NIST Job Trends in Northamptonshire

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire citing NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	71	41	70
Rank change year-on-year	-30	+29	-
Permanent jobs citing NIST	7	3	2
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire	0.51%	0.90%	0.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	5.88%	5.66%	2.90%
Number of salaries quoted	5	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£80,000	-	-
East Midlands median annual salary	£80,000	£51,058	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+56.68%	-11.20%	+1.77%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northamptonshire

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in Northamptonshire.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	119	53	69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire	8.63%	15.87%	8.41%
Number of salaries quoted	78	30	15
10^th Percentile	-	-	£27,750
25^th Percentile	£28,500	£31,250	£30,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£40,000	£35,000	£47,500
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-26.32%	-9.52%
75^th Percentile	£56,250	£48,750	£56,750
90^th Percentile	£68,875	£73,965	£62,650
East Midlands median annual salary	£42,500	£35,250	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+20.57%	-17.06%	-21.30%

NIST Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

NIST Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing NIST.

NIST Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 10 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Northampton	-16	6	£80,000	-	1
Towcester	-	1	-	-	1
NIST East Midlands

NIST Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, job vacancies citing NIST also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Northamptonshire region citing NIST.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cloud Security	100.0%	7
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	7
1	Identity Access Management	100.0%	7
1	ISO/IEC 27001	100.0%	7
1	Multi-Factor Authentication	100.0%	7
1	Vulnerability Management	100.0%	7
1	Vulnerability Remediation	100.0%	7
8	Data Protection	85.7%	6
8	SaaS	85.7%	6
8	Security Monitoring	85.7%	6
8	Windows	85.7%	6
8	Zero Trust	85.7%	6
13	Data Loss Prevention	28.6%	2
13	Incident Response	28.6%	2
13	Security Operations	28.6%	2
16	CISA	14.3%	1
16	CISM	14.3%	1
16	CISSP	14.3%	1
16	Configuration Management	14.3%	1
16	Continuous Improvement	14.3%	1
16	Cyber Essentials	14.3%	1
16	Data Security	14.3%	1
16	Data Sharing	14.3%	1
16	Information Security	14.3%	1
16	Mentoring	14.3%	1
16	NCSC	14.3%	1
16	Network Security	14.3%	1
16	Root Cause Analysis	14.3%	1
16	Security Architecture	14.3%	1
16	Security Hardening	14.3%	1

NIST Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ISO/IEC 27001	100.0%	7
2	Cyber Essentials	14.3%	1
2	NCSC	14.3%	1