National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 61 | 73 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +12 | -14 | +5 |
| Permanent jobs citing NIST | 4 | 16 | 9 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 0.65% | 1.48% | 1.69% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 3.45% | 7.96% | 8.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4 | 16 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £39,500 | £36,250 | £62,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £46,594 | £50,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.73% | -22.31% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £53,688 | £76,250 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £76,875 | £69,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £60,750 | £70,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.21% | +12.00% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 116 | 201 | 109 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 18.77% | 18.54% | 20.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 85 | 156 | 83 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £23,750 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,822 | £27,500 | £32,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £39,500 | £33,941 | £42,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.38% | -20.14% | +13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £53,688 | £55,375 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £63,750 | £67,500 |
| West Midlands median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.44% | +7.89% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
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Salary Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in Staffordshire.
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Salary Histogram in Staffordshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.
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Job Locations in Staffordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | +21 | 2 | £39,500 | -43.57% | 13 |
| Stafford | +1 | 2 | £53,688 | -6.63% | 1 |
| NIST West Midlands |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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: