NIST Jobs in Manchester

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 168 194
Rank change year-on-year +32 +26 -27
Permanent jobs citing NIST 30 54 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.34% 0.99% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.09% 8.19% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 17 49 24
10th Percentile £57,870 £47,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £62,783 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.51% +4.64% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,833 £87,500 £76,000
North West median annual salary £61,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% +20.00% -16.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 423 659 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 18.93% 12.05% 23.66%
Number of salaries quoted 177 473 302
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,920 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% -3.81% +3.02%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,250 £73,750
North West median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +1.01%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Manchester

NIST
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in Manchester.

Salary trend for NIST in Manchester

NIST
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in Manchester

NIST
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 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
Bolton -6 6 £75,000 +172.73% 1
Salford +15 3 £82,801 +44.00% 1
NIST
North West

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.67%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
2 6 (20.00%) AWS
2 6 (20.00%) GCP
3 2 (6.67%) IaaS
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) PaaS
3 2 (6.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (26.67%) Firewall
1 8 (26.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (13.33%) DNS
2 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) Network Security
4 2 (6.67%) DMZ
4 2 (6.67%) HTTP
4 2 (6.67%) SMTP
4 2 (6.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (43.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.33%) Finance
4 3 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Local Government
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Architect
2 11 (36.67%) Security Architect
3 6 (20.00%) AWS Architect
3 6 (20.00%) AWS DevOps
3 6 (20.00%) AWS Solution Architect
3 6 (20.00%) DevOps Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
3 6 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Senior DevOps
3 6 (20.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (20.00%) TOGAF Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.67%) IT Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Principal Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 16 (53.33%) Management Information System
2 9 (30.00%) Security Posture
3 6 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 6 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (20.00%) Social Media
3 6 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (63.33%) Information Security
3 17 (56.67%) TOGAF
4 16 (53.33%) Risk Management
4 16 (53.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 12 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (36.67%) Security Architecture
7 10 (33.33%) Data Protection
7 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (30.00%) Incident Response
8 9 (30.00%) Information Assurance
9 8 (26.67%) Agile
9 8 (26.67%) Cloud Security
9 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
9 8 (26.67%) Ethical Hacking
9 8 (26.67%) Identity Management
9 8 (26.67%) Risk Analysis
9 8 (26.67%) SIEM
10 7 (23.33%) Penetration Testing
11 6 (20.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) C#
1 6 (20.00%) Java
1 6 (20.00%) Python
1 6 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (40.00%) CISM
1 12 (40.00%) CISSP
2 8 (26.67%) CEH
2 8 (26.67%) CISA
2 8 (26.67%) Degree
3 6 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 6 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 6 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 6 (20.00%) Azure Certification
3 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 6 (20.00%) Master's Degree
4 4 (13.33%) CRISC
5 3 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (6.67%) SANS
6 2 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (56.67%) GDPR
3 6 (20.00%) COBIT
3 6 (20.00%) HIPAA
4 5 (16.67%) NCSC
5 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
5 2 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Google
3 2 (6.67%) Rapid7