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 21 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 322 349
Rank change year-on-year +101 +27 -6
Permanent jobs citing NIST 433 542 563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.19% 0.78% 0.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.30% 5.69% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 206 438 377
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,375 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +0.23%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £89,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -7.14% +3.70%

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 5,932 9,518 13,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.24% 13.73% 21.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,951 6,353 4,791
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,665
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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 21 April 2025.

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 21 April 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
Midlands +166 190 £52,470 -17.04% 44
West Midlands +107 131 £51,860 -25.91% 36
North of England +23 87 £59,400 +3.30% 52
South East +27 71 £65,000 +28.71% 84
North West -13 63 £61,000 +1.67% 29
East Midlands +113 59 £62,500 +31.58% 8
South West +64 44 £61,250 -2.00% 43
Scotland +112 25 £67,500 +12.50% 22
Yorkshire +69 17 £57,500 +4.55% 17
East of England +56 11 £60,711 -16.26% 25
North East +31 7 £57,500 +35.29% 6
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -
Wales +52 1 £85,000 +46.55% 3
Isle of Man +11 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 16
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 3 (0.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.46%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.46%) IIS
2 2 (0.46%) TPMS
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (13.63%) Azure
2 36 (8.31%) AWS
3 21 (4.85%) PaaS
4 19 (4.39%) Entra ID
4 19 (4.39%) SaaS
5 16 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
6 13 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (3.00%) IaaS
7 8 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (1.15%) GCP
9 4 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (0.92%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 3 (0.69%) Serverless
11 2 (0.46%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (0.46%) Asana
11 2 (0.46%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (0.46%) Cloudflare
11 2 (0.46%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 74 (17.09%) Firewall
2 30 (6.93%) VPN
3 28 (6.47%) Network Security
4 24 (5.54%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (1.62%) DNS
5 7 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.92%) HTTP
6 4 (0.92%) VLAN
6 4 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.69%) Internet
7 3 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
7 3 (0.69%) WAN
8 2 (0.46%) DHCP
8 2 (0.46%) DMZ
8 2 (0.46%) LAN
8 2 (0.46%) SAN
8 2 (0.46%) SMTP
8 2 (0.46%) Wireless
9 1 (0.23%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.92%) Power BI
2 3 (0.69%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.23%) DB2
4 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (1.39%) JIRA
2 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.23%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.23%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.23%) Metasploit
General
1 71 (16.40%) Social Skills
2 55 (12.70%) Finance
3 50 (11.55%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (6.93%) Legal
5 13 (3.00%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.31%) Electronics
7 9 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.15%) Law
8 5 (1.15%) Local Government
8 5 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.15%) Retail
9 4 (0.92%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.69%) Banking
10 3 (0.69%) Police
11 2 (0.46%) Automotive
11 2 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.46%) Military
11 2 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (50.12%) Security Engineer
2 170 (39.26%) Principal Engineer
3 164 (37.88%) Principal Security Engineer
4 146 (33.72%) Analyst
5 136 (31.41%) Security Analyst
6 104 (24.02%) Principal Security Analyst
6 104 (24.02%) Product Analyst
7 60 (13.86%) Product Engineer
8 43 (9.93%) Lead
9 33 (7.62%) Architect
10 29 (6.70%) Security Manager
11 23 (5.31%) Security Architect
12 21 (4.85%) Senior
13 19 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
13 19 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 16 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 15 (3.46%) Cloud Security Engineer
15 15 (3.46%) Information Manager
15 15 (3.46%) Information Security Manager
16 14 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.54%) YAML
2 2 (0.46%) JSON
2 2 (0.46%) JWT
2 2 (0.46%) Keycloak
2 2 (0.46%) LDAP
2 2 (0.46%) OAuth
2 2 (0.46%) OAuth2
2 2 (0.46%) OpenID
2 2 (0.46%) REST
2 2 (0.46%) SailPoint
2 2 (0.46%) SAML
2 2 (0.46%) SOAP
3 1 (0.23%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.23%) Kafka
3 1 (0.23%) Middleware
3 1 (0.23%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 60 (13.86%) Security Posture
2 54 (12.47%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
4 14 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.23%) Social Media
4 14 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 10 (2.31%) Cyber Security Posture
6 9 (2.08%) PKI
7 7 (1.62%) Operational Technology
7 7 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.92%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.92%) Cyberattack
11 3 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.69%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (0.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 25 (5.77%) Windows
2 14 (3.23%) Windows Vista
3 7 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.92%) Linux
5 3 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.23%) Unix
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (78.06%) Cybersecurity
2 280 (64.67%) Information Security
3 254 (58.66%) Risk Management
4 181 (41.80%) Security Testing
5 170 (39.26%) Project Management
6 167 (38.57%) Cyber Resilience
7 69 (15.94%) Vulnerability Management
8 56 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (12.47%) Incident Response
10 53 (12.24%) Cloud Security
11 46 (10.62%) Mentoring
11 46 (10.62%) SIEM
12 45 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (10.16%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.08%) Coaching
15 34 (7.85%) Roadmaps
16 33 (7.62%) Data Protection
16 33 (7.62%) DevOps
16 33 (7.62%) Security Operations
17 32 (7.39%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.54%) PowerShell
2 19 (4.39%) Python
3 11 (2.54%) SQL
4 8 (1.85%) Java
5 6 (1.39%) Bash
6 5 (1.15%) C#
7 4 (0.92%) C++
8 3 (0.69%) Go
8 3 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.46%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.23%) Bicep
10 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 272 (62.82%) CISM
2 264 (60.97%) CISSP
3 241 (55.66%) Degree
4 168 (38.80%) CESG Certified Professional
5 152 (35.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 39 (9.01%) CISA
7 36 (8.31%) Security Cleared
8 35 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (7.62%) CEH
10 31 (7.16%) Master's Degree
11 23 (5.31%) CRISC
12 21 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (4.85%) SC Cleared
13 18 (4.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 14 (3.23%) DBS Check
15 9 (2.08%) GIAC
16 7 (1.62%) Azure Certification
17 6 (1.39%) AWS Certification
17 6 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 6 (1.39%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 353 (81.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 170 (39.26%) RMADS
3 168 (38.80%) JSP 440
4 84 (19.40%) GDPR
5 47 (10.85%) NCSC
6 39 (9.01%) Cyber Essentials
7 36 (8.31%) COBIT
8 34 (7.85%) PCI DSS
9 23 (5.31%) GRC
10 19 (4.39%) Accessibility
11 18 (4.16%) Def Stans
12 17 (3.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 14 (3.23%) NIST 800
14 9 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 8 (1.85%) HIPAA
16 7 (1.62%) SOC 2
17 6 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 3 (0.69%) ITGC
19 1 (0.23%) COSO
19 1 (0.23%) GLBA
System Software
1 17 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.15%) Docker
3 3 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.23%) NFS
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (1.85%) Nessus
1 8 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (1.62%) Terraform
3 5 (1.15%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (0.92%) QRadar
5 3 (0.69%) Ansible
5 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.46%) Argo
6 2 (0.46%) Graylog
6 2 (0.46%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.23%) cPanel
7 1 (0.23%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 62 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.00%) Cisco
3 7 (1.62%) Palo Alto
4 6 (1.39%) Splunk
5 5 (1.15%) Qualys
5 5 (1.15%) Tenable
6 4 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (0.92%) VMware
7 3 (0.69%) Fortinet
7 3 (0.69%) Rapid7
8 2 (0.46%) Databricks
8 2 (0.46%) Google
8 2 (0.46%) Meraki
8 2 (0.46%) Oracle
8 2 (0.46%) Sophos
8 2 (0.46%) Varonis
9 1 (0.23%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.23%) Dell
9 1 (0.23%) IBM
9 1 (0.23%) McAfee