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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 236 240
Rank change year-on-year +13 +4 +39
Permanent jobs citing NIST 61 103 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.65% 0.73% 0.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.57% 5.84% 5.77%
Number of salaries quoted 40 52 66
10th Percentile £46,813 £40,000 £42,313
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,375 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £72,750 £69,063 £73,125
90th Percentile £85,178 £79,500 £88,500
England median annual salary £70,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.76% +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 1,095 1,764 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.71% 12.56% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 481 877 970
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £37,346
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% +3.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,991 £67,393
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.87% -4.17% +7.14%

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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -19 31 £55,000 -8.33% 18
North East +26 16 £57,500 -2.50% 5
Yorkshire -7 14 £61,250 +19.51% 21
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 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.64%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 23 (37.70%) Azure
2 19 (31.15%) AWS
3 14 (22.95%) GCP
4 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.92%) AWS Fargate
6 3 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.92%) Serverless
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.28%) PaaS
7 2 (3.28%) SaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.64%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.64%) dbt
8 1 (1.64%) IaaS
8 1 (1.64%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (34.43%) Network Security
2 15 (24.59%) Firewall
3 11 (18.03%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (18.03%) VPN
4 3 (4.92%) DNS
5 2 (3.28%) LAN
5 2 (3.28%) Unified Communications
5 2 (3.28%) WAN
5 2 (3.28%) WLAN
6 1 (1.64%) DMZ
6 1 (1.64%) Internet
6 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.64%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (14.75%) Manufacturing
2 9 (14.75%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (9.84%) Finance
3 6 (9.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (8.20%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Legal
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Banking
5 1 (1.64%) Local Government
5 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Architect
2 15 (24.59%) Senior
3 13 (21.31%) Security Engineer
4 12 (19.67%) AWS Architect
4 12 (19.67%) AWS DevOps
4 12 (19.67%) AWS Solution Architect
4 12 (19.67%) DevOps Architect
4 12 (19.67%) Senior Architect
4 12 (19.67%) Senior DevOps
4 12 (19.67%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 12 (19.67%) Solutions Architect
4 12 (19.67%) TOGAF Architect
5 9 (14.75%) Analyst
6 8 (13.11%) Security Analyst
6 8 (13.11%) Security Architect
7 7 (11.48%) Lead
7 7 (11.48%) Network Engineer
7 7 (11.48%) Network Security Engineer
8 6 (9.84%) IT Engineer
8 6 (9.84%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) Django
1 1 (1.64%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 16 (26.23%) Management Information System
2 12 (19.67%) Cloud Native
3 7 (11.48%) Security Posture
4 5 (8.20%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (6.56%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.92%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (3.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (3.28%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.28%) SCADA
7 2 (3.28%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.56%) Windows
2 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (39.34%) Disaster Recovery
2 21 (34.43%) Information Security
3 19 (31.15%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (29.51%) Risk Management
4 18 (29.51%) TOGAF
5 14 (22.95%) Data Privacy
5 14 (22.95%) DevOps
6 13 (21.31%) Agile
6 13 (21.31%) Roadmaps
6 13 (21.31%) SIEM
7 12 (19.67%) Architectural Design
7 12 (19.67%) Business Continuity
7 12 (19.67%) CI/CD
7 12 (19.67%) Containerisation
7 12 (19.67%) Data Management
7 12 (19.67%) Enterprise Architecture
7 12 (19.67%) Microservices
7 12 (19.67%) Technology Roadmap
7 12 (19.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 11 (18.03%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (32.79%) SQL
2 19 (31.15%) Python
3 12 (19.67%) C#
3 12 (19.67%) Java
4 4 (6.56%) PowerShell
5 2 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.64%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Azure Certification
1 13 (21.31%) CISSP
2 12 (19.67%) AWS Certification
2 12 (19.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 9 (14.75%) CISM
3 9 (14.75%) Degree
4 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
4 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
5 6 (9.84%) CISA
6 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.92%) CRISC
6 3 (4.92%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (4.92%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.28%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (3.28%) MCSE
7 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.64%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.64%) OSCE
8 1 (1.64%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (60.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (47.54%) GDPR
3 12 (19.67%) HIPAA
4 10 (16.39%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (14.75%) NCSC
6 7 (11.48%) PCI DSS
7 5 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (8.20%) GRC
8 3 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (4.92%) QA
9 2 (3.28%) COBIT
10 1 (1.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (1.64%) ISO 22301
10 1 (1.64%) SLA
10 1 (1.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (19.67%) Docker
2 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (19.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.64%) Nessus
2 1 (1.64%) Nmap
2 1 (1.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (19.67%) Google
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.56%) Databricks
4 2 (3.28%) arcserve
4 2 (3.28%) Forcepoint
4 2 (3.28%) Sophos
4 2 (3.28%) Splunk
5 1 (1.64%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.64%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.64%) Tenable