.56% -7.81% +14.29%
75th Percentile £94,688 £87,500 £93,250
90th Percentile £111,875 £103,500 £100,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +3.45%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 414 513 869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.30% 13.56% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 208 406 751
10th Percentile £42,350 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,188 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,125 £105,000 £102,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - +3.85%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Central London

NIST
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for NIST in Central London

NIST
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in Central London

NIST
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
City of London +16 24 £77,500 +6.90% 19
Lambeth - 3 - -
West End of London -2 1 £60,000 -27.27%
Camden - 1 £55,000 -
NIST
London

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (61.76%) Azure
2 10 (29.41%) Entra ID
3 8 (23.53%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (14.71%) AWS
6 3 (8.82%) SaaS
7 2 (5.88%) WhatsApp
8 1 (2.94%) Akamai
8 1 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (2.94%) GCP
8 1 (2.94%) IaaS
8 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.94%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) Internet
2 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (8.82%) LAN
2 3 (8.82%) WAN
2 3 (8.82%) Wireless
3 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.94%) NGFW
3 1 (2.94%) VPN
General
1 6 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Finance
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Marketing
3 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Law
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Security Engineer
1 7 (20.59%) Senior
2 6 (17.65%) Security Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (11.76%) Information Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (11.76%) Lead
3 4 (11.76%) Security Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Architect
4 3 (8.82%) Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.82%) Penetration Tester
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 3 (8.82%) Senior Tester
4 3 (8.82%) Tester
5 2 (5.88%) Security Architect
5 2 (5.88%) Security Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (14.71%) Management Information System
1 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
2 4 (11.76%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (8.82%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (2.94%) IoT
5 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Windows
2 1 (2.94%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (55.88%) Information Security
3 12 (35.29%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (32.35%) Cloud Security
4 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 7 (20.59%) Incident Response
6 7 (20.59%) Security Architecture
7 6 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (17.65%) Security Operations
7 6 (17.65%) SIEM
7 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 5 (14.71%) Data Privacy
8 5 (14.71%) ITIL
8 5 (14.71%) Secure Coding
8 5 (14.71%) Security Testing
9 4 (11.76%) Database Security
9 4 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 4 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 5 (14.71%) Python
3 4 (11.76%) Perl
4 1 (2.94%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) CISSP
2 8 (23.53%) CISM
3 5 (14.71%) CRISC
4 4 (11.76%) CISA
4 4 (11.76%) CREST Certified
4 4 (11.76%) Degree
5 3 (8.82%) CHECK Team Leader
5 3 (8.82%) CHECK Team Member
5 3 (8.82%) OSCP
6 2 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 2 (5.88%) CCSP
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (5.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) SSCP
7 1 (2.94%) ACSA
7 1 (2.94%) ACSP
7 1 (2.94%) CCNA
7 1 (2.94%) CEH
7 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (23.53%) GDPR
2 8 (23.53%) PCI DSS
3 7 (20.59%) GRC
4 6 (17.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (14.71%) COBIT
5 5 (14.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (8.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (5.88%) NIST 800
7 2 (5.88%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.94%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.94%) Docker
2 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.94%) Ansible
2 1 (2.94%) HP Fortify
2 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.94%) Nessus
2 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Okta
3 3 (8.82%) MikroTik
4 2 (5.88%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (5.88%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco
5 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
5 1 (2.94%) Intel
5 1 (2.94%) Netskope
5 1 (2.94%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.94%) Tenable
5 1 (2.94%) VMware