NIST Job Trends in Suffolk

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 58 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 -20 -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 2 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 0.37% 1.28% 0.27%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.03% 11.29% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £50,792 £74,000
% change year-on-year +27.97% -31.36% +5.71%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 66 62 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 12.18% 11.36% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 47 22 17
10th Percentile - £36,750 -
25th Percentile £28,000 £49,000 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,250 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +83.04% -27.74%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £97,000 £64,125 £72,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -20.83%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Suffolk.

NIST job vacancy trend in Suffolk

NIST
Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing NIST

NIST
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. 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
Ipswich - 1 - -
NIST
East of England

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft