NIST Jobs in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 208 220
Rank change year-on-year +52 +12 +27
Permanent jobs citing NIST 12 17 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.40% 0.28% 0.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.49% 2.58% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 11
10th Percentile - £56,250 -
25th Percentile £41,280 £61,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,422 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.07% +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £77,700 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.61% -4.64% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 344 659 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 11.57% 10.87% 22.39%
Number of salaries quoted 180 458 266
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,807 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £29,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.96% -22.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £59,688 £67,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the East of England

NIST
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for NIST in the East of England

NIST
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the East of England

NIST
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Cambridgeshire +44 5 £74,000 -1.33% 4
Hertfordshire +26 5 £42,085 -38.79% 16
Bedfordshire -1 1 £70,000 - 5
Essex - 1 - - 1
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (25.00%) Azure
1 3 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) VLAN
2 2 (16.67%) VPN
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Local Government
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Senior
1 4 (33.33%) Senior Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Governance Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Governance Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) IT Risk Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Biopharmaceutical
2 2 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 10
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (58.33%) Risk Management
2 7 (58.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (41.67%) Information Security
5 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (33.33%) ITIL
5 4 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 2 (16.67%) Analytics
7 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
7 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (16.67%) Immunology
7 2 (16.67%) Information Security Management
7 2 (16.67%) ISMS
7 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (16.67%) Security Management
7 2 (16.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) CISM
2 9 (75.00%) CISSP
3 8 (66.67%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) CEH
4 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (33.33%) CREST Certified
4 4 (33.33%) GIAC
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (16.67%) CISA
5 2 (16.67%) CRISC
6 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (8.33%) CCSP
6 1 (8.33%) CGEIT
6 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (8.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (50.00%) GDPR
2 6 (50.00%) NCSC
3 4 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (25.00%) COBIT
4 3 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 4 (33.33%) Nessus
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Qualys
2 4 (33.33%) Tenable