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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 222 246
Rank change year-on-year -16 +24 +62
Permanent jobs citing NIST 89 75 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.45% 0.94% 0.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.36% 5.90% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 85 56 138
10th Percentile £45,550 £48,813 £35,920
25th Percentile £57,239 £53,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.41% +4.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £84,919
90th Percentile £94,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +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 1,659 1,272 2,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.42% 15.86% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 556 1,659
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,490 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,094 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,250 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +12.37% -7.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,375 £82,500
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 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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +10 45 £67,500 +10.66% 18
Yorkshire -20 39 £57,239 -2.07% 13
North East -52 5 £95,000 +65.22% 4
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:

Applications
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.60%) Entra ID
1 21 (23.60%) Microsoft Purview
2 17 (19.10%) Azure
3 12 (13.48%) AWS
3 12 (13.48%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (7.87%) GCP
5 3 (3.37%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (3.37%) Serverless
5 3 (3.37%) Vertex AI
5 3 (3.37%) Zapier
6 2 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (2.25%) SaaS
7 1 (1.12%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 32 (35.96%) Firewall
2 15 (16.85%) Network Security
3 8 (8.99%) VPN
4 7 (7.87%) NGFW
5 1 (1.12%) Internet
5 1 (1.12%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.12%) Wireshark
General
1 36 (40.45%) Social Skills
2 24 (26.97%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (13.48%) Finance
4 7 (7.87%) Banking
4 7 (7.87%) Legal
5 5 (5.62%) Retail
6 4 (4.49%) Advertising
6 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.25%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (34.83%) Lead
2 19 (21.35%) Architect
3 16 (17.98%) Security Architect
4 14 (15.73%) Analyst
4 14 (15.73%) Security Analyst
5 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 10 (11.24%) Security Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Information Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) Information Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Information Security Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) Information Security Manager
6 6 (6.74%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) Security Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
8 4 (4.49%) Cloud Security Architect
8 4 (4.49%) Network Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Network Security Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Senior
9 3 (3.37%) AWS Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 27 (30.34%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (16.85%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.74%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (3.37%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.37%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.25%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.25%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.99%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (77.53%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (49.44%) SIEM
3 41 (46.07%) Incident Response
4 39 (43.82%) Security Architecture
5 35 (39.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (35.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (34.83%) Risk Register
8 30 (33.71%) Data Protection
9 28 (31.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 27 (30.34%) Risk Management
10 27 (30.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (29.21%) Information Security
12 24 (26.97%) Business Continuity
13 21 (23.60%) BCP
13 21 (23.60%) Business Continuity Planning
13 21 (23.60%) Decision-Making
13 21 (23.60%) Information Governance
14 17 (19.10%) Data Loss Prevention
15 12 (13.48%) Cloud Security
15 12 (13.48%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.99%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (34.83%) CISSP
2 16 (17.98%) CISM
3 12 (13.48%) Degree
4 11 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (10.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 9 (10.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (8.99%) CCSP
7 7 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (5.62%) CRISC
9 3 (3.37%) CISA
9 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
9 3 (3.37%) Security Cleared
10 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (2.25%) CCNP
10 2 (2.25%) CEH
10 2 (2.25%) CISMP
10 2 (2.25%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (2.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (1.12%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (87.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (43.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 36 (40.45%) GDPR
4 6 (6.74%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.37%) GRC
5 3 (3.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (7.87%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (11.24%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (7.87%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (47.19%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.37%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.25%) Tanium
4 1 (1.12%) Cisco
4 1 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.12%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.12%) Qualys
4 1 (1.12%) Splunk
4 1 (1.12%) Zscaler