NIST Job Trends in London

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

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 197 212
Rank change year-on-year +66 +15 +91
Permanent jobs citing NIST 311 259 259
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.25% 1.66% 1.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.65% 9.80% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 218 157 223
10th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £59,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +17.24% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,625
90th Percentile £118,975 £120,000 £102,250
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
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,458 2,643 2,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 17.78% 16.99% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,586 1,243 2,157
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.35%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

NIST job vacancy trend in London

NIST
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST in London

NIST
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Central London +36 54 £80,000 -5.88% 33
East London - 16 £90,000 - 17
West London - 11 £95,000 - 13
NIST
England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.61%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 134 (43.09%) Azure
2 63 (20.26%) AWS
3 31 (9.97%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (9.65%) Entra ID
5 27 (8.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 24 (7.72%) GCP
7 23 (7.40%) Nutanix
8 21 (6.75%) PaaS
9 18 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (5.14%) Microsoft Purview
11 15 (4.82%) Power Platform
12 14 (4.50%) Slack
13 7 (2.25%) Google Workspace
14 6 (1.93%) SaaS
15 5 (1.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 5 (1.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 4 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
17 3 (0.96%) AWS Direct Connect
17 3 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
17 3 (0.96%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (13.83%) Firewall
2 28 (9.00%) Network Security
3 16 (5.14%) WAN
4 14 (4.50%) VPN
5 13 (4.18%) SD-WAN
6 12 (3.86%) CHAP
6 12 (3.86%) Wireshark
7 6 (1.93%) Broadband
7 6 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (1.29%) SSL
10 3 (0.96%) BGP
10 3 (0.96%) EIGRP
10 3 (0.96%) LAN
10 3 (0.96%) OSPF
10 3 (0.96%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.96%) VoIP
10 3 (0.96%) Wireless
11 2 (0.64%) IPsec
11 2 (0.64%) Plixer Scrutinizer
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.11%) Tableau
2 15 (4.82%) Power BI
3 1 (0.32%) DB2
3 1 (0.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (4.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.64%) GitLab
2 2 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 124 (39.87%) Finance
2 102 (32.80%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.76%) Banking
4 46 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (14.47%) Influencing Skills
6 36 (11.58%) Law
7 35 (11.25%) Legal
8 29 (9.32%) Presentation Skills
9 28 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (6.43%) Financial Institution
11 14 (4.50%) Retail
12 12 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.89%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.61%) Marketing
15 3 (0.96%) Back Office
15 3 (0.96%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.64%) Electronics
16 2 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 56 (18.01%) Lead
2 44 (14.15%) Analyst
3 40 (12.86%) Security Engineer
4 28 (9.00%) Security Analyst
5 26 (8.36%) Senior
6 23 (7.40%) Security Specialist
7 22 (7.07%) Consultant
8 20 (6.43%) Architect
9 19 (6.11%) Security Manager
10 17 (5.47%) Head of Security
11 16 (5.14%) Security Consultant
12 14 (4.50%) Auditor
12 14 (4.50%) Security Architect
13 13 (4.18%) Cybersecurity Specialist
14 12 (3.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 12 (3.86%) Head of Cybersecurity
14 12 (3.86%) Information Analyst
14 12 (3.86%) Information Security Analyst
14 12 (3.86%) Internal Auditor
14 12 (3.86%) Security Auditor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.75%) YAML
2 9 (2.89%) JSON
3 8 (2.57%) OAuth
3 8 (2.57%) SAML
4 6 (1.93%) LDAP
4 6 (1.93%) OpenID
5 5 (1.61%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.61%) REST
5 5 (1.61%) SOAP
6 4 (1.29%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.64%) EDI
7 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.32%) Django
8 1 (0.32%) FIDO
8 1 (0.32%) Middleware
8 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 68 (21.86%) Security Posture
2 51 (16.40%) Management Information System
3 29 (9.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (6.11%) Cyber Threat
5 16 (5.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 14 (4.50%) Cloud Native
6 14 (4.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (2.57%) Cyber Defence
7 8 (2.57%) Hedge funds
8 7 (2.25%) Blockchain
8 7 (2.25%) Cyberattack
8 7 (2.25%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.93%) Taxonomies
10 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.29%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.29%) NHS
11 4 (1.29%) PKI
11 4 (1.29%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (14.15%) Windows
2 33 (10.61%) Linux
3 12 (3.86%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.57%) Unix
5 6 (1.93%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.64%) Android
6 2 (0.64%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.32%) AIX
7 1 (0.32%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (60.77%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (36.98%) Risk Management
3 113 (36.33%) Information Security
4 112 (36.01%) Vulnerability Management
5 106 (34.08%) Incident Response
6 74 (23.79%) SIEM
7 66 (21.22%) Cloud Security
8 50 (16.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 47 (15.11%) Security Operations
10 46 (14.79%) Mentoring
11 45 (14.47%) Threat Modelling
12 44 (14.15%) DevOps
12 44 (14.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 42 (13.50%) CI/CD
13 42 (13.50%) Threat Intelligence
13 42 (13.50%) Vulnerability Remediation
14 41 (13.18%) Agile
14 41 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
15 38 (12.22%) Test Automation
16 37 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (26.37%) PowerShell
2 60 (19.29%) Python
3 24 (7.72%) Bash
4 15 (4.82%) SQL
5 14 (4.50%) Go
6 5 (1.61%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.32%) C
8 1 (0.32%) C++
Qualifications
1 122 (39.23%) CISSP
2 93 (29.90%) CISM
3 84 (27.01%) Degree
4 69 (22.19%) CISA
5 33 (10.61%) CRISC
6 24 (7.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (7.40%) CEH
8 21 (6.75%) GCIH
9 20 (6.43%) Master's Degree
10 19 (6.11%) Cisco Certification
11 18 (5.79%) FFIEC
12 17 (5.47%) CGEIT
12 17 (5.47%) Security Cleared
13 16 (5.14%) SANS
14 14 (4.50%) GIAC
15 13 (4.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 13 (4.18%) Azure Certification
15 13 (4.18%) GCIA
15 13 (4.18%) SC Cleared
16 11 (3.54%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 232 (74.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (27.65%) GDPR
3 50 (16.08%) GRC
4 39 (12.54%) NCSC
5 37 (11.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 31 (9.97%) PCI DSS
7 30 (9.65%) COBIT
8 20 (6.43%) NIST 800
9 17 (5.47%) Accessibility
9 17 (5.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 16 (5.14%) SOC 2
11 15 (4.82%) ITGC
12 12 (3.86%) ISO 22301
13 8 (2.57%) QA
14 6 (1.93%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (1.93%) Data Quality
14 6 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 6 (1.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (1.93%) SOC 1
15 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 23 (7.40%) Active Directory
2 18 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (4.18%) RSA Archer
1 13 (4.18%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (3.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (3.54%) CASB
4 10 (3.22%) Terraform
5 9 (2.89%) QRadar
6 8 (2.57%) SCCM
7 6 (1.93%) Kubernetes
8 5 (1.61%) Ansible
9 3 (0.96%) ArcSight ESM
9 3 (0.96%) Nessus
10 2 (0.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.64%) Suricata
11 1 (0.32%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.32%) Nmap
11 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.32%) Puppet
11 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.32%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 80 (25.72%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.07%) VMware
3 21 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 19 (6.11%) Tenable
5 14 (4.50%) Commvault
6 11 (3.54%) Google
6 11 (3.54%) Splunk
7 10 (3.22%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (2.25%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.25%) Progress
9 6 (1.93%) Carbon Black
9 6 (1.93%) Qualys
10 5 (1.61%) ArcSight
10 5 (1.61%) Cisco
10 5 (1.61%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.61%) Okta
11 4 (1.29%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.96%) Foundry
12 3 (0.96%) LogLogic
12 3 (0.96%) SolarWinds