NIST Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Permanent jobs citing NIST 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Tower Hamlets 4.35% - 6.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.67% - 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £47,250
25th Percentile £102,500 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.60%
75th Percentile £107,500 - £63,000
90th Percentile - - £68,550
East London median annual salary £90,000 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -27.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 26.09% 8.33% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £48,250
25th Percentile £102,500 £66,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% +28.57% -28.08%
75th Percentile £107,500 £68,750 £68,703
90th Percentile - - £70,831
East London median annual salary £88,750 £66,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year +33.96% +26.19% -19.23%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

NIST
Salary Trend in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing NIST

NIST
Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 4 October 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
Canary Wharf - 1 £105,000 - 1
NIST
East London

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 1
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) RSA Archer