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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 169 210
Rank change year-on-year -27 +41 +102
Permanent jobs citing NIST 74 140 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.78% 1.15% 0.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.56% 8.07% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 31 79 55
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,875 £39,000 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £71,875 £68,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £87,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +5.07% -1.43%

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 864 1,734 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.15% 14.30% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 490 732 802
10th Percentile £28,571 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £32,500 £37,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £46,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +7.61% -10.24% +2.50%
75th Percentile £64,844 £61,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
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 28 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 28 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 +9 39 £57,500 +0.38% 22
Yorkshire -10 25 £55,000 +4.76% 4
North East +15 10 £48,750 +28.51% 2
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 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.03%) Azure
2 15 (20.27%) AWS
3 10 (13.51%) GCP
4 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (5.41%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.41%) SaaS
7 3 (4.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.70%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.70%) PaaS
9 1 (1.35%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.35%) CloudFront
9 1 (1.35%) dbt
9 1 (1.35%) IaaS
9 1 (1.35%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.92%) Network Security
2 11 (14.86%) Firewall
3 6 (8.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (6.76%) VPN
5 2 (2.70%) DMZ
5 2 (2.70%) Internet
5 2 (2.70%) Modbus
6 1 (1.35%) DNS
6 1 (1.35%) LAN
6 1 (1.35%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.35%) WAN
6 1 (1.35%) Wireless
6 1 (1.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.35%) Git
1 1 (1.35%) GitLab
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
1 1 (1.35%) Metasploit
General
1 9 (12.16%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.11%) Finance
4 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.05%) Legal
6 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (35.14%) Lead
2 13 (17.57%) Security Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Senior
4 9 (12.16%) Architect
5 7 (9.46%) AWS Architect
5 7 (9.46%) AWS DevOps
5 7 (9.46%) AWS Solution Architect
5 7 (9.46%) DevOps Architect
5 7 (9.46%) Senior Architect
5 7 (9.46%) Senior DevOps
5 7 (9.46%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 7 (9.46%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (9.46%) TOGAF Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Analyst
7 5 (6.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Security Analyst
8 4 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) IT Engineer
8 4 (5.41%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.41%) IT Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) Django
1 1 (1.35%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 27 (36.49%) Cyber Threat
2 26 (35.14%) Operational Technology
3 24 (32.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 24 (32.43%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (12.16%) Cloud Native
4 9 (12.16%) Management Information System
5 8 (10.81%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.41%) SCADA
7 3 (4.05%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
8 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.35%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) VMS
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (44.59%) Risk Management
2 30 (40.54%) Roadmaps
3 29 (39.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (39.19%) Technology Roadmap
3 29 (39.19%) Vulnerability Management
4 28 (37.84%) ITIL
5 27 (36.49%) Security Operations
6 26 (35.14%) Coaching
6 26 (35.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 26 (35.14%) Threat Intelligence
7 24 (32.43%) Business Strategy
7 24 (32.43%) Cyber Intelligence
8 23 (31.08%) Mentoring
8 23 (31.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 22 (29.73%) Change Advisory Board
9 22 (29.73%) SABSA
10 21 (28.38%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (18.92%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (18.92%) Incident Response
12 13 (17.57%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.86%) Python
1 11 (14.86%) SQL
2 7 (9.46%) C#
2 7 (9.46%) Java
2 7 (9.46%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.70%) Bicep
3 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.35%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (14.86%) CISSP
2 10 (13.51%) Azure Certification
3 7 (9.46%) AWS Certification
3 7 (9.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 7 (9.46%) Degree
4 6 (8.11%) CISM
5 4 (5.41%) CRISC
5 4 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.05%) CISA
7 2 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.70%) HND
7 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.70%) OSCP
8 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
8 1 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (1.35%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (74.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 17 (22.97%) GDPR
4 15 (20.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (10.81%) GRC
6 7 (9.46%) HIPAA
6 7 (9.46%) PCI DSS
7 4 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (5.41%) SOC 2
8 3 (4.05%) COBIT
9 2 (2.70%) Def Stans
9 2 (2.70%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.70%) NCSC
9 2 (2.70%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (1.35%) QA
10 1 (1.35%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Docker
2 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.05%) Terraform
3 1 (1.35%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.35%) Nessus
3 1 (1.35%) Nmap
3 1 (1.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.46%) Google
3 3 (4.05%) Splunk
4 1 (1.35%) arcserve
4 1 (1.35%) Cribl.io
4 1 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.35%) Databricks
4 1 (1.35%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.35%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.35%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.35%) Sophos
4 1 (1.35%) Tenable