NIST Jobs in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 259 199 232
Rank change year-on-year -60 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing NIST 59 132 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.51% 1.37% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.52% 4.85% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 55 111 64
10th Percentile £33,299 £47,500 £41,158
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £84,919 £77,500 £66,563
90th Percentile £97,850 £85,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Midlands

NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,677 2,719 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.40% 28.25% 19.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 997 1,328
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,650 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £59,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 2024. 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 -46 49 £70,000 +12.00% 16
East Midlands -8 9 £47,500 -15.93% 1
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 11 (18.64%) AWS
2 8 (13.56%) Cloud Computing
3 7 (11.86%) Azure
4 4 (6.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 4 (6.78%) Amazon EC2
4 4 (6.78%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 4 (6.78%) Amazon S3
4 4 (6.78%) AWS CloudFormation
4 4 (6.78%) AWS CloudTrail
4 4 (6.78%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (6.78%) Serverless
4 4 (6.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 2 (3.39%) GCP
5 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.69%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.69%) IaaS
6 1 (1.69%) PaaS
6 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (23.73%) Firewall
2 9 (15.25%) VPN
3 5 (8.47%) WAN
4 3 (5.08%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.39%) LAN
5 2 (3.39%) SAN
5 2 (3.39%) Wireless
6 1 (1.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Burp Suite
1 2 (3.39%) GitLab
1 2 (3.39%) Metasploit
1 2 (3.39%) sqlmap
General
1 22 (37.29%) Finance
2 16 (27.12%) Social Skills
3 9 (15.25%) Retail
4 8 (13.56%) Automotive
5 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.47%) Legal
6 3 (5.08%) Local Government
7 2 (3.39%) Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.69%) Advertising
8 1 (1.69%) Law
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) Analyst
2 13 (22.03%) Security Analyst
3 11 (18.64%) Security Manager
4 8 (13.56%) Consultant
4 8 (13.56%) Operations Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Security Consultant
4 8 (13.56%) Security Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Security Operations Analyst
5 7 (11.86%) Information Manager
5 7 (11.86%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Information Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) Lead
7 4 (6.78%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 4 (6.78%) Head of Security
7 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Head of Information Security
8 3 (5.08%) Lead Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (13.56%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.17%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (8.47%) Data Centre
5 4 (6.78%) Operational Technology
6 3 (5.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.39%) Private Cloud
7 2 (3.39%) PropTech
7 2 (3.39%) SCADA
8 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.64%) Windows
2 9 (15.25%) Linux
3 2 (3.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (74.58%) Information Security
2 42 (71.19%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (45.76%) Risk Management
4 16 (27.12%) Incident Response
5 14 (23.73%) Security Operations
6 10 (16.95%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (13.56%) Data Security
8 7 (11.86%) Data Protection
8 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (11.86%) Penetration Testing
8 7 (11.86%) Security Architecture
9 6 (10.17%) Computer Science
9 6 (10.17%) Due Diligence
9 6 (10.17%) ITIL
9 6 (10.17%) Threat Modelling
9 6 (10.17%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 5 (8.47%) IT Audit
10 5 (8.47%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (8.47%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (44.07%) CISM
1 26 (44.07%) CISSP
2 14 (23.73%) Degree
3 7 (11.86%) AWS Certification
3 7 (11.86%) CISA
4 6 (10.17%) PCI QSA
5 4 (6.78%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (6.78%) Security Cleared
6 3 (5.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Certification
6 3 (5.08%) CCSK
6 3 (5.08%) CCSP
6 3 (5.08%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.08%) CRISC
6 3 (5.08%) SC Cleared
6 3 (5.08%) SSCP
7 1 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (1.69%) ISEB
7 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (69.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (23.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (22.03%) GDPR
4 11 (18.64%) PCI DSS
5 7 (11.86%) GRC
6 5 (8.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (8.47%) NCSC
7 3 (5.08%) NIST 800
7 3 (5.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (3.39%) COBIT
8 2 (3.39%) ISO 22301
8 2 (3.39%) ISO 31000
8 2 (3.39%) ISO 9001
8 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
9 1 (1.69%) RMADS
9 1 (1.69%) SLA
9 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.69%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (5.08%) Docker
2 2 (3.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
1 3 (5.08%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (3.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.39%) Google
3 1 (1.69%) Facebook