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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 254 202
Rank change year-on-year +149 -52 +56
Permanent jobs citing NIST 174 69 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.48% 0.58% 1.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.70% 3.96% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 22 65 105
10th Percentile £37,894 £35,920 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,500 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.02% +3.91% +11.30%
75th Percentile £80,625 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.61% -4.64% +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 1,270 1,741 2,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.09% 14.65% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 574 1,274 937
10th Percentile £28,822 £25,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60,938 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,375 £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 May 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 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
West Midlands +98 122 £62,500 -10.71% 39
East Midlands +77 52 £62,500 +31.58% 11
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:

Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.75%) Azure
2 7 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (3.45%) SaaS
4 4 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.72%) AWS
5 3 (1.72%) IaaS
5 3 (1.72%) PaaS
6 2 (1.15%) Asana
6 2 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (1.15%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.57%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (0.57%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.57%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.57%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.57%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.60%) Firewall
2 1 (0.57%) Internet
2 1 (0.57%) Network Security
2 1 (0.57%) SAN
2 1 (0.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.15%) Power BI
2 1 (0.57%) DB2
2 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 8 (4.60%) Social Skills
2 6 (3.45%) Legal
3 3 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.15%) Law
4 2 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.57%) Automotive
5 1 (0.57%) Finance
5 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.57%) Police
5 1 (0.57%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 151 (86.78%) Security Engineer
2 147 (84.48%) Principal Engineer
2 147 (84.48%) Principal Security Engineer
3 92 (52.87%) Analyst
3 92 (52.87%) Security Analyst
4 87 (50.00%) Principal Security Analyst
4 87 (50.00%) Product Analyst
5 60 (34.48%) Product Engineer
6 4 (2.30%) Information Manager
6 4 (2.30%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (2.30%) Security Manager
6 4 (2.30%) Senior
7 3 (1.72%) Architect
7 3 (1.72%) Consultant
7 3 (1.72%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (1.72%) Information Analyst
7 3 (1.72%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (1.15%) Active Directory Engineer
8 2 (1.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (1.15%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
2 3 (1.72%) Operational Technology
2 3 (1.72%) PKI
3 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.15%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.15%) Cyber Security Posture
3 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (0.57%) Insider Threat
4 1 (0.57%) IoT
4 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.57%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.15%) Windows
2 1 (0.57%) Linux
2 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.57%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
2 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (94.25%) Cybersecurity
2 161 (92.53%) Information Security
3 152 (87.36%) Project Management
3 152 (87.36%) Risk Management
4 147 (84.48%) Cyber Resilience
4 147 (84.48%) Security Testing
5 5 (2.87%) Data Protection
6 4 (2.30%) Cloud Security
6 4 (2.30%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (2.30%) Incident Response
6 4 (2.30%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (2.30%) People Management
6 4 (2.30%) Risk Assessment
6 4 (2.30%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (1.72%) Incident Management
7 3 (1.72%) Migration
7 3 (1.72%) Roadmaps
7 3 (1.72%) Security Architecture
7 3 (1.72%) Security Management
7 3 (1.72%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.72%) Python
2 2 (1.15%) C++
2 2 (1.15%) Java
2 2 (1.15%) SQL
3 1 (0.57%) Bash
3 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 154 (88.51%) Degree
2 152 (87.36%) CISSP
3 149 (85.63%) CISM
4 147 (84.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 147 (84.48%) CESG Certified Professional
5 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.15%) CISA
6 2 (1.15%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.15%) PMP
6 2 (1.15%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.57%) CRISC
7 1 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (96.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 147 (84.48%) JSP 440
2 147 (84.48%) RMADS
3 9 (5.17%) GDPR
4 6 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (2.87%) NCSC
6 3 (1.72%) GRC
6 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.15%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.57%) COBIT
8 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.57%) QA
8 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (2.30%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) Firmware
2 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.57%) Ansible
2 1 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.57%) Nessus
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.57%) Cisco
2 1 (0.57%) IBM
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle
2 1 (0.57%) VMware