NIST Jobs in the UK excluding London

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 320 414
Rank change year-on-year +5 +94 +24
Permanent jobs citing NIST 478 456 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.95% 0.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.76% 6.27% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 386 319 412
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,750 £47,875 £49,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £92,650 £87,400
UK median annual salary £70,000 £69,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +0.72% -0.71% +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,295 7,271 14,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.71% 15.10% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,000 4,151 7,367
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,290 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,996 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the UK excluding London

NIST
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for NIST in the UK excluding London

NIST
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST in the UK excluding London

NIST
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South East +36 154 £50,500 -22.31% 20
North of England +25 107 £62,783 +9.19% 16
South West +16 82 £91,500 +30.71% 13
Midlands -54 76 £70,000 +15.23% 10
North West +4 70 £62,641 +26.55% 9
West Midlands -28 67 £72,500 +11.54% 10
Scotland -30 40 £59,250 +7.73% 13
Yorkshire +47 23 £50,000 -23.08% 4
North East +2 14 £62,783 +41.88% 3
East of England -15 14 £72,500 +3.57% 3
East Midlands -37 6 £62,000 +9.73%
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33%
Wales +23 1 £85,000 +41.67% 2
NIST
UK

NIST
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 5 (1.05%) Confluence
2 4 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.21%) IIS
3 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 96 (20.08%) Azure
2 93 (19.46%) AWS
3 38 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
5 17 (3.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 17 (3.56%) AWS CloudTrail
6 16 (3.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 16 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
6 16 (3.35%) Amazon S3
6 16 (3.35%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (3.35%) Serverless
6 16 (3.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 14 (2.93%) SaaS
8 13 (2.72%) PaaS
9 12 (2.51%) GCP
10 11 (2.30%) IaaS
11 10 (2.09%) Entra ID
12 9 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.46%) AWS Control Tower
14 5 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 93 (19.46%) Network Security
2 63 (13.18%) Firewall
3 29 (6.07%) WAN
4 22 (4.60%) SD-WAN
5 21 (4.39%) VPN
6 17 (3.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (1.88%) Internet
8 3 (0.63%) DMZ
8 3 (0.63%) DNS
8 3 (0.63%) LAN
8 3 (0.63%) Modbus
8 3 (0.63%) NGFW
8 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.63%) VLAN
9 2 (0.42%) SAN
9 2 (0.42%) VoIP
9 2 (0.42%) Wireless
10 1 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.21%) SSL
10 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.97%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (0.84%) Power BI
3 2 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.21%) MySQL
4 1 (0.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (3.14%) JIRA
2 4 (0.84%) Burp Suite
2 4 (0.84%) GitLab
2 4 (0.84%) Metasploit
2 4 (0.84%) sqlmap
3 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.21%) Git
4 1 (0.21%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 88 (18.41%) Social Skills
2 75 (15.69%) Finance
3 58 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (6.49%) Retail
5 27 (5.65%) Legal
6 25 (5.23%) Law
7 21 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (4.18%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.97%) Marketing
10 13 (2.72%) Telecoms
11 12 (2.51%) Military
12 10 (2.09%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.84%) Banking
15 3 (0.63%) Advertising
15 3 (0.63%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.42%) Automotive
16 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.21%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (17.36%) Security Specialist
2 82 (17.15%) Analyst
3 77 (16.11%) Consultant
4 74 (15.48%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 74 (15.48%) Security Consultant
5 71 (14.85%) Lead
6 64 (13.39%) Architect
7 61 (12.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 50 (10.46%) Security Analyst
8 50 (10.46%) Senior
9 44 (9.21%) Security Manager
10 43 (9.00%) Security Architect
11 39 (8.16%) Security Engineer
12 33 (6.90%) Lead Architect
13 28 (5.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 22 (4.60%) Cybersecurity Architect
14 22 (4.60%) Information Manager
14 22 (4.60%) Information Security Manager
15 20 (4.18%) Lead Security Architect
16 19 (3.97%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.60%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (2.30%) SAML
3 9 (1.88%) OAuth
4 8 (1.67%) Web Services
5 3 (0.63%) AWS CDK
5 3 (0.63%) REST
5 3 (0.63%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.63%) SOAP
6 2 (0.42%) OpenID
7 1 (0.21%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.21%) CSS
7 1 (0.21%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.21%) LDAP
7 1 (0.21%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.21%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 94 (19.67%) Management Information System
2 43 (9.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 36 (7.53%) Cyber Threat
4 34 (7.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 32 (6.69%) Security Posture
6 28 (5.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 28 (5.86%) Operational Technology
7 27 (5.65%) Cyber Defence
8 25 (5.23%) Data Centre
9 22 (4.60%) Public Cloud
10 20 (4.18%) Cyberattack
11 17 (3.56%) Product Ownership
12 16 (3.35%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (2.51%) PropTech
14 11 (2.30%) SCADA
15 9 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
17 6 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
17 6 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
17 6 (1.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.07%) Windows
2 18 (3.77%) Linux
3 10 (2.09%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.46%) Kali Linux
5 3 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.42%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (75.10%) Cybersecurity
2 218 (45.61%) Information Security
3 133 (27.82%) Risk Management
4 95 (19.87%) SIEM
5 93 (19.46%) Vulnerability Management
6 86 (17.99%) Security Operations
7 85 (17.78%) Incident Response
8 74 (15.48%) Security Architecture
9 68 (14.23%) Cloud Security
10 63 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
11 57 (11.92%) Application Security
12 54 (11.30%) Security Management
13 50 (10.46%) Incident Management
14 49 (10.25%) OWASP
15 46 (9.62%) Computer Science
16 45 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (8.58%) Information Security Management
17 41 (8.58%) ISMS
17 41 (8.58%) Stakeholder Management
18 39 (8.16%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 37 (7.74%) Python
2 19 (3.97%) PowerShell
3 9 (1.88%) SQL
4 7 (1.46%) Java
5 6 (1.26%) C
5 6 (1.26%) R
5 6 (1.26%) Scala
6 5 (1.05%) Go
7 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.63%) Bash
9 2 (0.42%) C++
10 1 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 157 (32.85%) CISSP
2 126 (26.36%) CISM
3 90 (18.83%) Degree
4 87 (18.20%) Security Cleared
5 51 (10.67%) CISA
6 50 (10.46%) DV Cleared
7 42 (8.79%) AWS Certification
8 36 (7.53%) CRISC
9 29 (6.07%) SC Cleared
10 27 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
11 26 (5.44%) Azure Certification
12 25 (5.23%) CCSK
13 24 (5.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 24 (5.02%) CCSP
14 19 (3.97%) CompTIA Security+
15 14 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
15 14 (2.93%) PCI QSA
16 13 (2.72%) Master's Degree
17 10 (2.09%) CEH
18 9 (1.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 226 (47.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 113 (23.64%) GRC
3 83 (17.36%) GDPR
4 74 (15.48%) PCI DSS
5 68 (14.23%) Def Stans
6 55 (11.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 51 (10.67%) NIST 800
8 44 (9.21%) NCSC
9 21 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 18 (3.77%) COBIT
11 15 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 15 (3.14%) SOC 2
12 10 (2.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 8 (1.67%) JSP 440
13 8 (1.67%) RMADS
14 7 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (1.05%) ITGC
16 4 (0.84%) HIPAA
16 4 (0.84%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 25 (5.23%) Docker
2 21 (4.39%) vSphere
3 12 (2.51%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.42%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) NFS
6 1 (0.21%) Snort
Systems Management
1 31 (6.49%) Kubernetes
2 25 (5.23%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (2.09%) Terraform
4 9 (1.88%) CASB
5 8 (1.67%) Nessus
6 6 (1.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (1.05%) Ansible
7 5 (1.05%) Suricata
8 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.42%) Argo
10 2 (0.42%) SELinux
11 1 (0.21%) cPanel
11 1 (0.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.21%) Kibana
11 1 (0.21%) logstash
Vendors
1 78 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.60%) SolarWinds
2 22 (4.60%) Tanium
2 22 (4.60%) Tripwire
3 15 (3.14%) Splunk
4 12 (2.51%) Cisco
5 10 (2.09%) Palo Alto
6 9 (1.88%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.67%) Qualys
8 6 (1.26%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.05%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.05%) Juniper
9 5 (1.05%) VMware
10 4 (0.84%) Citrix
10 4 (0.84%) Dell
11 3 (0.63%) Fortinet
11 3 (0.63%) Oracle
12 2 (0.42%) Darktrace
12 2 (0.42%) ForgeRock
12 2 (0.42%) Google