NIST Jobs in the North East

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 94 111
Rank change year-on-year +33 +17 +2
Permanent jobs citing NIST 11 24 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.45% 1.29% 0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.10% 7.50% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 9 24 2
10th Percentile £36,773 £36,250 £43,163
25th Percentile £53,750 £37,500 £44,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £42,500 £49,625
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -14.36% -54.89%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,351 £54,719
90th Percentile £85,355 £84,919 £56,388
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
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 155 320 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 20.39% 17.20% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 72 221 109
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £31,450
25th Percentile £47,188 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +10.53% +23.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £69,649
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the North East

NIST
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for NIST in the North East

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the North East

NIST
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear +23 8 £57,500 +35.29% 4
Durham +16 3 £80,882 +13.52% 10
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Network Security
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Intrusion Detection
2 5 (45.45%) VPN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
1 4 (36.36%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (18.18%) Legal
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Security Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Security Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Junior
4 1 (9.09%) Principal Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Business Continuity
2 5 (45.45%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (45.45%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (36.36%) BCP
3 4 (36.36%) Business Continuity Planning
3 4 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (36.36%) Information Security
3 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) CAFM
5 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
5 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Offensive Security
5 2 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Security Architecture
6 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISM
1 4 (36.36%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) CISA
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 1 (9.09%) CEH
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (72.73%) GDPR
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (27.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (9.09%) Def Stans
6 1 (9.09%) NCSC
6 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
6 1 (9.09%) QA