NIST Jobs in the Thames Valley

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 193 167
Rank change year-on-year +32 -26 +44
Permanent jobs citing NIST 15 57 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.44% 0.81% 1.50%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.23% 5.93% 7.07%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 21
10th Percentile - £43,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £65,485 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £69,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £77,188 £92,500
90th Percentile £152,500 £85,000 -
South East median annual salary £67,500 £50,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.66% -22.31% -7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 464 961 1,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.65% 13.69% 21.29%
Number of salaries quoted 189 544 480
10th Percentile £28,050 £26,500 £28,675
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £37,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.04% -1.58% -12.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,300 £76,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,000 £45,250 £51,000
% change year-on-year +37.02% -11.27% -2.86%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

NIST
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for NIST in the Thames Valley

NIST
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the Thames Valley

NIST
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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 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
Oxfordshire +38 12 £80,000 +68.42% 16
Buckinghamshire +30 3 £83,750 +4.69% 35
NIST
South East

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.67%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (26.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) SaaS
3 1 (6.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Lead
2 3 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 2 (13.33%) Head of Security
3 2 (13.33%) IT Manager
3 2 (13.33%) IT Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Test Leader
4 1 (6.67%) Chief Information Security Officer
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Information
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Operations
4 1 (6.67%) Head of Testing
4 1 (6.67%) Identity and Access Management Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Identity Management Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Information Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Supply Chain Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
3 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Incident Response
3 6 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (26.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (26.67%) Security Operations
4 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (26.67%) Test Strategy
5 3 (20.00%) Information Security
5 3 (20.00%) Resilience Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (20.00%) Threat Detection
6 2 (13.33%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
6 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) SIEM
6 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) CISM
1 3 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (46.67%) PCI DSS
3 4 (26.67%) GDPR
4 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (6.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (6.67%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco