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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 235 253
Rank change year-on-year -14 +18 +51
Permanent jobs citing NIST 98 79 134
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.47% 0.84% 0.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.52% 6.29% 5.85%
Number of salaries quoted 91 58 118
10th Percentile £46,750 £46,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,875 £52,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £58,450 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% -2.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,602 £84,919
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £73,706 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.37% -0.69% +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 1,774 1,256 2,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.55% 13.38% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,291 578 1,515
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,281 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,375 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +6.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.09%

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 July 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 11 July 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 +6 56 £66,250 +8.61% 27
Yorkshire -8 37 £57,239 -0.45% 8
North East -60 5 £95,000 +65.22% 1
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 (1.02%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (24.49%) Azure
2 21 (21.43%) Entra ID
2 21 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
3 18 (18.37%) AWS
4 15 (15.31%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (10.20%) GCP
6 5 (5.10%) SaaS
7 3 (3.06%) Anthropic Claude
7 3 (3.06%) Serverless
7 3 (3.06%) Vertex AI
7 3 (3.06%) Zapier
8 2 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.02%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.02%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.02%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.02%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.02%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (31.63%) Firewall
2 15 (15.31%) Network Security
3 8 (8.16%) VPN
4 7 (7.14%) NGFW
5 1 (1.02%) Internet
5 1 (1.02%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.02%) Wireshark
General
1 43 (43.88%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.47%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (13.27%) Finance
4 8 (8.16%) Legal
5 7 (7.14%) Banking
6 6 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.10%) Retail
8 4 (4.08%) Advertising
9 2 (2.04%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.02%) Law
10 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (27.55%) Lead
2 19 (19.39%) Analyst
2 19 (19.39%) Architect
2 19 (19.39%) Security Analyst
3 16 (16.33%) Security Architect
4 13 (13.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 13 (13.27%) Security Manager
5 9 (9.18%) Consultant
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
6 8 (8.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (8.16%) Security Consultant
7 7 (7.14%) Security Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Senior Security Analyst
8 6 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 6 (6.12%) Information Analyst
8 6 (6.12%) Information Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Information Security Analyst
8 6 (6.12%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.02%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (26.53%) Data Protection Act
2 23 (23.47%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.12%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (3.06%) AI Agents
4 3 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (2.04%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.16%) Windows
2 1 (1.02%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (80.61%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (52.04%) SIEM
3 49 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 38 (38.78%) Security Architecture
5 33 (33.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 32 (32.65%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (32.65%) Risk Register
7 30 (30.61%) Vulnerability Management
8 29 (29.59%) Data Protection
8 29 (29.59%) Information Security
9 27 (27.55%) Risk Management
10 26 (26.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (24.49%) Business Continuity
12 20 (20.41%) BCP
12 20 (20.41%) Business Continuity Planning
12 20 (20.41%) Decision-Making
12 20 (20.41%) Information Governance
13 18 (18.37%) Data Loss Prevention
14 17 (17.35%) Cloud Security
15 14 (14.29%) Cyber Resilience
Programming Languages
1 9 (9.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (33.67%) CISSP
2 18 (18.37%) CISM
2 18 (18.37%) Degree
3 10 (10.20%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (8.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (8.16%) CCSP
5 7 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.10%) CISA
6 5 (5.10%) SC Cleared
6 5 (5.10%) Security Cleared
7 4 (4.08%) CRISC
8 2 (2.04%) CCNP
8 2 (2.04%) CEH
8 2 (2.04%) CISMP
8 2 (2.04%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.02%) AWS Certification
9 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (86.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (39.80%) GDPR
3 37 (37.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (6.12%) PCI DSS
5 3 (3.06%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (3.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (2.04%) NCSC
7 1 (1.02%) GRC
7 1 (1.02%) ISO 22301
7 1 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 7 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (10.20%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Tanium
3 4 (4.08%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.02%) Cisco
4 1 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.02%) Foundry
4 1 (1.02%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.02%) Splunk
4 1 (1.02%) Zscaler