NIST Job Trends in Middlesex

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South East > Middlesex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Middlesex requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Middlesex 8.33% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £71,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.93% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Middlesex

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 Middlesex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 40 71 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Middlesex 37.04% 59.66% 19.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile £31,125 - -
25th Percentile £32,813 £57,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £60,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +39.53% -28.33%
75th Percentile £56,875 £62,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £85,000 - £71,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,147
% change year-on-year -8.70% +10.27% -1.61%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Middlesex

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Middlesex

NIST
Salary Trend in Middlesex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Middlesex citing NIST

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesex 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 5 (55.56%) Azure
1 5 (55.56%) Azure DevOps
1 5 (55.56%) PaaS
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Lead
1 5 (55.56%) Security Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (55.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Security Posture
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Coaching
1 9 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Application Security
2 5 (55.56%) Backlog Management
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) DevSecOps
2 5 (55.56%) OWASP
2 5 (55.56%) Product Management
2 5 (55.56%) Product Strategy
2 5 (55.56%) SDLC
2 5 (55.56%) Security Testing
2 5 (55.56%) Test Automation
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Modelling
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Management
2 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
1 5 (55.56%) Master's Degree
2 4 (44.44%) CISM
2 4 (44.44%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (55.56%) NCSC
3 4 (44.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft