NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 702 632 795
Rank change year-on-year -70 +163 -19
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 59 39 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.059% 0.079% 0.081%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.52% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 26 23 59
10th Percentile £66,875 £75,250 £53,500
25th Percentile £68,500 £82,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +24.14% +3.57%
75th Percentile £88,438 £107,750 £107,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £151,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £63,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +29.92% -12.41% +3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 10,611 7,493 12,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.63% 15.19% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,772 4,187 8,201
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.49% -7.83%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.26%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST 800 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NIST 800.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 July 2026. 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
England -40 57 £82,500 -8.33% 16
London -14 42 £82,500 -8.33% 4
Work from Home -11 17 £85,000 -5.56% 4
UK excluding London -73 16 £82,500 +29.92% 12
South West -54 7 £85,000 - 1
South East -18 4 £68,750 -16.16% 9
East of England - 4 £82,500 -
Scotland +14 1 - -

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.17%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.07%) AWS
2 16 (27.12%) Azure
3 12 (20.34%) GCP
4 8 (13.56%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (5.08%) AWS KMS
6 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (5.08%) SaaS
7 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.69%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.78%) Power BI
1 4 (6.78%) Tableau
2 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
General
1 26 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 17 (28.81%) Retail
3 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (27.12%) Finance
4 15 (25.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (22.03%) Banking
5 13 (22.03%) Local Government
6 10 (16.95%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (8.47%) Aerospace
7 5 (8.47%) Legal
8 4 (6.78%) Aviation
9 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.69%) Law
10 1 (1.69%) Military
10 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.69%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (47.46%) Consultant
2 21 (35.59%) Senior
3 20 (33.90%) Senior Consultant
4 14 (23.73%) Security Consultant
5 11 (18.64%) Architect
5 11 (18.64%) Security Architect
6 7 (11.86%) Information Manager
6 7 (11.86%) Information Risk Manager
6 7 (11.86%) Risk Manager
6 7 (11.86%) Security Manager
6 7 (11.86%) Senior Security Consultant
7 6 (10.17%) AWS Consultant
7 6 (10.17%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (10.17%) Information Security Risk Manager
8 5 (8.47%) Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) Security Analyst
9 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (6.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 4 (6.78%) Lead
9 4 (6.78%) Metrics Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.69%) Kafka
1 1 (1.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (42.37%) Security Posture
2 15 (25.42%) Management Information System
3 10 (16.95%) Onboarding
4 6 (10.17%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (5.08%) Cloud Native
5 3 (5.08%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.69%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.69%) PKI
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (76.27%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (67.80%) Information Security
3 35 (59.32%) Risk Management
4 27 (45.76%) Mentoring
5 22 (37.29%) Internal Audit
6 20 (33.90%) Project Management
7 18 (30.51%) Agile
8 14 (23.73%) Cloud Security
8 14 (23.73%) Roadmaps
9 13 (22.03%) Target Operating Model
10 12 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (18.64%) Computer Science
11 11 (18.64%) Security Architecture
12 10 (16.95%) AI
12 10 (16.95%) Incident Response
13 9 (15.25%) Decision-Making
13 9 (15.25%) Machine Learning
13 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (15.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (57.63%) CISSP
2 29 (49.15%) CISM
3 15 (25.42%) CRISC
4 14 (23.73%) Security Cleared
5 13 (22.03%) Degree
6 12 (20.34%) CISA
6 12 (20.34%) SC Cleared
7 8 (13.56%) Master's Degree
8 6 (10.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (8.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (8.47%) CCSK
9 5 (8.47%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (8.47%) GCIH
9 5 (8.47%) GIAC
10 4 (6.78%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
11 3 (5.08%) GCIA
11 3 (5.08%) SANS
12 2 (3.39%) GSEC
12 2 (3.39%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (100.00%) NIST
2 37 (62.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (50.85%) GRC
4 16 (27.12%) GDPR
5 13 (22.03%) QA
6 8 (13.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (8.47%) Def Stans
7 5 (8.47%) NCSC
8 4 (6.78%) JSP 440
9 3 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (5.08%) SOC 2
10 2 (3.39%) Accessibility
10 2 (3.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (3.39%) HITRUST
10 2 (3.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (1.69%) COBIT
11 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.69%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
11 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Firmware
2 1 (1.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 2 (3.39%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (5.08%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (5.08%) LogRhythm
1 3 (5.08%) Splunk
2 2 (3.39%) Google
2 2 (3.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.39%) Qualys
2 2 (3.39%) Tenable
3 1 (1.69%) Oracle
3 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.69%) SAP
3 1 (1.69%) Workday