NIST Jobs in the North West

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 244 211
Rank change year-on-year +49 -33 +14
Permanent jobs citing NIST 95 57 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.98% 0.72% 1.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.69% 3.12% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 86 39 77
10th Percentile £40,750 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +39.53%
75th Percentile £84,919 £69,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,235 1,827 1,572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.69% 23.03% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 875 514 866
10th Percentile £26,100 £29,000 £26,875
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,827
90th Percentile £84,919 £73,750 £76,520
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the North West

NIST
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the North West.

Salary trend for NIST in the North West

NIST
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the North West

NIST
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 +39 53 £63,891 +6.49% 9
Lancashire - 23 £60,000 -
Merseyside +13 10 £50,000 +1.01%
Cheshire - 6 £45,000 - 3
Cumbria -7 3 - - 2
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (1.05%) Apache
1 1 (1.05%) IIS
1 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.05%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.42%) Azure
2 25 (26.32%) AWS
3 11 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.21%) IaaS
4 4 (4.21%) PaaS
4 4 (4.21%) SaaS
5 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.05%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.95%) Network Security
2 16 (16.84%) SD-WAN
2 16 (16.84%) WAN
3 15 (15.79%) Firewall
4 7 (7.37%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (3.16%) PPP
6 2 (2.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.05%) tcpdump
7 1 (1.05%) VPN
7 1 (1.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.05%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
2 4 (4.21%) GitLab
3 1 (1.05%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.05%) Jasmine
3 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (17.89%) Analytical Skills
1 17 (17.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (14.74%) Finance
3 13 (13.68%) Public Sector
4 7 (7.37%) Aerospace
5 6 (6.32%) Legal
6 3 (3.16%) Law
6 3 (3.16%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.16%) Retail
7 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.05%) Public Speaking
7 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (23.16%) Architect
1 22 (23.16%) Security Architect
2 18 (18.95%) Senior
3 15 (15.79%) Lead
4 13 (13.68%) Analyst
4 13 (13.68%) Security Manager
5 11 (11.58%) Security Engineer
5 11 (11.58%) Security Specialist
6 9 (9.47%) Lead Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Lead Security Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Senior Architect
6 9 (9.47%) Senior Security Architect
7 7 (7.37%) Systems Manager
8 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity Specialist
8 6 (6.32%) Product Owner
8 6 (6.32%) Security Analyst
8 6 (6.32%) Senior Product Owner
9 4 (4.21%) Cybersecurity Architect
9 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Security Architect
9 4 (4.21%) Security Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.05%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.05%) CSS
1 1 (1.05%) Keycloak
1 1 (1.05%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 37 (38.95%) Management Information System
2 17 (17.89%) Security Posture
3 16 (16.84%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (15.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 7 (7.37%) Cyberattack
6 6 (6.32%) PMI
6 6 (6.32%) Product Ownership
7 4 (4.21%) Data Centre
7 4 (4.21%) Private Cloud
7 4 (4.21%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (3.16%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (3.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (3.16%) Smart Energy
9 1 (1.05%) CSOC
9 1 (1.05%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.05%) Life Science
9 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.32%) Linux
1 6 (6.32%) Windows
2 3 (3.16%) Kali Linux
2 3 (3.16%) Ubuntu
2 3 (3.16%) Windows 10
2 3 (3.16%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (2.11%) Unix
4 1 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (67.37%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (64.21%) Information Security
3 36 (37.89%) Risk Management
4 29 (30.53%) Security Architecture
5 24 (25.26%) Coaching
6 22 (23.16%) Mentoring
6 22 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (20.00%) Incident Response
7 19 (20.00%) Project Management
8 18 (18.95%) ISMS
8 18 (18.95%) SIEM
9 17 (17.89%) Information Security Management
9 17 (17.89%) Security Management
10 16 (16.84%) Application Security
11 15 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (15.79%) Data Security
11 15 (15.79%) Decision-Making
11 15 (15.79%) Identity Management
11 15 (15.79%) OWASP
11 15 (15.79%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.11%) Bash
1 2 (2.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (2.11%) Python
2 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (35.79%) CISSP
2 32 (33.68%) CISM
3 25 (26.32%) Degree
4 15 (15.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 15 (15.79%) AWS Certification
4 15 (15.79%) Azure Certification
4 15 (15.79%) CCSK
4 15 (15.79%) CCSP
4 15 (15.79%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (10.53%) CISA
6 7 (7.37%) PCI QSA
7 6 (6.32%) PMI Certification
8 5 (5.26%) CEH
8 5 (5.26%) CRISC
8 5 (5.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (4.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (4.21%) ISSMP
10 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (64.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 19 (20.00%) PCI DSS
3 16 (16.84%) GDPR
3 16 (16.84%) NCSC
4 12 (12.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (7.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 6 (6.32%) NIST 800
7 4 (4.21%) GRC
7 4 (4.21%) TickIT
8 3 (3.16%) COSO
8 3 (3.16%) ISO 31000
8 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (3.16%) ITGC
8 3 (3.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.11%) Def Stans
10 1 (1.05%) COBIT
10 1 (1.05%) FISMA
10 1 (1.05%) HIPAA
10 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (16.84%) Docker
2 3 (3.16%) Terminal Services
2 3 (3.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.05%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.05%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (16.84%) Kubernetes
1 16 (16.84%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (5.26%) Terraform
3 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.16%) SELinux
5 1 (1.05%) Ansible
5 1 (1.05%) CASB
5 1 (1.05%) CSIRT
5 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) Cisco
3 6 (6.32%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.32%) Splunk
4 4 (4.21%) Citrix
4 4 (4.21%) Dell
5 3 (3.16%) VMware
6 1 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.05%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.05%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.05%) Qualys
6 1 (1.05%) Snow
6 1 (1.05%) Symantec