National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 15 | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing NIST | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Sunderland | - | 1.75% | 1.79% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 9.09% | 16.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £33,000 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £36,000 | £37,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £39,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Tyne and Wear median annual salary | - | £36,968 | £36,128 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.32% | -46.48% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Sunderland
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 Sunderland.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sunderland | 8.24% | 19.30% | 10.71% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16,584 | £29,368 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £22,740 | £33,792 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £36,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.72% | -10.00% | +73.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £58,750 | £45,750 | £44,628 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £49,800 | £46,208 |
| Tyne and Wear median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sunderland.
NIST
Salary Trend in Sunderland
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing NIST.
