NIST Job Trends in North Yorkshire

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in North Yorkshire requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 40 47
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +59
Permanent jobs citing NIST 10 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in North Yorkshire 2.53% 0.89% 1.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.25% 10.34% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £32,375 £55,400
25th Percentile £52,500 £34,063 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% -38.00% +6.84%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,063 £63,750
90th Percentile - £46,125 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.08% -9.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 58 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 8.08% 8.59% 15.59%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 52
10th Percentile - £31,175 £27,525
25th Percentile £25,375 £43,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £46,250 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.78% -6.57% +7.61%
75th Percentile £62,988 £58,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,750 £87,375 £66,125
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,436 £48,750 £51,528
% change year-on-year -2.70% -5.39% +3.06%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

NIST job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

NIST
Salary Trend in North Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing NIST

NIST
Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Selby - 9 - -
Middlesbrough -12 1 £55,000 +69.23%
NIST
Yorkshire

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
1 6 (60.00%) Security Analyst
2 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (40.00%) Lead
4 3 (30.00%) Cyber Defence Analyst
5 2 (20.00%) Operational Security Analyst
5 2 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) IT Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 9 (90.00%) Operational Technology
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (20.00%) SCADA
5 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (70.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 7 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
5 4 (40.00%) Change Advisory Board
5 4 (40.00%) Coaching
5 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (40.00%) Cyber Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (40.00%) SABSA
5 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (40.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) GIAC
1 3 (30.00%) SANS
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) CRISC
3 1 (10.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (10.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
3 1 (10.00%) GRC
3 1 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (10.00%) SOC 2