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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 184 208
Rank change year-on-year +51 +24 +25
Permanent jobs citing NIST 48 110 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.34% 1.19% 0.92%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.19% 8.65% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 38 76 60
10th Percentile £45,752 £40,250 £51,500
25th Percentile £54,775 £47,743 £52,403
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £61,250 £64,875
Median % change year-on-year +4.08% -5.59% +22.12%
75th Percentile £85,000 £98,750 £81,063
90th Percentile £95,000 £107,500 £91,450
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.02% -5.00% +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 586 1,272 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.35% 13.72% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 268 849 617
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £32,500 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,716 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -1.49% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,208 £68,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,000 £76,250
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 10 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 10 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 +24 37 £66,250 +3.11% 32
Wiltshire +35 6 £56,045 -38.75% 3
Gloucestershire +62 3 £57,500 -4.17% 15
Dorset +25 2 £59,400 +32.00% 1
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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (35.42%) AWS
2 8 (16.67%) Azure
3 7 (14.58%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.25%) SaaS
5 2 (4.17%) IaaS
5 2 (4.17%) PaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.08%) Amazon SageMaker
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.08%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.08%) Datadog
6 1 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.08%) Serverless
6 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
6 1 (2.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (31.25%) Firewall
2 13 (27.08%) Network Security
3 8 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (4.17%) DHCP
4 2 (4.17%) DNS
4 2 (4.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (4.17%) VLAN
4 2 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 16 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Electronics
6 1 (2.08%) Legal
6 1 (2.08%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (25.00%) Lead
2 9 (18.75%) Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Security Analyst
2 9 (18.75%) Security Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Architect
3 6 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Cloud Security Lead
3 6 (12.50%) Lead Cloud Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Security Manager
4 5 (10.42%) Team Leader
5 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.25%) IT Security Manager
7 2 (4.17%) AWS Architect
7 2 (4.17%) AWS Security Architect
7 2 (4.17%) Cloud Security Analyst
7 2 (4.17%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
7 2 (4.17%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) SailPoint
2 3 (6.25%) OAuth
2 3 (6.25%) OpenID
2 3 (6.25%) SAML
3 2 (4.17%) JSON
3 2 (4.17%) JWT
3 2 (4.17%) Keycloak
3 2 (4.17%) LDAP
3 2 (4.17%) OAuth2
3 2 (4.17%) REST
3 2 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Security Posture
2 4 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (8.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) PKI
4 2 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (2.08%) IoT
5 1 (2.08%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (33.33%) Information Security
2 16 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 16 (33.33%) Technology Transformation
3 14 (29.17%) Roadmaps
4 12 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (20.83%) Network Design
6 9 (18.75%) Mentoring
7 8 (16.67%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (14.58%) Application Security
8 7 (14.58%) OWASP
8 7 (14.58%) SIEM
9 6 (12.50%) Business Case
9 6 (12.50%) DevOps
9 6 (12.50%) Security Operations
9 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
9 6 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
9 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (10.42%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Java
1 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (37.50%) CISSP
2 15 (31.25%) CISM
3 12 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.25%) CCNA
5 3 (6.25%) CCSK
5 3 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.25%) Degree
5 3 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) CCNP
6 2 (4.17%) CEH
6 2 (4.17%) GIAC
6 2 (4.17%) ISSAP
6 2 (4.17%) SANS
7 1 (2.08%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (2.08%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (25.00%) GDPR
3 10 (20.83%) Accessibility
4 9 (18.75%) PCI DSS
5 6 (12.50%) NCSC
6 5 (10.42%) NIST 800
7 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (8.33%) JSP 440
8 3 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (4.17%) COBIT
9 2 (4.17%) Def Stans
9 2 (4.17%) GRC
9 2 (4.17%) RMADS
9 2 (4.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Argo
1 2 (4.17%) Graylog
1 2 (4.17%) Host Intrusion Detection System
1 2 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 2 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (2.08%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Cisco
2 3 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 3 (6.25%) Splunk
3 2 (4.17%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (4.17%) Meraki
4 1 (2.08%) Dell
4 1 (2.08%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Sophos