NIST Jobs in the South East

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 237 256
Rank change year-on-year +12 +19 +98
Permanent jobs citing NIST 93 149 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.90% 0.90% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.09% 6.84% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 61 117 67
10th Percentile £46,000 - £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.71% -22.31% -13.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £90,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,864 £97,500
England median annual salary £72,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,273 2,179 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 21.92% 13.11% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,245 1,457 1,048
10th Percentile £35,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £34,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,680 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.29% -8.64% -4.76%
75th Percentile £73,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,043 £57,500
% change year-on-year +11.02% -6.01% +4.55%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the South East

NIST
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the South East.

Salary trend for NIST in the South East

NIST
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the South East over the 6 months to 19 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the South East

NIST
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 July 2025. 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
Hampshire +83 33 £67,500 +3.85% 25
Surrey -22 26 £60,000 +18.81% 5
Middlesex - 16 - - 1
Thames Valley -1 9 £80,000 +15.11% 18
Oxfordshire +43 6 £92,500 +94.74%
Kent - 5 £71,250 - 8
Berkshire -14 3 £46,000 -35.13% 13
West Sussex +21 1 £65,000 -
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.15%) TPMS
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (39.78%) Azure
2 25 (26.88%) AWS
3 17 (18.28%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (17.20%) PaaS
5 11 (11.83%) AWS Lambda
5 11 (11.83%) Serverless
6 10 (10.75%) GCP
7 8 (8.60%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (5.38%) SaaS
9 4 (4.30%) Entra ID
10 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (1.08%) Azure API Management
12 1 (1.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (19.35%) Firewall
2 11 (11.83%) Broadband
2 11 (11.83%) SSH
2 11 (11.83%) SSL
3 8 (8.60%) VPN
4 3 (3.23%) Wireless
5 2 (2.15%) Network Security
6 1 (1.08%) Internet
6 1 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.08%) LAN
6 1 (1.08%) Modbus
6 1 (1.08%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.08%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.08%) VoIP
6 1 (1.08%) WAN
6 1 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Burp Suite
1 4 (4.30%) Metasploit
General
1 39 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.43%) Finance
3 11 (11.83%) Legal
4 10 (10.75%) Aerospace
4 10 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.45%) Aviation
6 5 (5.38%) Retail
7 2 (2.15%) Electronics
8 1 (1.08%) Automotive
8 1 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (30.11%) Security Engineer
2 19 (20.43%) Lead
3 12 (12.90%) Cloud Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 11 (11.83%) DevOps Engineer
5 10 (10.75%) Auditor
5 10 (10.75%) Coordinator
5 10 (10.75%) IT Auditor
5 10 (10.75%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 4 (4.30%) Analyst
6 4 (4.30%) Security Manager
6 4 (4.30%) SOC Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Architect
7 3 (3.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Incident Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Operational Security Manager
7 3 (3.23%) Penetration Tester
7 3 (3.23%) Security Analyst
7 3 (3.23%) Security Operations Manager
7 3 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (17.20%) YAML
2 11 (11.83%) RESTful
2 11 (11.83%) Web Services
3 1 (1.08%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 34 (36.56%) Security Posture
2 19 (20.43%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (19.35%) Management Information System
4 12 (12.90%) Cyberattack
4 12 (12.90%) Onboarding
4 12 (12.90%) PKI
5 7 (7.53%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (5.38%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (4.30%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (2.15%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.45%) Linux
2 4 (4.30%) Kali Linux
3 1 (1.08%) VMS
3 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (74.19%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (31.18%) DevOps
2 29 (31.18%) Incident Response
3 25 (26.88%) Mentoring
3 25 (26.88%) Vulnerability Management
4 23 (24.73%) Security Testing
5 22 (23.66%) Cloud Security
6 21 (22.58%) OWASP
7 19 (20.43%) Agile
7 19 (20.43%) Computer Science
7 19 (20.43%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 18 (19.35%) Application Security
8 18 (19.35%) CI/CD
8 18 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (19.35%) SIEM
9 16 (17.20%) Coaching
9 16 (17.20%) DevSecOps
9 16 (17.20%) Product Management
9 16 (17.20%) SDLC
9 16 (17.20%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 25 (26.88%) Python
3 13 (13.98%) Bash
4 7 (7.53%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (1.08%) Go
5 1 (1.08%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 32 (34.41%) Degree
2 29 (31.18%) CISM
3 19 (20.43%) CISSP
4 17 (18.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (18.28%) Master's Degree
5 13 (13.98%) CEH
6 12 (12.90%) CISA
7 11 (11.83%) OSCP
8 10 (10.75%) CompTIA Security+
8 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
9 7 (7.53%) GCIH
10 6 (6.45%) SC Cleared
11 5 (5.38%) GIAC
12 4 (4.30%) Azure Certification
13 3 (3.23%) AWS Certification
13 3 (3.23%) CESG Certified Professional
13 3 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
14 2 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (2.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (74.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (19.35%) NCSC
3 12 (12.90%) COBIT
3 12 (12.90%) GDPR
4 7 (7.53%) HIPAA
5 6 (6.45%) PCI DSS
6 5 (5.38%) Def Stans
6 5 (5.38%) ISO 31000
6 5 (5.38%) RMADS
7 4 (4.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (1.08%) GRC
9 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (1.08%) ITGC
9 1 (1.08%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (16.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (13.98%) Terraform
2 7 (7.53%) QRadar
3 3 (3.23%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 3 (3.23%) Nmap
4 1 (1.08%) Nessus
4 1 (1.08%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 38 (40.86%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.83%) Thales
3 8 (8.60%) Cisco
4 7 (7.53%) Palo Alto
4 7 (7.53%) Splunk
5 1 (1.08%) Qualys
5 1 (1.08%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.08%) VMware