NIST 800 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing NIST 800 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	208	185	200
Rank change year-on-year	-23	+15	-13
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800	6	1	3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley	0.077%	0.027%	0.069%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.68%	0.16%	0.65%
Number of salaries quoted	5	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£80,750	-	£42,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£81,500	-	£44,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-51.91%
75^th Percentile	£84,875	-	£46,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median annual salary	£81,500	£82,000	£58,750
% change year-on-year	-0.61%	+39.57%	-6.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

NIST 800 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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	880	625	465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	11.25%	16.86%	10.70%
Number of salaries quoted	555	271	226
10^th Percentile	£32,750	£26,500	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£42,500	£38,500	£41,253
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£55,000	£54,500
Median % change year-on-year	-	+0.92%	-0.91%
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£68,750	£77,500
90^th Percentile	£86,250	£82,500	£83,750
South East median annual salary	£52,500	£55,000	£54,500
% change year-on-year	-4.55%	+0.92%	+3.81%

NIST 800 Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

NIST 800 Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NIST 800.

NIST 800 Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Oxfordshire	-	6	£81,500	-
NIST 800 South East

NIST 800 Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, job vacancies citing NIST 800 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Thames Valley region citing NIST 800.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	100.0%	6
1	DMZ	100.0%	6
1	Ethernet	100.0%	6
1	Firewall	100.0%	6
1	Microsoft	100.0%	6
1	Modbus	100.0%	6
1	Network Architecture	100.0%	6
1	Network Segmentation	100.0%	6
1	NIST	100.0%	6
1	Rockwell	100.0%	6
1	Siemens	100.0%	6
1	Technical Leadership	100.0%	6
1	Tenable	100.0%	6

NIST 800 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	6