NIST Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 239 210
Rank change year-on-year -45 -29 +14
Permanent jobs citing NIST 85 57 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.35% 0.59% 0.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.11% 5.32% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 69 37 50
10th Percentile £40,250 £46,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £57,280
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +0.38% -4.53%
75th Percentile £81,250 £74,258 £71,875
90th Percentile £112,500 £85,711 £81,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -0.69% +3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,066 1,071 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.61% 11.18% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,434 455 742
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £31,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £60,991
90th Percentile £84,700 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £58,850
% change year-on-year -2.65% -3.99% -1.92%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

NIST job vacancy trend in the North of England

NIST
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing NIST

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 October 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
North West +9 63 £65,000 +18.18% 56
Yorkshire -32 15 £62,500 +8.70% 28
North East -72 7 £81,250 +41.30% 7
NIST
England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (28.24%) Azure
2 13 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (14.12%) AWS
4 8 (9.41%) GCP
5 5 (5.88%) SaaS
6 3 (3.53%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (3.53%) Zapier
7 2 (2.35%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.35%) Serverless
7 2 (2.35%) Vertex AI
8 1 (1.18%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (14.12%) Network Security
2 11 (12.94%) Firewall
3 9 (10.59%) VPN
4 7 (8.24%) NGFW
5 4 (4.71%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.18%) SSH
General
1 32 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Finance
3 9 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 8 (9.41%) Banking
5 4 (4.71%) Advertising
5 4 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.53%) Legal
7 2 (2.35%) Aviation
8 1 (1.18%) Front Office
8 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.18%) Law
8 1 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.18%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (21.18%) Architect
2 17 (20.00%) Analyst
2 17 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 15 (17.65%) Security Architect
4 14 (16.47%) Senior
5 13 (15.29%) Consultant
5 13 (15.29%) Security Manager
6 11 (12.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 10 (11.76%) Security Consultant
8 9 (10.59%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 9 (10.59%) Lead
9 8 (9.41%) Security Engineer
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 8 (9.41%) Senior Security Analyst
10 6 (7.06%) Information Manager
10 6 (7.06%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (5.88%) Operations Manager
11 5 (5.88%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.18%) Middleware
2 1 (1.18%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 26 (30.59%) Security Posture
2 9 (10.59%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (8.24%) Operational Technology
4 5 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.71%) SCADA
6 3 (3.53%) AI Agents
6 3 (3.53%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (1.18%) PKI
8 1 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.18%) Linux
2 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (87.06%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (34.12%) Vulnerability Management
3 28 (32.94%) Incident Response
4 25 (29.41%) Information Security
4 25 (29.41%) SIEM
5 17 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 16 (18.82%) AI
6 16 (18.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (18.82%) Roadmaps
6 16 (18.82%) Threat Detection
7 15 (17.65%) Cloud Security
7 15 (17.65%) Security Operations
8 14 (16.47%) Cyber Resilience
8 14 (16.47%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (16.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (16.47%) Threat Management
9 13 (15.29%) Data Loss Prevention
9 13 (15.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 12 (14.12%) Data Protection
10 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.35%) Python
3 1 (1.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 33 (38.82%) CISSP
2 19 (22.35%) CISM
3 15 (17.65%) Degree
4 9 (10.59%) Security Cleared
5 8 (9.41%) CISA
5 8 (9.41%) SC Cleared
6 6 (7.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (7.06%) CCSP
6 6 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.71%) CRISC
8 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.18%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (1.18%) CIPD
9 1 (1.18%) CISMP
9 1 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (74.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (23.53%) GDPR
3 14 (16.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (8.24%) NCSC
5 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (4.71%) NIST 800
5 4 (4.71%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.53%) Accessibility
6 3 (3.53%) GRC
6 3 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.35%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (1.18%) COBIT
8 1 (1.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (1.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.18%) ITGC
8 1 (1.18%) JSP 440
8 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (11.76%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.18%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.41%) Tanium
3 4 (4.71%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.53%) YouTube
5 1 (1.18%) Foundry
5 1 (1.18%) Qualys
5 1 (1.18%) Remedy
5 1 (1.18%) Tenable