NIST Jobs in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 262 190
Rank change year-on-year +126 -72 +85
Permanent jobs citing NIST 144 80 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.12% 0.57% 1.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.46% 4.27% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 76 109
10th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £45,500
25th Percentile £48,275 £53,438 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +21.74% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £76,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,166 £85,000 £85,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,156 1,875 2,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 17.06% 13.35% 24.35%
Number of salaries quoted 549 1,297 874
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £30,580 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the Midlands

NIST
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
West Midlands +90 102 £60,750 -16.21% 38
East Midlands +85 42 £62,500 +31.58% 16
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (5.56%) Azure
2 7 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.47%) SaaS
4 3 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (2.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.39%) AWS
5 2 (1.39%) IaaS
5 2 (1.39%) PaaS
5 2 (1.39%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.69%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.69%) Azure API Management
6 1 (0.69%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.69%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.69%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.56%) Firewall
2 2 (1.39%) Network Security
3 1 (0.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (0.69%) DB2
2 1 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.69%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (6.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (3.47%) Legal
3 3 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (1.39%) Finance
4 2 (1.39%) Law
5 1 (0.69%) Automotive
5 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (0.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.69%) Police
5 1 (0.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 124 (86.11%) Security Engineer
2 119 (82.64%) Principal Engineer
2 119 (82.64%) Principal Security Engineer
3 64 (44.44%) Analyst
3 64 (44.44%) Security Analyst
4 60 (41.67%) Product Engineer
5 59 (40.97%) Principal Security Analyst
5 59 (40.97%) Product Analyst
6 4 (2.78%) Architect
6 4 (2.78%) Information Manager
6 4 (2.78%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (2.78%) Security Manager
7 3 (2.08%) Information Analyst
7 3 (2.08%) Information Security Analyst
7 3 (2.08%) Security Architect
7 3 (2.08%) Senior
8 2 (1.39%) Active Directory Engineer
8 2 (1.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (1.39%) Data Manager
8 2 (1.39%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.78%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (2.08%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.39%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.39%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.69%) Insider Threat
4 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.69%) PKI
4 1 (0.69%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.69%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.39%) Windows
2 1 (0.69%) Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.69%) Unix
2 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (92.36%) Cybersecurity
2 132 (91.67%) Information Security
3 125 (86.81%) Risk Management
4 122 (84.72%) Project Management
5 119 (82.64%) Cyber Resilience
5 119 (82.64%) Security Testing
6 6 (4.17%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (3.47%) Incident Response
7 5 (3.47%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (2.78%) Cloud Security
8 4 (2.78%) Migration
8 4 (2.78%) People Management
8 4 (2.78%) Security Architecture
8 4 (2.78%) Security Management
8 4 (2.78%) Security Operations
8 4 (2.78%) SIEM
9 3 (2.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (2.08%) Data Protection
9 3 (2.08%) Information Assurance
9 3 (2.08%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.08%) Python
2 2 (1.39%) Bash
2 2 (1.39%) SQL
3 1 (0.69%) Go
3 1 (0.69%) Groovy
3 1 (0.69%) Perl
3 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 125 (86.81%) Degree
2 122 (84.72%) CISSP
3 121 (84.03%) CISM
4 119 (82.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 119 (82.64%) CESG Certified Professional
5 4 (2.78%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.08%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.39%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.39%) CISA
8 1 (0.69%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.69%) CRISC
8 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (95.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 119 (82.64%) JSP 440
2 119 (82.64%) RMADS
3 7 (4.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (4.86%) GDPR
4 6 (4.17%) NCSC
5 3 (2.08%) GRC
5 3 (2.08%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.69%) COBIT
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.69%) QA
7 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.69%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.39%) Terraform
2 1 (0.69%) Ansible
2 1 (0.69%) Kibana
2 1 (0.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.69%) IBM
2 1 (0.69%) LogRhythm
2 1 (0.69%) Oracle
2 1 (0.69%) Rapid7
2 1 (0.69%) Splunk