NIST Jobs in Scotland

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 193 149
Rank change year-on-year -47 -44 +9
Permanent jobs citing NIST 44 28 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.66% 0.59% 1.73%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.44% 3.81% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 13 22
10th Percentile £47,750 £28,000 £42,050
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,425 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -34.79% +60.38%
75th Percentile £65,250 £67,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £71,650 -
UK 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
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 809 735 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.05% 15.52% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 345 209 462
10th Percentile £22,450 £31,505 £25,625
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £89,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in Scotland

NIST
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in Scotland.

Salary trend for NIST in Scotland

NIST
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in Scotland

NIST
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Glasgow -86 26 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Edinburgh +33 10 £72,500 +30.63%
Aberdeen -8 4 £55,000 -21.43%
Highlands - 2 £60,000 -
Argyll and Bute - 1 - - 2
NIST
UK

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (34.09%) Azure
3 12 (27.27%) AWS
4 6 (13.64%) IaaS
4 6 (13.64%) PaaS
4 6 (13.64%) SaaS
5 5 (11.36%) Entra ID
6 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) Firewall
2 1 (2.27%) Network Security
General
1 12 (27.27%) Finance
1 12 (27.27%) Law
2 11 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (22.73%) Marketing
3 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.09%) Legal
4 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.27%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.27%) Military
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 8 (18.18%) Senior
3 7 (15.91%) Consultant
3 7 (15.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 7 (15.91%) Security Consultant
3 7 (15.91%) Security Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 6 (13.64%) Lead
4 6 (13.64%) Lead Architect
4 6 (13.64%) Senior Architect
5 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 4 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Risk Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Technology Risk Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Information Officer
7 2 (4.55%) IT Architect
7 2 (4.55%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.18%) OAuth
1 8 (18.18%) SAML
2 2 (4.55%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Public Cloud
2 7 (15.91%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
5 3 (6.82%) Cyberattack
5 3 (6.82%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.27%) CESG
7 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (2.27%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 4 (9.09%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (77.27%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (45.45%) Information Security
3 16 (36.36%) Risk Management
4 10 (22.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 9 (20.45%) Identity Access Management
5 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.45%) Vulnerability Management
6 8 (18.18%) Application Security
7 7 (15.91%) Artificial Intelligence
7 7 (15.91%) Cloud Security
7 7 (15.91%) Decision-Making
7 7 (15.91%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 6 (13.64%) Incident Response
8 6 (13.64%) Machine Learning
8 6 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (13.64%) SDLC
8 6 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
8 6 (13.64%) Wealth Management
9 5 (11.36%) Risk Register
9 5 (11.36%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) CISSP
2 16 (36.36%) CISM
3 7 (15.91%) CISA
4 6 (13.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 5 (11.36%) Degree
6 4 (9.09%) Azure Certification
7 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
8 2 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (4.55%) CCSP
8 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
9 1 (2.27%) CESG Certified Professional
9 1 (2.27%) CRISC
9 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (61.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (29.55%) GDPR
3 10 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 9 (20.45%) NCSC
5 5 (11.36%) COBIT
5 5 (11.36%) ISO 31000
5 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (4.55%) HIPAA
6 2 (4.55%) NIST 800
6 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
7 1 (2.27%) ISO 22301
7 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.55%) CASB
2 2 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.27%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.27%) Nessus
Vendors
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.27%) Qualys