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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 192 251
Rank change year-on-year +69 +59 +45
Permanent jobs citing NIST 390 233 275
As % of all permanent jobs in London 2.00% 1.80% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.30% 11.00% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 242 175 228
10th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £119,425 £120,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +5.07% -1.43%

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 2,728 2,119 3,317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 14.02% 16.40% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,803 1,266 2,497
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +50 96 £70,600 -15.70% 17
East London - 32 £105,000 - 9
West London -4 24 £95,000 +72.73% 10
South London +19 2 - - 7
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 1 (0.26%) Confluence
1 1 (0.26%) Palantir Foundry
1 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (3.33%) MS Visio
2 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 164 (42.05%) Azure
2 104 (26.67%) AWS
3 48 (12.31%) GCP
4 43 (11.03%) Entra ID
5 30 (7.69%) Nutanix
6 28 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.87%) Azure Sentinel
8 18 (4.62%) Google Workspace
8 18 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
9 17 (4.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 9 (2.31%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (2.31%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.31%) SaaS
12 8 (2.05%) PaaS
13 7 (1.79%) Datadog
14 6 (1.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 6 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 64 (16.41%) Network Security
2 58 (14.87%) Firewall
3 29 (7.44%) WAN
4 28 (7.18%) CHAP
5 26 (6.67%) SD-WAN
6 24 (6.15%) VPN
7 20 (5.13%) Broadband
8 17 (4.36%) DNS
9 11 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
9 11 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.31%) SSL
11 8 (2.05%) Cisco ISE
11 8 (2.05%) VLAN
12 7 (1.79%) BIG-IP
12 7 (1.79%) Cisco Wireless
12 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (1.79%) Wireless
13 6 (1.54%) DHCP
14 5 (1.28%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.33%) Tableau
2 9 (2.31%) Power BI
3 3 (0.77%) DB2
3 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (4.10%) GitLab
2 10 (2.56%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.28%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) JIRA
General
1 163 (41.79%) Finance
2 152 (38.97%) Social Skills
3 96 (24.62%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (19.23%) Banking
5 57 (14.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (13.08%) Retail
7 42 (10.77%) Legal
8 34 (8.72%) Financial Institution
9 30 (7.69%) Law
10 26 (6.67%) Local Government
11 23 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
12 22 (5.64%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (3.08%) Aviation
14 9 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.79%) Public Sector
16 4 (1.03%) Back Office
17 3 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.77%) Japanese Language
18 2 (0.51%) Marketing
18 2 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (18.21%) Senior
2 62 (15.90%) Analyst
3 54 (13.85%) Lead
4 53 (13.59%) Security Analyst
5 43 (11.03%) Consultant
6 40 (10.26%) Security Engineer
7 32 (8.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 30 (7.69%) Auditor
9 28 (7.18%) Security Auditor
9 28 (7.18%) Senior Consultant
10 27 (6.92%) Security Manager
11 25 (6.41%) Internal Auditor
12 22 (5.64%) Architect
13 19 (4.87%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 18 (4.62%) IT Manager
14 18 (4.62%) Security Consultant
15 16 (4.10%) Network Engineer
15 16 (4.10%) Security Architect
15 16 (4.10%) Security Specialist
16 15 (3.85%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.15%) OAuth
1 24 (6.15%) SAML
2 23 (5.90%) OpenID
3 20 (5.13%) LDAP
3 20 (5.13%) REST
3 20 (5.13%) SOAP
4 18 (4.62%) GraphQL
5 9 (2.31%) SailPoint
6 7 (1.79%) YAML
7 4 (1.03%) Middleware
8 3 (0.77%) EDI
8 3 (0.77%) JSON
9 2 (0.51%) HTML
9 2 (0.51%) JSP
9 2 (0.51%) RESTful
9 2 (0.51%) Web Services
10 1 (0.26%) ARM Templates
10 1 (0.26%) CSS
10 1 (0.26%) FIDO
10 1 (0.26%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 104 (26.67%) Security Posture
2 68 (17.44%) Management Information System
3 32 (8.21%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (7.44%) Cyber Threat
5 26 (6.67%) Cyberattack
6 24 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
6 24 (6.15%) Security Operations Centre
7 22 (5.64%) Cloud Native
8 15 (3.85%) Blockchain
9 14 (3.59%) Cloud Security Posture
9 14 (3.59%) PKI
10 12 (3.08%) Hedge funds
11 11 (2.82%) Data Centre
11 11 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (2.31%) Operational Technology
13 7 (1.79%) Blog
14 6 (1.54%) Onboarding
15 5 (1.28%) Cyber Security Posture
15 5 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 50 (12.82%) Windows
2 46 (11.79%) Linux
3 11 (2.82%) Mac OS
4 10 (2.56%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.03%) Unix
6 3 (0.77%) AIX
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (41.28%) Information Security
3 152 (38.97%) Risk Management
4 142 (36.41%) Incident Response
5 109 (27.95%) Vulnerability Management
6 96 (24.62%) Cloud Security
7 80 (20.51%) Mentoring
8 78 (20.00%) Agile
9 76 (19.49%) Project Management
10 69 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (17.69%) SIEM
11 59 (15.13%) Security Architecture
11 59 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 55 (14.10%) Internal Audit
12 55 (14.10%) Risk Assessment
12 55 (14.10%) Security Operations
12 55 (14.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 54 (13.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (13.85%) Roadmaps
14 53 (13.59%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 95 (24.36%) PowerShell
2 87 (22.31%) Python
3 34 (8.72%) SQL
4 26 (6.67%) Bash
5 18 (4.62%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.77%) Java
7 2 (0.51%) Bicep
8 1 (0.26%) C
8 1 (0.26%) C++
Qualifications
1 193 (49.49%) CISSP
2 147 (37.69%) CISM
3 100 (25.64%) CISA
4 91 (23.33%) Degree
5 53 (13.59%) CRISC
6 52 (13.33%) SANS
7 47 (12.05%) Cisco Certification
8 38 (9.74%) FFIEC
9 36 (9.23%) GIAC
10 29 (7.44%) CGEIT
11 28 (7.18%) Security Cleared
12 27 (6.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 26 (6.67%) CompTIA CySA+
14 25 (6.41%) CCSP
15 23 (5.90%) CEH
16 19 (4.87%) Master's Degree
17 18 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
17 18 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
17 18 (4.62%) ISACA
17 18 (4.62%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 264 (67.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 111 (28.46%) GDPR
3 60 (15.38%) GRC
4 55 (14.10%) PCI DSS
5 51 (13.08%) COBIT
6 43 (11.03%) NIST 800
7 41 (10.51%) NCSC
8 38 (9.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 31 (7.95%) QA
10 22 (5.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 20 (5.13%) SOC 2
12 15 (3.85%) ITGC
13 14 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (3.59%) ISO 22301
14 12 (3.08%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (2.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 9 (2.31%) JSP 440
17 8 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27005
18 7 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
19 6 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 43 (11.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.05%) Docker
3 7 (1.79%) IAG
4 6 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.51%) vSphere
7 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (6.92%) Terraform
2 21 (5.38%) Ansible
3 14 (3.59%) Kubernetes
4 13 (3.33%) RSA Archer
5 12 (3.08%) SCCM
6 11 (2.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (2.56%) CASB
8 9 (2.31%) Cisco Prime
9 4 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.77%) ArcSight ESM
10 3 (0.77%) QRadar
11 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.26%) SCOM
11 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 86 (22.05%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.18%) Google
3 26 (6.67%) VMware
4 23 (5.90%) Splunk
5 20 (5.13%) Commvault
6 18 (4.62%) Cisco
7 17 (4.36%) Oracle
8 16 (4.10%) CrowdStrike
8 16 (4.10%) SolarWinds
9 14 (3.59%) SAP
10 11 (2.82%) IFS
10 11 (2.82%) Palo Alto
11 10 (2.56%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.31%) Meraki
13 7 (1.79%) Arista
13 7 (1.79%) F5
13 7 (1.79%) ForeScout
13 7 (1.79%) Infoblox
13 7 (1.79%) Okta
13 7 (1.79%) SevOne