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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 239 229
Rank change year-on-year -37 -10 +8
Permanent jobs citing NIST 85 61 96
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.36% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.32% 5.42% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 74 40 53
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,813 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.22% -4.17% -0.83%
75th Percentile £88,313 £72,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £108,000 £85,178 £92,000
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 1,966 1,126 1,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.44% 12.00% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,436 515 916
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,625 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +6.52% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £60,991
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,258 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% -4.17%

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 September 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 September 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 +15 61 £65,000 +18.14% 68
Yorkshire -41 18 £62,500 -3.85% 19
North East -74 6 £83,750 +45.65% 9
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 25 (29.41%) Azure
2 18 (21.18%) AWS
3 14 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (11.76%) GCP
5 5 (5.88%) SaaS
6 3 (3.53%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (3.53%) Serverless
6 3 (3.53%) Vertex AI
6 3 (3.53%) Zapier
7 1 (1.18%) Azure AI
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.18%) Copilot Studio
7 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.18%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.18%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.18%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (17.65%) Network Security
2 12 (14.12%) Firewall
3 8 (9.41%) VPN
4 7 (8.24%) NGFW
5 2 (2.35%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.18%) Internet
6 1 (1.18%) SSH
6 1 (1.18%) Wireshark
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.47%) Finance
3 8 (9.41%) Banking
3 8 (9.41%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.71%) Advertising
5 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.53%) Legal
6 2 (2.35%) Retail
6 2 (2.35%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.18%) Front Office
7 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.18%) Law
7 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Analyst
1 19 (22.35%) Architect
1 19 (22.35%) Security Analyst
2 16 (18.82%) Security Architect
3 15 (17.65%) Security Manager
4 13 (15.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 12 (14.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (12.94%) Senior
7 9 (10.59%) Consultant
7 9 (10.59%) Security Engineer
8 8 (9.41%) Information Manager
8 8 (9.41%) Information Security Manager
8 8 (9.41%) Security Consultant
8 8 (9.41%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (9.41%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (9.41%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (8.24%) Lead
10 6 (7.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 5 (5.88%) Operational Security Manager
11 5 (5.88%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 28 (32.94%) Security Posture
2 7 (8.24%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (7.06%) Cyber Security Posture
3 6 (7.06%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.71%) Operational Technology
5 3 (3.53%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.35%) Housing Association
6 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.18%) PKI
7 1 (1.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.59%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Linux
3 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (81.18%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 32 (37.65%) SIEM
4 31 (36.47%) Incident Response
5 27 (31.76%) Information Security
6 19 (22.35%) Security Architecture
7 18 (21.18%) Data Loss Prevention
8 17 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (18.82%) Cloud Security
9 16 (18.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 16 (18.82%) Roadmaps
10 14 (16.47%) Cyber Resilience
10 14 (16.47%) Risk Register
10 14 (16.47%) Threat Detection
10 14 (16.47%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 13 (15.29%) Threat Management
12 12 (14.12%) AI
12 12 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (14.12%) Security Operations
13 11 (12.94%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.59%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.53%) Python
3 1 (1.18%) Go
Qualifications
1 32 (37.65%) CISSP
2 17 (20.00%) CISM
3 16 (18.82%) Degree
4 10 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (9.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (9.41%) CCSP
6 7 (8.24%) CISA
7 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
7 5 (5.88%) Security Cleared
8 4 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.71%) CRISC
9 3 (3.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.35%) CCNP
10 2 (2.35%) CEH
10 2 (2.35%) CISMP
10 2 (2.35%) DV Cleared
10 2 (2.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (2.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (1.18%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (81.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 21 (24.71%) GDPR
3 16 (18.82%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (7.06%) PCI DSS
5 4 (4.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (3.53%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.35%) NCSC
8 1 (1.18%) GRC
8 1 (1.18%) ISO 22301
8 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (1.18%) NIST 800
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 1 (1.18%) Cisco
4 1 (1.18%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.18%) Foundry
4 1 (1.18%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.18%) YouTube
4 1 (1.18%) Zscaler