NIST Job Trends in the East Midlands

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 118 118
Rank change year-on-year +28 0 +47
Permanent jobs citing NIST 39 13 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.54% 0.58% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.32% 2.75% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - £54,500 -
25th Percentile £48,165 £55,625 £58,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £58,901 £59,375 £59,500
90th Percentile £67,810 £60,500 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £73,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +8.52% -3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 378 473 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 14.90% 21.00% 11.31%
Number of salaries quoted 264 118 151
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £53,951 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,375 £67,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

NIST job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST in the East Midlands

NIST
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Derbyshire - 18 - - 2
Nottinghamshire +26 9 £51,058 -11.20% 1
Leicestershire +9 4 - - 3
Lincolnshire -19 4 - - 7
Northamptonshire +4 3 - - 1
NIST
England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) AWS
2 2 (5.13%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Broadband
General
1 18 (46.15%) Banking
1 18 (46.15%) Finance
2 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.69%) Retail
3 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Lead
2 4 (10.26%) Analyst
2 4 (10.26%) Security Analyst
2 4 (10.26%) Senior
3 3 (7.69%) Information Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Information Security Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Information Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Developer
4 1 (2.56%) IAM Developer
4 1 (2.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) GraphQL
1 1 (2.56%) LDAP
1 1 (2.56%) OAuth
1 1 (2.56%) OpenID
1 1 (2.56%) REST
1 1 (2.56%) SAML
1 1 (2.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 16 (41.03%) Cyber Threat
2 15 (38.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 15 (38.46%) Operational Technology
2 15 (38.46%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (10.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (87.18%) Roadmaps
2 33 (84.62%) Risk Management
3 21 (53.85%) Information Security
3 21 (53.85%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (46.15%) Business Continuity
4 18 (46.15%) Business Continuity Management
4 18 (46.15%) Due Diligence
4 18 (46.15%) Operations Management
4 18 (46.15%) Process Improvement
4 18 (46.15%) Supply Chain Management
4 18 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
5 16 (41.03%) ITIL
5 16 (41.03%) Mentoring
5 16 (41.03%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (38.46%) Coaching
6 15 (38.46%) Cyber Intelligence
6 15 (38.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 15 (38.46%) SABSA
6 15 (38.46%) Security Operations
6 15 (38.46%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Bash
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
1 1 (2.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) CISSP
2 19 (48.72%) CISA
3 18 (46.15%) CRISC
4 4 (10.26%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (10.26%) CISM
5 3 (7.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (7.69%) AWS Certification
5 3 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (7.69%) Degree
5 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) CCNA
6 1 (2.56%) CEH
6 1 (2.56%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (51.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (46.15%) PCI DSS
3 15 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 3 (7.69%) GDPR
5 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft