NIST Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for NIST skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited NIST over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 336 353
Rank change year-on-year +13 +17 +30
Permanent jobs citing NIST 540 558 688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.77% 0.90% 0.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.66% 4.30% 5.74%
Number of salaries quoted 439 372 402
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,875 £40,100
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £49,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% -0.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £88,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £66,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +3.70% +3.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

NIST is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,548 12,989 11,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.63% 21.02% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,334 4,763 6,935
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +5 156 £50,500 -22.31% 30
North of England +96 152 £57,500 -4.17% 14
South West +32 107 £62,500 -3.85% 16
North West +51 96 £60,000 - 9
Midlands -60 59 £66,500 +6.40% 18
West Midlands -46 49 £70,000 +12.00% 16
Scotland -47 44 £60,000 +8.26% 10
Yorkshire +81 32 £55,000 -18.52% 3
North East +18 24 £42,500 -14.36% 2
East of England +12 17 £72,500 +3.57% 11
East Midlands -8 9 £47,500 -15.93% 1
Isle of Man -18 4 £46,500 -17.33% 1
Wales +11 1 £58,000 +5.45% 5
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 13 (2.41%) IIS
2 1 (0.19%) Apache
2 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.19%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 133 (24.63%) Azure
2 97 (17.96%) AWS
3 69 (12.78%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (3.52%) SaaS
5 18 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (3.33%) IaaS
5 18 (3.33%) PaaS
6 16 (2.96%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.41%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (2.04%) GCP
9 10 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (1.48%) Serverless
11 6 (1.11%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 105 (19.44%) Network Security
2 80 (14.81%) Firewall
3 40 (7.41%) WAN
4 30 (5.56%) SD-WAN
5 23 (4.26%) VPN
6 21 (3.89%) Intrusion Detection
7 12 (2.22%) TCP/IP
8 10 (1.85%) Wireshark
9 8 (1.48%) LAN
10 7 (1.30%) DMZ
10 7 (1.30%) Internet
11 4 (0.74%) tcpdump
11 4 (0.74%) Wireless
12 3 (0.56%) HTTP
12 3 (0.56%) Modbus
12 3 (0.56%) PPP
12 3 (0.56%) VLAN
13 2 (0.37%) DNS
13 2 (0.37%) SMTP
13 2 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.19%) Hadoop
2 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (2.22%) GitLab
2 10 (1.85%) JIRA
3 2 (0.37%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.37%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.37%) sqlmap
4 1 (0.19%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.19%) Git
4 1 (0.19%) Jasmine
4 1 (0.19%) Jenkins
General
1 109 (20.19%) Finance
2 107 (19.81%) Social Skills
3 66 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (7.04%) Retail
5 29 (5.37%) Military
6 28 (5.19%) Law
6 28 (5.19%) Legal
7 24 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 20 (3.70%) Aerospace
9 18 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.15%) Marketing
11 11 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.85%) Aviation
13 8 (1.48%) Automotive
13 8 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.74%) Banking
15 3 (0.56%) Local Government
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.37%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 100 (18.52%) Consultant
2 98 (18.15%) Security Consultant
3 91 (16.85%) Security Specialist
4 87 (16.11%) Analyst
5 74 (13.70%) Architect
5 74 (13.70%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 74 (13.70%) Lead
6 69 (12.78%) Senior
7 66 (12.22%) Security Analyst
8 60 (11.11%) Security Architect
9 55 (10.19%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 51 (9.44%) Security Manager
11 44 (8.15%) Security Engineer
12 34 (6.30%) Lead Architect
13 31 (5.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 23 (4.26%) Lead Security Architect
15 22 (4.07%) Information Manager
15 22 (4.07%) Information Security Manager
15 22 (4.07%) Senior Architect
16 21 (3.89%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.22%) Web Services
2 9 (1.67%) Elastic Stack
3 8 (1.48%) OAuth
3 8 (1.48%) SAML
4 6 (1.11%) Middleware
5 3 (0.56%) REST
5 3 (0.56%) SOAP
6 2 (0.37%) OpenID
7 1 (0.19%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.19%) CSS
7 1 (0.19%) Keycloak
7 1 (0.19%) NestJS
7 1 (0.19%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 131 (24.26%) Management Information System
2 55 (10.19%) Security Operations Centre
3 43 (7.96%) Security Posture
4 41 (7.59%) Cyber Threat
5 39 (7.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 29 (5.37%) Cyber Defence
7 25 (4.63%) Operational Technology
8 20 (3.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 18 (3.33%) Data Centre
10 17 (3.15%) Cyberattack
10 17 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
11 16 (2.96%) CESG
11 16 (2.96%) Product Ownership
12 15 (2.78%) Public Cloud
13 12 (2.22%) Onboarding
13 12 (2.22%) Private Cloud
13 12 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.30%) Cloud Native
14 7 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
15 6 (1.11%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.52%) Windows
2 22 (4.07%) Linux
3 16 (2.96%) Windows Server
4 11 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 6 (1.11%) Android
5 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.11%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.74%) Unix
7 3 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (75.74%) Cybersecurity
2 299 (55.37%) Information Security
3 145 (26.85%) Risk Management
4 116 (21.48%) Security Architecture
5 107 (19.81%) SIEM
6 106 (19.63%) Security Operations
7 96 (17.78%) Vulnerability Management
8 86 (15.93%) Incident Response
9 80 (14.81%) Cloud Security
10 76 (14.07%) Security Management
11 65 (12.04%) OWASP
12 63 (11.67%) Mentoring
13 62 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
14 61 (11.30%) Application Security
15 58 (10.74%) Coaching
16 53 (9.81%) Information Assurance
17 49 (9.07%) Information Security Management
18 44 (8.15%) Computer Science
19 41 (7.59%) ITIL
19 41 (7.59%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 20 (3.70%) Python
2 19 (3.52%) PowerShell
3 7 (1.30%) SQL
4 4 (0.74%) C
4 4 (0.74%) Java
4 4 (0.74%) R
4 4 (0.74%) Scala
5 2 (0.37%) Bash
6 1 (0.19%) C++
6 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 175 (32.41%) CISSP
2 124 (22.96%) CISM
3 95 (17.59%) Security Cleared
4 90 (16.67%) Degree
5 57 (10.56%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (10.19%) CCSP
7 54 (10.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 46 (8.52%) AWS Certification
9 45 (8.33%) CCSK
10 44 (8.15%) CISA
11 41 (7.59%) SC Cleared
12 40 (7.41%) Azure Certification
13 36 (6.67%) DV Cleared
14 21 (3.89%) CRISC
15 20 (3.70%) CEH
16 17 (3.15%) CISMP
16 17 (3.15%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (2.96%) PCI QSA
18 14 (2.59%) SANS
19 13 (2.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 263 (48.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 110 (20.37%) GRC
3 94 (17.41%) GDPR
4 93 (17.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 84 (15.56%) PCI DSS
6 70 (12.96%) Def Stans
7 65 (12.04%) NIST 800
8 54 (10.00%) NCSC
9 30 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 29 (5.37%) JSP 440
11 28 (5.19%) COBIT
11 28 (5.19%) RMADS
12 24 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 15 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 14 (2.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 10 (1.85%) ISO 31000
15 10 (1.85%) SOC 2
16 7 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.93%) SLA
17 5 (0.93%) TickIT
System Software
1 30 (5.56%) Docker
2 24 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.67%) vSphere
4 6 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.19%) Snort
Systems Management
1 40 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
2 36 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.41%) CASB
3 13 (2.41%) Terraform
4 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (1.48%) Nessus
6 6 (1.11%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 6 (1.11%) Nmap
7 3 (0.56%) SELinux
7 3 (0.56%) Suricata
8 2 (0.37%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.37%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 1 (0.19%) Ansible
9 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 93 (17.22%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.52%) Splunk
3 15 (2.78%) Qualys
4 11 (2.04%) Tanium
5 10 (1.85%) Cisco
5 10 (1.85%) Tripwire
6 9 (1.67%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.67%) SolarWinds
7 6 (1.11%) Rapid7
7 6 (1.11%) Thycotic
8 5 (0.93%) Intel
9 4 (0.74%) Citrix
9 4 (0.74%) Dell
9 4 (0.74%) VMware
10 3 (0.56%) Google
10 3 (0.56%) Juniper
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle
10 3 (0.56%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.37%) Darktrace
11 2 (0.37%) ForgeRock