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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 190 227
Rank change year-on-year -3 +37 +81
Permanent jobs citing NIST 77 126 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.79% 1.01% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.95% 7.52% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 38 66 56
10th Percentile £45,125 £35,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £47,031 £42,125 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £52,500 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -14.98% -5.00%
75th Percentile £73,881 £66,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +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 860 1,676 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.81% 13.50% 14.65%
Number of salaries quoted 492 678 827
10th Percentile £28,571 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £32,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,000 £50,139
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -8.26% +0.28%
75th Percentile £64,875 £61,095 £66,514
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,130
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +13 38 £69,384 +26.63% 42
Yorkshire -11 26 £55,000 +4.76% 12
North East +14 13 £48,750 -32.76%
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 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.30%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.57%) Azure
2 17 (22.08%) AWS
3 11 (14.29%) GCP
4 8 (10.39%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.49%) Azure Logic Apps
5 5 (6.49%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.19%) SaaS
7 3 (3.90%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.60%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.60%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.60%) PaaS
8 2 (2.60%) Serverless
9 1 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.30%) AWS Fargate
9 1 (1.30%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.30%) CloudFront
9 1 (1.30%) dbt
9 1 (1.30%) IaaS
9 1 (1.30%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.78%) Network Security
2 13 (16.88%) Firewall
3 7 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 6 (7.79%) VPN
5 2 (2.60%) DNS
5 2 (2.60%) Internet
5 2 (2.60%) LAN
5 2 (2.60%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.60%) WAN
5 2 (2.60%) WLAN
6 1 (1.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) GitLab
2 1 (1.30%) Metasploit
General
1 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Finance
4 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.49%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.19%) Legal
6 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Banking
7 1 (1.30%) Law
7 1 (1.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (37.66%) Lead
2 13 (16.88%) Architect
3 12 (15.58%) Security Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Senior
5 8 (10.39%) AWS Architect
5 8 (10.39%) AWS DevOps
5 8 (10.39%) AWS Solution Architect
5 8 (10.39%) DevOps Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Senior Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Senior DevOps
5 8 (10.39%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.39%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (10.39%) TOGAF Architect
6 6 (7.79%) Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) IT Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) IT Manager
7 5 (6.49%) IT Security Engineer
7 5 (6.49%) Security Analyst
7 5 (6.49%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) Django
1 1 (1.30%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 27 (35.06%) Cyber Threat
2 24 (31.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 24 (31.17%) Operational Technology
2 24 (31.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (12.99%) Cloud Native
3 10 (12.99%) Management Information System
4 8 (10.39%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.90%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (2.60%) SCADA
6 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.30%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) Risk Management
2 31 (40.26%) Roadmaps
3 30 (38.96%) Technology Roadmap
4 29 (37.66%) ITIL
4 29 (37.66%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (37.66%) Vulnerability Management
5 27 (35.06%) Security Operations
6 26 (33.77%) Coaching
6 26 (33.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 26 (33.77%) Threat Intelligence
7 25 (32.47%) Mentoring
7 25 (32.47%) SABSA
8 24 (31.17%) Business Strategy
8 24 (31.17%) Cyber Intelligence
9 23 (29.87%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 22 (28.57%) Change Advisory Board
11 20 (25.97%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (20.78%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (16.88%) DevOps
13 13 (16.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.18%) SQL
2 13 (16.88%) Python
3 8 (10.39%) C#
3 8 (10.39%) Java
4 7 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.60%) Bicep
5 2 (2.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) CISSP
2 11 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 8 (10.39%) AWS Certification
3 8 (10.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 5 (6.49%) CISM
4 5 (6.49%) Degree
4 5 (6.49%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.49%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.19%) CISA
5 4 (5.19%) CRISC
6 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.60%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.60%) MCSE
7 2 (2.60%) OSCP
8 1 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.30%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (76.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 20 (25.97%) GDPR
4 14 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (10.39%) HIPAA
6 7 (9.09%) GRC
7 6 (7.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (7.79%) NCSC
7 6 (7.79%) PCI DSS
8 3 (3.90%) COBIT
8 3 (3.90%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.60%) ISO 22301
10 1 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.30%) QA
10 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) Docker
2 5 (6.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (11.69%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.90%) Terraform
3 1 (1.30%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.30%) Nessus
3 1 (1.30%) Nmap
3 1 (1.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (15.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.39%) Google
3 3 (3.90%) Splunk
4 2 (2.60%) arcserve
4 2 (2.60%) Databricks
4 2 (2.60%) Forcepoint
4 2 (2.60%) Sophos
5 1 (1.30%) Cribl.io
5 1 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.30%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.30%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.30%) Tenable