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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 256 245 328
Rank change year-on-year -11 +83 -39
Permanent jobs citing NIST 84 150 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.72% 0.86% 0.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.60% 6.32% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 67 139 68
10th Percentile £37,716 £35,920 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £84,919 £72,500
90th Percentile - £85,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.21% -4.29% +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 1,827 2,374 3,708
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.71% 13.54% 21.80%
Number of salaries quoted 801 1,644 1,142
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,000
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 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £79,925
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 16 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 16 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 -32 56 £62,500 +4.17% 49
Yorkshire +53 17 £57,500 +4.55% 31
North East +32 11 £57,500 +35.29% 16
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 7 (8.33%) AWS
3 4 (4.76%) GCP
3 4 (4.76%) IaaS
3 4 (4.76%) SaaS
4 2 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (2.38%) AWS Fargate
4 2 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.38%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.38%) PaaS
4 2 (2.38%) Serverless
5 1 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.19%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (27.38%) Firewall
1 23 (27.38%) Intrusion Detection
2 10 (11.90%) Network Security
3 9 (10.71%) VPN
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 4 (4.76%) 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%) Social Skills
2 26 (30.95%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (11.90%) Legal
4 7 (8.33%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.76%) Electronics
5 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
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 23 (27.38%) Architect
2 19 (22.62%) Security Architect
3 13 (15.48%) Analyst
3 13 (15.48%) Senior
4 12 (14.29%) Security Engineer
5 10 (11.90%) Security Analyst
6 9 (10.71%) Information Analyst
6 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (10.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 8 (9.52%) Lead
7 8 (9.52%) Security Manager
8 7 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Information Analyst
9 6 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 5 (5.95%) Cybersecurity Specialist
10 5 (5.95%) Senior Information Security Analyst
10 5 (5.95%) Senior Security Analyst
11 4 (4.76%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.19%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.19%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 32 (38.10%) Management Information System
2 25 (29.76%) Security Posture
3 14 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (16.67%) Social Media
3 14 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 6 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (4.76%) Cloud Native
5 4 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (4.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.38%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (2.38%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.19%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) Replication
7 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
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 59 (70.24%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (58.33%) Information Security
3 41 (48.81%) Risk Management
4 30 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
5 26 (30.95%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (28.57%) Security Architecture
7 23 (27.38%) Incident Response
7 23 (27.38%) SIEM
8 22 (26.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (26.19%) TOGAF
9 20 (23.81%) Cloud Security
9 20 (23.81%) Computer Science
9 20 (23.81%) Data Protection
10 18 (21.43%) Information Assurance
11 17 (20.24%) Risk Analysis
12 16 (19.05%) Ethical Hacking
12 16 (19.05%) Identity Management
13 14 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
13 14 (16.67%) Proactive Management
13 14 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) Python
2 6 (7.14%) SQL
3 5 (5.95%) C#
3 5 (5.95%) Java
4 4 (4.76%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.38%) Go
6 1 (1.19%) Bash
6 1 (1.19%) Bicep
6 1 (1.19%) C++
6 1 (1.19%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (41.67%) CISM
2 33 (39.29%) CISSP
3 26 (30.95%) Degree
4 19 (22.62%) CEH
4 19 (22.62%) CISA
5 17 (20.24%) Master's Degree
6 16 (19.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 16 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (17.86%) DBS Check
8 6 (7.14%) CRISC
8 6 (7.14%) Security Cleared
9 5 (5.95%) Azure Certification
10 4 (4.76%) AWS Certification
10 4 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
11 3 (3.57%) SANS
12 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (83.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 38 (45.24%) GDPR
3 12 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (10.71%) GRC
4 9 (10.71%) PCI DSS
5 8 (9.52%) COBIT
5 8 (9.52%) NCSC
6 7 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (5.95%) Def Stans
7 5 (5.95%) NIST 800
8 4 (4.76%) HIPAA
8 4 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (2.38%) QA
10 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.76%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 4 (4.76%) Terraform
2 2 (2.38%) Ansible
3 1 (1.19%) cPanel
3 1 (1.19%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.76%) Google
3 2 (2.38%) Cisco
3 2 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (2.38%) Databricks
3 2 (2.38%) Rapid7
3 2 (2.38%) Tenable
3 2 (2.38%) Varonis
4 1 (1.19%) Atlassian
4 1 (1.19%) Qualys