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 citing NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	271	209	189
Rank change year-on-year	-62	-20	+45
Permanent jobs citing NIST	92	79	121
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England	0.38%	0.80%	0.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	4.05%	8.89%	7.26%
Number of salaries quoted	63	39	61
10^th Percentile	£41,250	£45,500	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£47,500	£47,188	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£57,500	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+4.35%	+9.52%	-16.00%
75^th Percentile	£74,375	£74,258	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£87,667	£77,500
England median annual salary	£77,500	£70,000	£72,500
% change year-on-year	+10.71%	-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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the North of England.

	6 months to 8 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	2,271	889	1,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England	9.36%	9.05%	13.47%
Number of salaries quoted	1,519	484	675
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£28,625	£25,000
25^th Percentile	£37,500	£33,125	£32,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£50,000	£46,431
Median % change year-on-year	-	+7.69%	-7.40%
75^th Percentile	£67,500	£64,875	£61,081
90^th Percentile	£83,800	£77,500	£79,500
England median annual salary	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-

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 Salary Trend in the North of England

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 8 November 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 8 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
North West	-27	60	£60,000	+4.35%	23
Yorkshire	-39	21	£55,000	-2.22%	9
North East	-75	11	£81,250	+38.59%	1
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NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 8 November 2026, job vacancies citing NIST also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region citing NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	90.2%	83
2	ISO/IEC 27001	72.8%	67
3	CISSP	35.9%	33
4	Incident Response	30.4%	28
4	Vulnerability Management	30.4%	28
6	Information Security	29.3%	27
7	CISM	28.3%	26
8	SIEM	27.2%	25
9	Microsoft	26.1%	24
10	Threat Detection	25.0%	23
11	Azure	23.9%	22
12	Cloud Security	22.8%	21
12	Roadmaps	22.8%	21
14	Stakeholder Management	21.7%	20
15	Risk Management	20.7%	19
15	Vulnerability Remediation	20.7%	19
17	Stakeholder Engagement	19.6%	18
18	GDPR	18.5%	17
18	Security Operations	18.5%	17
20	AI	17.4%	16
20	AWS	17.4%	16
20	Continuous Improvement	17.4%	16
23	Degree	16.3%	15
23	Firewall	16.3%	15
23	Security Architecture	16.3%	15
26	Cyber Resilience	15.2%	14
26	Microsoft 365	15.2%	14
28	Mentoring	14.1%	13
28	MITRE ATT&CK	14.1%	13
28	Security Cleared	14.1%	13

NIST Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	72.8%	67
2	GDPR	18.5%	17
3	Cyber Essentials	13.0%	12
4	NCSC	10.9%	10
4	PCI DSS	10.9%	10
6	GRC	9.8%	9
7	Accessibility	8.7%	8
8	Cyber Essentials PLUS	7.6%	7
8	NIST 800	7.6%	7
10	COBIT	6.5%	6
11	Actionable Recommendations	5.4%	5
12	ISO/IEC 42001	4.3%	4
13	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)	3.3%	3
13	Sarbanes-Oxley	3.3%	3
15	Data Quality	1.1%	1
15	EU AI Act	1.1%	1
15	HIPAA	1.1%	1
15	HMG Security Policy Framework	1.1%	1
15	ISO 22301	1.1%	1
15	ITGC	1.1%	1