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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 235 260
Rank change year-on-year -40 +25 +5
Permanent jobs citing NIST 80 76 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.36% 0.79% 0.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.33% 6.09% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 72 50 61
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £81,750 £72,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £80,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £74,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.71% -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 1,849 1,247 1,899
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.37% 12.97% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,349 591 1,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £32,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,925 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -8.33%

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 10 August 2026.

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 10 August 2026. 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 +8 58 £65,000 +9.43% 51
Yorkshire -41 17 £62,500 +8.70% 14
North East -69 5 £95,000 +65.22% 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 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (30.00%) Azure
2 18 (22.50%) AWS
3 15 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.50%) GCP
5 5 (6.25%) SaaS
6 3 (3.75%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (3.75%) Serverless
6 3 (3.75%) Vertex AI
6 3 (3.75%) Zapier
7 2 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.25%) Azure AI
8 1 (1.25%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.25%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.25%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.25%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.75%) Network Security
2 11 (13.75%) Firewall
3 8 (10.00%) VPN
4 7 (8.75%) NGFW
5 1 (1.25%) Internet
5 1 (1.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.25%) SSH
5 1 (1.25%) Wireshark
General
1 25 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.50%) Finance
3 8 (10.00%) Banking
4 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.25%) Legal
6 4 (5.00%) Advertising
7 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.75%) Retail
8 2 (2.50%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.25%) Front Office
9 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.25%) Law
9 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (25.00%) Analyst
1 20 (25.00%) Security Analyst
2 19 (23.75%) Architect
3 16 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 13 (16.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 13 (16.25%) Security Manager
5 12 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) Senior
7 9 (11.25%) Consultant
8 8 (10.00%) Security Consultant
8 8 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (10.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (10.00%) Senior Security Analyst
9 7 (8.75%) Lead
9 7 (8.75%) Security Engineer
10 6 (7.50%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 6 (7.50%) Information Manager
10 6 (7.50%) Information Security Manager
11 5 (6.25%) Operational Security Manager
11 5 (6.25%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.25%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 27 (33.75%) Security Posture
2 6 (7.50%) Cyber Security Posture
2 6 (7.50%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (3.75%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.50%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.25%) Windows
2 2 (2.50%) Linux
3 1 (1.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (78.75%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (41.25%) Vulnerability Management
3 32 (40.00%) SIEM
4 30 (37.50%) Incident Response
5 26 (32.50%) Information Security
6 18 (22.50%) Data Loss Prevention
6 18 (22.50%) Security Architecture
7 17 (21.25%) Cloud Security
8 15 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (17.50%) Cyber Resilience
9 14 (17.50%) Roadmaps
9 14 (17.50%) Threat Detection
10 13 (16.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (16.25%) Security Operations
10 13 (16.25%) Threat Management
10 13 (16.25%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 12 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (15.00%) Risk Register
12 11 (13.75%) DevSecOps
12 11 (13.75%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.75%) Python
3 1 (1.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 30 (37.50%) CISSP
2 17 (21.25%) Degree
3 15 (18.75%) CISM
4 10 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 8 (10.00%) CCSP
6 5 (6.25%) CISA
6 5 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.25%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.25%) Security Cleared
7 4 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (5.00%) CRISC
8 2 (2.50%) CCNP
8 2 (2.50%) CEH
8 2 (2.50%) CISMP
8 2 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (83.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (23.75%) GDPR
3 14 (17.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (7.50%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.75%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (3.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.50%) NCSC
7 1 (1.25%) GRC
7 1 (1.25%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 7 (8.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (12.50%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (33.75%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.00%) Tanium
3 4 (5.00%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.25%) Cisco
4 1 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.25%) Foundry
4 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.25%) Splunk
4 1 (1.25%) Zscaler