NIST 800 Jobs in the UK excluding London

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring NIST 800 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST 800 over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 694 682
Rank change year-on-year +132 -12 +138
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 13 69 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.097% 0.086%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.19% 0.72% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 48 35
10th Percentile £46,950 £53,570 £56,400
25th Percentile £52,250 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £107,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £75,550 - £82,959
UK median annual salary £82,000 £73,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.19% -1.67% +11.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,677 9,648 12,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.93% 13.60% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,210 6,339 4,526
10th Percentile £29,975 £25,725 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,818 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

NIST 800
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST 800 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

NIST 800
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK excluding London

NIST 800
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST 800 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
North of England +50 5 £60,000 - 3
South West +81 4 - - 20
North West +3 3 £60,000 -
Scotland +112 2 £65,000 -13.33% 2
South East +85 2 £65,750 +1.15% 16
Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 - 2
NIST 800
UK

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Avionics
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Military
2 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Security Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Security Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Security Specialist
5 1 (7.69%) Junior
5 1 (7.69%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Software Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Systems Test Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 2 (15.38%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.69%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) Risk Management
3 5 (38.46%) Information Security
3 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
3 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Business Case
4 4 (30.77%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) SOA
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) Coaching
6 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (15.38%) Cyber Assurance
6 2 (15.38%) Information Assurance
6 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
6 2 (15.38%) Security Management
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (7.69%) Data Loss Prevention
7 1 (7.69%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) CEH
4 1 (7.69%) CISSP
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) SANS
4 1 (7.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (100.00%) NIST
2 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (30.77%) JSP 440
3 4 (30.77%) NCSC
4 2 (15.38%) GRC
5 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.69%) Qualys