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 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 164 217
Rank change year-on-year -25 +53 +99
Permanent jobs citing NIST 73 138 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.73% 1.27% 0.84%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.35% 8.40% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 28 81 52
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,344 £39,000 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.22% -6.92%
75th Percentile £72,002 £70,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £87,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £68,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +5.84% -2.14%

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 874 1,642 1,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.73% 15.09% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 481 693 789
10th Percentile £28,571 £26,500 £28,200
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,256 £51,528
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -6.35% +3.06%
75th Percentile £64,875 £63,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 11 December 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 11 December 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 -2 38 £57,500 -2.18% 23
Yorkshire -26 27 £55,000 +4.76% 9
North East +10 8 £58,625 +54.54% 4
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 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.29%) Azure
2 12 (16.44%) AWS
3 9 (12.33%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.96%) GCP
5 5 (6.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (5.48%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.48%) SaaS
7 3 (4.11%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.74%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.74%) PaaS
9 1 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.37%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.37%) CloudFront
9 1 (1.37%) dbt
9 1 (1.37%) IaaS
9 1 (1.37%) OpenShift
9 1 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.55%) Network Security
2 9 (12.33%) Firewall
3 4 (5.48%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (4.11%) DMZ
4 3 (4.11%) Modbus
4 3 (4.11%) VPN
5 2 (2.74%) Internet
6 1 (1.37%) DNS
6 1 (1.37%) LAN
6 1 (1.37%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.37%) WAN
6 1 (1.37%) Wireless
6 1 (1.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.37%) Git
1 1 (1.37%) GitLab
1 1 (1.37%) Metasploit
General
1 12 (16.44%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.59%) Finance
4 3 (4.11%) Legal
5 2 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.37%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.37%) Law
6 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Lead
2 12 (16.44%) Security Engineer
3 8 (10.96%) Analyst
3 8 (10.96%) Senior
4 7 (9.59%) Architect
4 7 (9.59%) Security Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) AWS Architect
5 5 (6.85%) AWS DevOps
5 5 (6.85%) AWS Solution Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Cloud Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 5 (6.85%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (6.85%) DevOps Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Senior Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Senior DevOps
5 5 (6.85%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.85%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.85%) TOGAF Architect
6 4 (5.48%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 4 (5.48%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) Django
1 1 (1.37%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 29 (39.73%) Operational Technology
2 27 (36.99%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (35.62%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 24 (32.88%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (10.96%) Security Posture
6 7 (9.59%) Cloud Native
6 7 (9.59%) Management Information System
7 5 (6.85%) Cyber Defence
7 5 (6.85%) SCADA
8 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
9 3 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (1.37%) Cyberattack
11 1 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) VMS
2 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (46.58%) Risk Management
2 31 (42.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (39.73%) Vulnerability Management
4 28 (38.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 28 (38.36%) ITIL
4 28 (38.36%) Roadmaps
4 28 (38.36%) Threat Intelligence
5 27 (36.99%) Security Operations
5 27 (36.99%) Technology Roadmap
6 26 (35.62%) Coaching
7 25 (34.25%) Business Strategy
7 25 (34.25%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (32.88%) Cyber Intelligence
8 24 (32.88%) Mentoring
9 23 (31.51%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 22 (30.14%) Change Advisory Board
10 22 (30.14%) SABSA
11 17 (23.29%) Incident Response
12 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) Python
1 8 (10.96%) SQL
2 7 (9.59%) PowerShell
3 5 (6.85%) C#
3 5 (6.85%) Java
4 2 (2.74%) Bicep
4 2 (2.74%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.37%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) CISSP
2 8 (10.96%) Azure Certification
3 7 (9.59%) Degree
4 6 (8.22%) CISM
5 5 (6.85%) AWS Certification
5 5 (6.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 5 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.85%) Security Cleared
6 4 (5.48%) CRISC
7 3 (4.11%) CISA
7 3 (4.11%) GIAC
7 3 (4.11%) HND
8 2 (2.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.74%) OSCP
8 2 (2.74%) SANS
9 1 (1.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.37%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (73.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (30.14%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 16 (21.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (17.81%) GDPR
5 9 (12.33%) GRC
6 8 (10.96%) PCI DSS
7 5 (6.85%) HIPAA
7 5 (6.85%) SOC 2
8 4 (5.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (4.11%) COBIT
10 2 (2.74%) Def Stans
10 2 (2.74%) ISO 22301
10 2 (2.74%) NCSC
10 2 (2.74%) NIST 800
10 2 (2.74%) QA
11 1 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.85%) Docker
2 4 (5.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (8.22%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.37%) Fluentd
3 1 (1.37%) Nessus
3 1 (1.37%) Nmap
3 1 (1.37%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Google
3 3 (4.11%) Splunk
4 1 (1.37%) arcserve
4 1 (1.37%) Cribl.io
4 1 (1.37%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.37%) Forcepoint
4 1 (1.37%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.37%) Rapid7
4 1 (1.37%) Sophos
4 1 (1.37%) Tenable