NIST Job Trends in Swansea

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 0.61% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,065 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,709 - -
75th Percentile £55,353 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £51,709 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13 8 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 7.88% 14.55% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 19
10th Percentile £36,780 £42,200 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,889 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,302 £32,603
Median % change year-on-year -13.80% +51.22% -23.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £53,635 £52,249
90th Percentile £76,040 £53,762 £52,500
West Wales median annual salary £42,500 £49,302 £33,000
% change year-on-year -13.80% +49.40% -22.35%

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001