NIST Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 188 215
Rank change year-on-year +64 +27 +17
Permanent jobs citing NIST 55 105 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.55% 1.07% 0.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.15% 8.46% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 42 71 51
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,250 £51,500
25th Percentile £54,775 £48,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +23.08% +13.04%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £93,250
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.41% -3.57% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 542 1,241 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.28% 12.67% 18.21%
Number of salaries quoted 253 814 632
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £27,275
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,250 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,250 £53,760
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -6.53% +7.52%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for NIST in the South West

NIST
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the South West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the South West

NIST
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Bristol +37 41 £80,000 +14.29% 31
Wiltshire +36 6 £56,045 -38.75% 4
Dorset +26 4 £59,400 +32.00%
Gloucestershire +70 3 £56,250 -6.25% 19
Devon - 1 - - 6
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (1.82%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (36.36%) AWS
2 10 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 8 (14.55%) Azure
4 4 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (7.27%) Serverless
5 3 (5.45%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (5.45%) SaaS
6 2 (3.64%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.64%) Amazon SageMaker
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Step Functions
6 2 (3.64%) IaaS
6 2 (3.64%) PaaS
6 2 (3.64%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.82%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.82%) Datadog
7 1 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.82%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.82%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.82%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (27.27%) Firewall
1 15 (27.27%) Network Security
2 8 (14.55%) VPN
3 2 (3.64%) Broadband
3 2 (3.64%) DHCP
3 2 (3.64%) DNS
3 2 (3.64%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (3.64%) SSH
3 2 (3.64%) SSL
3 2 (3.64%) VLAN
3 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.64%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.82%) JIRA
General
1 18 (32.73%) Finance
2 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.45%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (5.45%) Legal
3 3 (5.45%) Marketing
4 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
4 2 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.64%) Electronics
4 2 (3.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Lead
2 10 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 9 (16.36%) Analyst
4 8 (14.55%) Cloud Engineer
4 8 (14.55%) Security Analyst
5 7 (12.73%) Team Leader
6 6 (10.91%) Architect
6 6 (10.91%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Cloud Security Lead
6 6 (10.91%) Lead Cloud Engineer
7 4 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (7.27%) Security Manager
7 4 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
8 3 (5.45%) Coordinator
8 3 (5.45%) Engagement Manager
8 3 (5.45%) Security Assurance Coordinator
9 2 (3.64%) Data Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
9 2 (3.64%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (14.55%) SailPoint
2 4 (7.27%) OAuth
2 4 (7.27%) OpenID
2 4 (7.27%) SAML
3 3 (5.45%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.64%) JSON
4 2 (3.64%) JWT
4 2 (3.64%) Keycloak
4 2 (3.64%) LDAP
4 2 (3.64%) REST
4 2 (3.64%) RESTful
4 2 (3.64%) SOAP
4 2 (3.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Management Information System
2 5 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 4 (7.27%) PKI
4 3 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.64%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.64%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.82%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 20 (36.36%) Technology Transformation
3 17 (30.91%) Roadmaps
4 13 (23.64%) Cloud Security
4 13 (23.64%) Information Security
5 12 (21.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (18.18%) Network Design
7 9 (16.36%) Mentoring
8 8 (14.55%) DevOps
8 8 (14.55%) Threat Modelling
9 7 (12.73%) Application Security
9 7 (12.73%) Incident Response
9 7 (12.73%) OWASP
9 7 (12.73%) SIEM
10 6 (10.91%) Business Case
10 6 (10.91%) Data Security
10 6 (10.91%) ITIL
10 6 (10.91%) RBAC
10 6 (10.91%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.64%) Java
1 2 (3.64%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.64%) Python
1 2 (3.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (30.91%) CISSP
2 14 (25.45%) CISM
3 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (7.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.45%) CCNA
5 3 (5.45%) CCSK
5 3 (5.45%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.45%) Degree
5 3 (5.45%) FFIEC
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (3.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.64%) CCNP
6 2 (3.64%) CEH
6 2 (3.64%) GIAC
6 2 (3.64%) ISSAP
6 2 (3.64%) SANS
7 1 (1.82%) CISA
7 1 (1.82%) CRISC
7 1 (1.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (25.45%) GDPR
3 10 (18.18%) Accessibility
4 8 (14.55%) PCI DSS
5 6 (10.91%) NCSC
6 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (7.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (7.27%) JSP 440
6 4 (7.27%) NIST 800
7 3 (5.45%) Def Stans
7 3 (5.45%) GRC
7 3 (5.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (5.45%) RMADS
8 2 (3.64%) COBIT
8 2 (3.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.64%) Argo
1 2 (3.64%) Graylog
1 2 (3.64%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (3.64%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (3.64%) Terraform
2 1 (1.82%) QRadar
Vendors
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.45%) Cisco
2 3 (5.45%) Fortinet
2 3 (5.45%) Palo Alto
2 3 (5.45%) Splunk
3 2 (3.64%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (3.64%) ForgeRock
3 2 (3.64%) Meraki
3 2 (3.64%) Oracle
3 2 (3.64%) Thales
4 1 (1.82%) Dell
4 1 (1.82%) Sophos