NIST Job Trends in Cheltenham

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 20 62
Rank change year-on-year -17 +42 -16
Permanent jobs citing NIST 7 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham 2.15% 2.70% 1.64%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% 40.00% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 5
10th Percentile - £91,625 -
25th Percentile £55,544 £92,188 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,706 £98,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.36% +64.58% -14.29%
75th Percentile £75,754 £104,688 £67,500
90th Percentile - £104,875 -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.58% +29.17% -14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 14 5 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham 4.29% 6.76% 12.65%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 44
10th Percentile £36,500 £41,400 £28,950
25th Percentile £55,544 £63,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £86,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.54% +50.00% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,754 £104,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,726 £104,625 £82,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -2.44% -20.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

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Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing NIST

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Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 26 March 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST in Cheltenham

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) Time Management
1 7 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (57.14%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Line Management
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree