NIST Jobs in the North of England

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 263 252 295
Rank change year-on-year -11 +43 +3
Permanent jobs citing NIST 80 148 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.63% 0.75% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.91% 6.10% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 61 130 69
10th Percentile £46,875 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,625 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £72,750 £84,919 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £69,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year +4.32% +1.09% -1.79%

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 1,630 2,426 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.74% 12.28% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 708 1,594 1,097
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the North of England.

Salary trend for NIST in the North of England

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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 -21 46 £60,250 +0.42% 145
Yorkshire +44 18 £57,500 +9.52% 75
North East +37 16 £57,500 +35.29% 22
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 (2.50%) IIS
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 25 (31.25%) Azure
2 15 (18.75%) AWS
3 10 (12.50%) GCP
4 7 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (6.25%) IaaS
5 5 (6.25%) SaaS
6 4 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.00%) PaaS
6 4 (5.00%) Serverless
7 3 (3.75%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.75%) AWS Fargate
7 3 (3.75%) Mimecast
8 2 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.50%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.25%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (26.25%) Firewall
2 20 (25.00%) Network Security
3 16 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (17.50%) VPN
5 4 (5.00%) DNS
6 2 (2.50%) DMZ
6 2 (2.50%) HTTP
6 2 (2.50%) LAN
6 2 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.50%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.50%) WAN
6 2 (2.50%) WLAN
7 1 (1.25%) Broadband
7 1 (1.25%) Internet
7 1 (1.25%) SSH
7 1 (1.25%) SSL
7 1 (1.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.25%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.00%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Burp Suite
2 1 (1.25%) Metasploit
General
1 20 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (11.25%) Manufacturing
3 9 (11.25%) Pharmaceutical
4 7 (8.75%) Finance
5 5 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.25%) Legal
6 4 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.50%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.50%) Banking
7 2 (2.50%) Electronics
7 2 (2.50%) Local Government
8 1 (1.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (28.75%) Architect
2 16 (20.00%) Senior
3 14 (17.50%) Security Architect
3 14 (17.50%) Security Engineer
4 10 (12.50%) Lead
5 9 (11.25%) Analyst
5 9 (11.25%) AWS Architect
5 9 (11.25%) AWS DevOps
5 9 (11.25%) AWS Solution Architect
5 9 (11.25%) DevOps Architect
5 9 (11.25%) Security Manager
5 9 (11.25%) Senior Architect
5 9 (11.25%) Senior DevOps
5 9 (11.25%) Senior Solutions Architect
5 9 (11.25%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (11.25%) TOGAF Architect
6 7 (8.75%) Network Engineer
6 7 (8.75%) Network Security Engineer
6 7 (8.75%) Security Analyst
7 6 (7.50%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) RESTful
1 1 (1.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (33.75%) Management Information System
2 10 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 9 (11.25%) Cloud Native
4 6 (7.50%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (7.50%) Social Media
4 6 (7.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.50%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.25%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.25%) PKI
7 1 (1.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.25%) Windows
2 6 (7.50%) Windows Vista
3 4 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (45.00%) Information Security
3 31 (38.75%) Risk Management
4 22 (27.50%) TOGAF
5 21 (26.25%) SIEM
6 20 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (23.75%) Security Architecture
7 19 (23.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (18.75%) Cloud Security
9 15 (18.75%) Incident Response
10 13 (16.25%) Computer Science
10 13 (16.25%) Information Assurance
10 13 (16.25%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 12 (15.00%) Agile
11 12 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
12 11 (13.75%) Business Continuity
12 11 (13.75%) Data Management
12 11 (13.75%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 20 (25.00%) Python
2 16 (20.00%) SQL
3 9 (11.25%) C#
3 9 (11.25%) Java
4 7 (8.75%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.50%) Bash
6 1 (1.25%) Bicep
6 1 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (31.25%) CISSP
2 23 (28.75%) CISM
3 19 (23.75%) Degree
4 12 (15.00%) CISA
5 11 (13.75%) Azure Certification
6 10 (12.50%) CEH
6 10 (12.50%) Master's Degree
7 9 (11.25%) AWS Certification
7 9 (11.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (11.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 8 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
9 7 (8.75%) DBS Check
10 6 (7.50%) SC Cleared
11 4 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (3.75%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (2.50%) CRISC
13 2 (2.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (71.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (45.00%) GDPR
3 12 (15.00%) NCSC
4 10 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (11.25%) HIPAA
6 8 (10.00%) PCI DSS
7 5 (6.25%) COBIT
7 5 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (6.25%) GRC
8 4 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (5.00%) NIST 800
9 3 (3.75%) QA
10 2 (2.50%) Def Stans
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Docker
2 5 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.50%) Ansible
3 2 (2.50%) Nessus
4 1 (1.25%) Nmap
4 1 (1.25%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (16.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) Google
3 4 (5.00%) Databricks
4 3 (3.75%) Rapid7
4 3 (3.75%) Tenable
5 2 (2.50%) arcserve
5 2 (2.50%) Cisco
5 2 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (2.50%) Forcepoint
5 2 (2.50%) Sophos
5 2 (2.50%) Splunk
5 2 (2.50%) Varonis
6 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.25%) Qualys
6 1 (1.25%) Thales