NIST Job Trends in Herefordshire

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Herefordshire requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Herefordshire 0.97% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £68,442 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.30% +18.18% -15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Herefordshire 3.88% 19.54% 46.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 19
10th Percentile £59,625 £25,176 -
25th Percentile £64,688 £26,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £26,201 £21,426
Median % change year-on-year +176.71% +22.29% -42.86%
75th Percentile £75,625 £65,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £76,750 - £52,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.14%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

NIST
Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Hereford - 1 £70,000 - 1
NIST
West Midlands

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft