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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 130 186
Rank change year-on-year -1 +56 +51
Permanent jobs citing NIST 29 58 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.21% 1.53% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.23% 12.21% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 20 50 51
10th Percentile £51,875 £62,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £58,188 £67,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,438 £93,250
90th Percentile £111,000 £110,750 £100,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +1.69%

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 401 475 782
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 16.71% 12.56% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 227 370 670
10th Percentile £42,000 £38,725 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,125 £48,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £111,500 £105,000 £102,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £69,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.36% +3.33% +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 31 May 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 31 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
City of London +4 20 £76,250 +1.67% 12
West End of London +6 3 £58,250 -29.39% 5
Camden - 2 £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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (44.83%) Azure
2 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
4 4 (13.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (10.34%) PaaS
6 2 (6.90%) IaaS
6 2 (6.90%) SaaS
7 1 (3.45%) Akamai
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.45%) GCP
7 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (3.45%) Serverless
7 1 (3.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 3 (10.34%) VPN
3 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.90%) WAN
4 1 (3.45%) Broadband
4 1 (3.45%) LAN
4 1 (3.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.45%) SSH
4 1 (3.45%) SSL
4 1 (3.45%) VLAN
4 1 (3.45%) Wireless
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Local Government
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.90%) Retail
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Security Engineer
2 4 (13.79%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Lead
3 3 (10.34%) Security Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 2 (6.90%) Consultant
4 2 (6.90%) Information Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Information Security Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) IT Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Information Security Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) IT Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) RESTful
1 1 (3.45%) SailPoint
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Management Information System
1 5 (17.24%) Security Posture
2 4 (13.79%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (6.90%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.90%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 2 (6.90%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
5 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (3.45%) IoT
5 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.45%) PKI
5 1 (3.45%) SCADA
5 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (44.83%) Risk Management
3 12 (41.38%) Information Security
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (17.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (17.24%) SIEM
4 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (17.24%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (13.79%) Cloud Security
5 4 (13.79%) Database Security
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
5 4 (13.79%) Security Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) Security Operations
5 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (10.34%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.34%) ITIL
6 3 (10.34%) Mentoring
6 3 (10.34%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) PowerShell
2 7 (24.14%) Python
3 4 (13.79%) Perl
4 2 (6.90%) Bash
5 1 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) CISSP
2 8 (27.59%) CISM
2 8 (27.59%) Degree
3 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (17.24%) CRISC
4 4 (13.79%) CCSP
4 4 (13.79%) Master's Degree
5 3 (10.34%) CISA
6 2 (6.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.90%) CCNA
6 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
7 1 (3.45%) ACSP
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (3.45%) CCSK
7 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.45%) CREST Certified
7 1 (3.45%) OSCP
7 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (55.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (27.59%) GDPR
3 6 (20.69%) COBIT
4 5 (17.24%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (13.79%) GRC
5 4 (13.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (6.90%) NIST 800
6 2 (6.90%) QA
7 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) Terraform
2 1 (3.45%) Ansible
2 1 (3.45%) CASB
2 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Okta
3 2 (6.90%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (6.90%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.45%) Intel
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Netskope
4 1 (3.45%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.45%) Tenable
4 1 (3.45%) Thales
4 1 (3.45%) Zscaler