NIST Jobs in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 119 123 181
Rank change year-on-year +4 +58 +53
Permanent jobs citing NIST 20 55 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.02% 1.64% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.47% 13.29% 7.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 48 45
10th Percentile £46,875 £62,500 £49,400
25th Percentile £58,125 £67,000 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £89,688 £89,688 £91,250
90th Percentile £109,375 £112,250 £100,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -6.25% +14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 309 414 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 15.80% 12.37% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 203 336 614
10th Percentile £41,350 £41,250 £43,339
25th Percentile £46,000 £48,250 £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 £93,750
90th Percentile £114,750 £105,000 £102,500
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the City of London

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Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the City of London.

Salary trend for NIST in the City of London

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Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the City of London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 4 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (15.00%) AWS
3 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (10.00%) PaaS
4 2 (10.00%) SaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Akamai
5 1 (5.00%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.00%) GCP
5 1 (5.00%) IaaS
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Local Government
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Architect
1 3 (15.00%) Security Architect
1 3 (15.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Information Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (5.00%) Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat Hunter
3 1 (5.00%) IT Architect
3 1 (5.00%) IT Security Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) IT Security Architect
3 1 (5.00%) IT Security Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (10.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 2 (10.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) IoT
3 1 (5.00%) SCADA
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 10 (50.00%) Information Security
3 5 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (20.00%) SIEM
4 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 3 (15.00%) Data Protection
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Project Management
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (15.00%) Security Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) Security Operations
6 2 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
6 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
2 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) CISSP
2 8 (40.00%) CISM
3 7 (35.00%) Degree
4 5 (25.00%) CRISC
5 4 (20.00%) CCSP
5 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (20.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (15.00%) CISA
7 2 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (10.00%) Azure Certification
7 2 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 1 (5.00%) ACSP
8 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
8 1 (5.00%) CCNA
8 1 (5.00%) CCSK
8 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (5.00%) CREST Certified
8 1 (5.00%) OSCP
8 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (65.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (30.00%) COBIT
3 5 (25.00%) GDPR
4 4 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (15.00%) GRC
6 2 (10.00%) NIST 800
6 2 (10.00%) PCI DSS
6 2 (10.00%) QA
7 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (5.00%) HIPAA
7 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) CASB
1 1 (5.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (5.00%) CyberArk
3 1 (5.00%) Intel
3 1 (5.00%) Juniper
3 1 (5.00%) Netskope
3 1 (5.00%) Okta
3 1 (5.00%) Rapid7
3 1 (5.00%) Tenable
3 1 (5.00%) Zscaler