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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 247 330
Rank change year-on-year +23 +83 -36
Permanent jobs citing NIST 84 151 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.77% 0.87% 0.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.77% 6.43% 2.75%
Number of salaries quoted 68 140 69
10th Percentile £37,716 £35,920 £39,800
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,400 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.30% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £74,789 £84,919 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.61% -4.64% +3.70%

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 1,760 2,350 3,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.06% 13.60% 21.95%
Number of salaries quoted 820 1,638 1,163
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £65,305
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £78,750
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -4 59 £61,000 +1.67% 46
Yorkshire +61 17 £57,500 +4.55% 49
North East +34 8 £57,500 +35.29% 11
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 (2.38%) IIS
2 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.05%) Azure
2 6 (7.14%) AWS
3 5 (5.95%) IaaS
3 5 (5.95%) SaaS
4 3 (3.57%) GCP
4 3 (3.57%) PaaS
5 2 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.38%) AWS Fargate
5 2 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.38%) Mimecast
5 2 (2.38%) Serverless
6 1 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.19%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.38%) Firewall
1 23 (27.38%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (10.71%) VPN
3 8 (9.52%) Network Security
4 4 (4.76%) DNS
4 4 (4.76%) HTTP
4 4 (4.76%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.38%) DMZ
5 2 (2.38%) SMTP
6 1 (1.19%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.57%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.38%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.19%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 29 (34.52%) Analytical Skills
2 24 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 11 (13.10%) Legal
4 5 (5.95%) Public Sector
5 4 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.76%) Electronics
5 4 (4.76%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.38%) Law
6 2 (2.38%) Local Government
7 1 (1.19%) Banking
7 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (23.81%) Architect
2 17 (20.24%) Security Architect
3 14 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 12 (14.29%) Analyst
5 11 (13.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 11 (13.10%) Senior
6 8 (9.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 8 (9.52%) Lead
6 8 (9.52%) Security Analyst
7 7 (8.33%) Information Analyst
8 6 (7.14%) Security Manager
8 6 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 5 (5.95%) Information Security Analyst
9 5 (5.95%) Senior Information Analyst
10 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 4 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
10 4 (4.76%) Security Specialist
11 3 (3.57%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.19%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 31 (36.90%) Management Information System
2 27 (32.14%) Security Posture
3 14 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (16.67%) Social Media
3 14 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 8 (9.52%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (5.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (3.57%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.38%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.38%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.19%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.19%) PKI
8 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 14 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.19%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 48 (57.14%) Information Security
3 37 (44.05%) Risk Management
4 29 (34.52%) Vulnerability Management
5 26 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (28.57%) Incident Response
6 24 (28.57%) SIEM
7 22 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (23.81%) Cloud Security
8 20 (23.81%) Computer Science
9 19 (22.62%) Data Protection
9 19 (22.62%) Security Architecture
9 19 (22.62%) TOGAF
10 16 (19.05%) Ethical Hacking
10 16 (19.05%) Identity Management
10 16 (19.05%) Information Assurance
11 15 (17.86%) Risk Analysis
11 15 (17.86%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 14 (16.67%) Coaching
12 14 (16.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) Python
2 5 (5.95%) C#
2 5 (5.95%) Java
2 5 (5.95%) SQL
3 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.57%) Go
5 2 (2.38%) C++
5 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) Bash
6 1 (1.19%) Bicep
6 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (44.05%) CISM
2 33 (39.29%) CISSP
3 26 (30.95%) Degree
4 19 (22.62%) CEH
5 18 (21.43%) CISA
6 17 (20.24%) Master's Degree
7 16 (19.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 16 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (16.67%) DBS Check
9 7 (8.33%) CRISC
9 7 (8.33%) Security Cleared
10 5 (5.95%) SC Cleared
11 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
11 4 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (3.57%) AWS Certification
12 3 (3.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (3.57%) SANS
13 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 39 (46.43%) GDPR
3 13 (15.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (10.71%) COBIT
4 9 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (10.71%) GRC
4 9 (10.71%) PCI DSS
5 8 (9.52%) Def Stans
6 6 (7.14%) NCSC
7 5 (5.95%) NIST 800
8 3 (3.57%) HIPAA
9 2 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (3.57%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Terraform
2 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (1.19%) cPanel
4 1 (1.19%) Nessus
Vendors
1 11 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.57%) Google
2 3 (3.57%) Rapid7
3 2 (2.38%) Cisco
3 2 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.38%) Databricks
3 2 (2.38%) Tenable
3 2 (2.38%) Varonis
4 1 (1.19%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.19%) Proofpoint
4 1 (1.19%) Qualys
4 1 (1.19%) Sophos