NIST 800 Job Trends in the North West

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 - 229
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 3 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.023% - 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.26% - 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - £48,750
25th Percentile - - £53,073
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,544 - £58,780
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £64,250
England median annual salary £82,500 £81,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% +35.00% -14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

NIST 800 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,151 722 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.99% 14.09% 12.62%
Number of salaries quoted 770 224 514
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,563 £25,650
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,348
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,785 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.26% -1.24% -4.17%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in the North West

NIST 800
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing NIST 800.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the North West region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Manchester - 3 £45,544 - 3
NIST 800
England

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Digital Identity
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CISM
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) YouTube