NIST Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 194 251
Rank change year-on-year +5 +57 -62
Permanent jobs citing NIST 66 38 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.51% 0.75% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.33% 4.16% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 41 22 66
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,894 £35,920
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -6.02% +6.40%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,625 £77,188
90th Percentile £89,000 £87,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £73,706 £74,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.40% +5.71% -

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 1,239 913 1,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 9.49% 17.95% 14.80%
Number of salaries quoted 697 569 1,275
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
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 the Midlands

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

NIST job vacancy trend in the Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 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
West Midlands -18 49 £67,500 +8.00% 13
East Midlands -19 17 £58,750 -6.00% 3
NIST
England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (15.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (15.15%) Azure
3 7 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.09%) Google Workspace
5 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.52%) AWS
6 1 (1.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Firewall
1 4 (6.06%) LAN
1 4 (6.06%) Remote Desktop
1 4 (6.06%) VPN
1 4 (6.06%) WAN
2 2 (3.03%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Yeoman
General
1 21 (31.82%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (28.79%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.12%) Banking
5 7 (10.61%) Retail
6 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
8 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (31.82%) Analyst
2 11 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 10 (15.15%) Digital Analyst
3 10 (15.15%) Senior
4 9 (13.64%) Architect
4 9 (13.64%) Security Architect
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Digital Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Information Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Information Security Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Security Manager
7 5 (7.58%) IT Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (6.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Head of IT
8 4 (6.06%) IT Security Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Security Support Engineer
8 4 (6.06%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.03%) GraphQL
1 2 (3.03%) LDAP
1 2 (3.03%) OAuth
1 2 (3.03%) OpenID
1 2 (3.03%) REST
1 2 (3.03%) SAML
1 2 (3.03%) SOAP
2 1 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
2 8 (12.12%) Security Posture
3 6 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 6 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.55%) Driving Licence
4 3 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.03%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.52%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.52%) SCADA
6 1 (1.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Windows
2 4 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (33.33%) Information Security
3 19 (28.79%) Risk Management
4 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 14 (21.21%) Business Strategy
6 14 (21.21%) Internal Audit
7 13 (19.70%) Agile
7 13 (19.70%) Coaching
8 12 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
8 12 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
9 11 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
10 10 (15.15%) Due Diligence
10 10 (15.15%) Roadmaps
10 10 (15.15%) Security Architecture
11 9 (13.64%) Business Transformation
11 9 (13.64%) SABSA
11 9 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
11 9 (13.64%) TOGAF
12 8 (12.12%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) Bash
1 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.03%) SQL
2 2 (3.03%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (53.03%) CISSP
2 20 (30.30%) CISM
3 17 (25.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (24.24%) CISA
5 13 (19.70%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (16.67%) CCSP
7 11 (16.67%) SSCP
8 9 (13.64%) CRISC
8 9 (13.64%) SC Cleared
8 9 (13.64%) Security Cleared
9 7 (10.61%) Degree
10 3 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (1.52%) CCNA
11 1 (1.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (1.52%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (74.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (31.82%) GDPR
3 15 (22.73%) GRC
4 12 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (12.12%) PCI DSS
6 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (4.55%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (4.55%) COBIT
7 3 (4.55%) HIPAA
7 3 (4.55%) QA
7 3 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
8 2 (3.03%) NCSC
9 1 (1.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
9 1 (1.52%) ITGC
9 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (10.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Grafana
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) SAP
3 4 (6.06%) Google
4 1 (1.52%) Splunk