NIST Jobs in the East Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 185 174
Rank change year-on-year +87 -11 +11
Permanent jobs citing NIST 52 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.96% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.06% 1.58% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 £30,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -15.93% +32.94%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,250 £59,250
90th Percentile - £70,850 £64,200
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.02% -5.00% +3.70%

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 470 568 666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 17.69% 12.92% 23.40%
Number of salaries quoted 192 383 230
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,240 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,000 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £41,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £54,188 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,125 £63,750 £72,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the East Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the East Midlands.

Salary trend 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 10 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
Leicestershire +57 34 - - 2
Northamptonshire - 17 - - 1
Nottinghamshire +26 1 £62,500 -19.35% 3
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (1.92%) Azure
1 1 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
1 1 (1.92%) IaaS
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.92%) PaaS
1 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) Firewall
1 1 (1.92%) SAN
1 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.92%) VPN
General
1 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (1.92%) Automotive
2 1 (1.92%) Retail
2 1 (1.92%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (94.23%) Principal Engineer
1 49 (94.23%) Principal Security Engineer
1 49 (94.23%) Security Engineer
2 29 (55.77%) Analyst
2 29 (55.77%) Security Analyst
3 28 (53.85%) Principal Security Analyst
3 28 (53.85%) Product Analyst
4 21 (40.38%) Product Engineer
5 2 (3.85%) Senior
6 1 (1.92%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Information Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Information Manager
6 1 (1.92%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (1.92%) Security Manager
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.92%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.92%) Insider Threat
1 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (98.08%) Information Security
2 50 (96.15%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (96.15%) Risk Management
3 49 (94.23%) Cyber Resilience
3 49 (94.23%) Project Management
3 49 (94.23%) Security Testing
4 1 (1.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (1.92%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (1.92%) Information Governance
4 1 (1.92%) Information Security Management
4 1 (1.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (1.92%) ISMS
4 1 (1.92%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (1.92%) Security Management
4 1 (1.92%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 50 (96.15%) CISM
1 50 (96.15%) CISSP
2 49 (94.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 49 (94.23%) CESG Certified Professional
2 49 (94.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (94.23%) JSP 440
2 49 (94.23%) RMADS
3 2 (3.85%) GRC
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (1.92%) Cisco
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.92%) VMware