NIST Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 235 334
Rank change year-on-year -21 +99 -39
Permanent jobs citing NIST 79 149 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.69% 0.84% 0.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.53% 6.35% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 60 138 69
10th Percentile £51,925 £35,920 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £43,125 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.39% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,919 £72,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +3.70%

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 1,743 2,348 3,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.19% 13.26% 21.91%
Number of salaries quoted 725 1,628 1,154
10th Percentile £28,200 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,342 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

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 23 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
North West -41 51 £62,500 +4.17% 147
Yorkshire +46 16 £57,500 +4.55% 105
North East +35 12 £63,442 +49.27% 37
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.53%) IIS
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (22.78%) Azure
2 10 (12.66%) AWS
3 5 (6.33%) GCP
4 4 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (5.06%) IaaS
4 4 (5.06%) SaaS
4 4 (5.06%) Serverless
5 3 (3.80%) Amazon EC2
5 3 (3.80%) AWS Fargate
5 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.53%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.53%) PaaS
7 1 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.27%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (29.11%) Firewall
2 22 (27.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (17.72%) Network Security
4 10 (12.66%) VPN
5 5 (6.33%) DNS
6 4 (5.06%) HTTP
6 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.53%) DMZ
7 2 (2.53%) SMTP
8 1 (1.27%) Broadband
8 1 (1.27%) LAN
8 1 (1.27%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (1.27%) SSH
8 1 (1.27%) SSL
8 1 (1.27%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.27%) WAN
8 1 (1.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) JIRA
General
1 31 (39.24%) Social Skills
2 22 (27.85%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Finance
4 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (6.33%) Legal
4 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.53%) Electronics
7 2 (2.53%) Law
7 2 (2.53%) Local Government
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (31.65%) Architect
2 20 (25.32%) Security Architect
3 12 (15.19%) Senior
4 11 (13.92%) Lead
5 10 (12.66%) Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Security Analyst
6 9 (11.39%) Security Manager
7 7 (8.86%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 6 (7.59%) Information Analyst
8 6 (7.59%) Information Security Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) AWS Architect
9 5 (6.33%) AWS DevOps
9 5 (6.33%) AWS Solution Architect
9 5 (6.33%) DevOps Architect
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Architect
9 5 (6.33%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Information Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
9 5 (6.33%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.27%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.27%) RESTful
1 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (40.51%) Management Information System
2 15 (18.99%) Security Posture
3 12 (15.19%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (15.19%) Social Media
3 12 (15.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (6.33%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.06%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (3.80%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.53%) PKI
8 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.27%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.27%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.27%) Replication
8 1 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.78%) Windows
2 12 (15.19%) Windows Vista
3 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (67.09%) Cybersecurity
2 47 (59.49%) Information Security
3 41 (51.90%) Risk Management
4 28 (35.44%) Vulnerability Management
5 25 (31.65%) Security Architecture
6 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (30.38%) TOGAF
7 22 (27.85%) SIEM
8 21 (26.58%) Incident Response
9 20 (25.32%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (24.05%) Computer Science
10 19 (24.05%) Data Protection
10 19 (24.05%) Information Assurance
11 18 (22.78%) Cloud Security
12 16 (20.25%) Risk Analysis
13 14 (17.72%) Ethical Hacking
13 14 (17.72%) Identity Management
14 12 (15.19%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (15.19%) DevSecOps
14 12 (15.19%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.46%) Python
2 9 (11.39%) SQL
3 5 (6.33%) C#
3 5 (6.33%) Java
4 4 (5.06%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.27%) Bash
5 1 (1.27%) Bicep
5 1 (1.27%) Go
5 1 (1.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (39.24%) CISM
1 31 (39.24%) CISSP
2 24 (30.38%) Degree
3 18 (22.78%) CISA
4 17 (21.52%) CEH
5 16 (20.25%) Master's Degree
6 15 (18.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (17.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 14 (17.72%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (16.46%) DBS Check
9 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
10 6 (7.59%) Azure Certification
10 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
11 5 (6.33%) AWS Certification
11 5 (6.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (5.06%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (5.06%) CRISC
13 3 (3.80%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (3.80%) SANS
14 2 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (78.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (41.77%) GDPR
3 12 (15.19%) NCSC
4 9 (11.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (10.13%) COBIT
6 7 (8.86%) GRC
6 7 (8.86%) PCI DSS
7 5 (6.33%) HIPAA
7 5 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (6.33%) NIST 800
8 4 (5.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (3.80%) QA
10 2 (2.53%) Def Stans
11 1 (1.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.33%) Docker
2 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.27%) NFS
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Kubernetes
1 5 (6.33%) Terraform
2 2 (2.53%) Ansible
3 1 (1.27%) cPanel
3 1 (1.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) Google
3 3 (3.80%) Databricks
4 2 (2.53%) Cisco
4 2 (2.53%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (2.53%) Rapid7
4 2 (2.53%) Tenable
4 2 (2.53%) Varonis
5 1 (1.27%) arcserve
5 1 (1.27%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.27%) Forcepoint
5 1 (1.27%) Qualys
5 1 (1.27%) Sophos
5 1 (1.27%) Thales