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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 740 611 691
Rank change year-on-year -129 +80 -33
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 65 56 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.11% 0.084%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.73% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 28 39 30
10th Percentile £62,250 - £45,875
25th Percentile £74,281 £63,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,875 £80,000 £58,780
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +36.10% -16.03%
75th Percentile £87,500 £105,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £99,750 £136,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% +17.39% -17.86%

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 12,389 7,719 10,217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.49% 15.62% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,649 4,224 4,781
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

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 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 13 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 10 October 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 -121 57 £82,500 +3.13% 106
UK excluding London -117 36 £82,500 +22.22% 51
London -52 27 £85,000 -15.00% 57
Work from Home -61 25 £85,000 +25.93% 36
South East -41 15 £83,250 +1.52% 15
South West -89 7 £85,000 +25.93% 10
Scotland +13 4 - - 2
North of England - 4 £65,272 - 11
North West - 3 £45,544 - 8
East of England - 3 £82,500 - 2
Northern Ireland -77 2 - - 1
North East - 1 £85,000 - 2
Wales - 1 - - 3

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 (9.23%) SAS
2 2 (3.08%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (43.08%) AWS
2 20 (30.77%) Azure
3 8 (12.31%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (7.69%) GCP
4 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.15%) Azure Stack
5 4 (6.15%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.62%) SaaS
7 2 (3.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (3.08%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.08%) IaaS
7 2 (3.08%) PaaS
8 1 (1.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.15%) Firewall
1 4 (6.15%) Network Security
2 3 (4.62%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.08%) DMZ
3 2 (3.08%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.08%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.15%) Power BI
1 4 (6.15%) Tableau
2 3 (4.62%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.08%) Big Data
General
1 23 (35.38%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.23%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (26.15%) Aerospace
4 11 (16.92%) Finance
4 11 (16.92%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (13.85%) Public Sector
7 7 (10.77%) Aviation
7 7 (10.77%) Retail
8 4 (6.15%) Legal
8 4 (6.15%) Local Government
8 4 (6.15%) Telecoms
9 3 (4.62%) Banking
10 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.54%) Military
11 1 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Consultant
2 17 (26.15%) Architect
2 17 (26.15%) Senior
3 16 (24.62%) Security Consultant
4 15 (23.08%) Security Architect
5 14 (21.54%) Senior Consultant
6 11 (16.92%) Senior Security Consultant
7 10 (15.38%) Security Manager
8 8 (12.31%) Lead
9 7 (10.77%) Information Manager
9 7 (10.77%) Information Security Manager
10 6 (9.23%) AWS Consultant
10 6 (9.23%) Information Risk Manager
10 6 (9.23%) Information Security Risk Manager
10 6 (9.23%) Risk Manager
11 4 (6.15%) Analyst
11 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 4 (6.15%) Metrics Analyst
11 4 (6.15%) Security Analyst
12 3 (4.62%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) ModSecurity
2 3 (4.62%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (4.62%) Kafka
2 3 (4.62%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (38.46%) Management Information System
2 13 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 11 (16.92%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (15.38%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (12.31%) Cloud Native
5 8 (12.31%) Onboarding
6 3 (4.62%) Cyber Warfare
6 3 (4.62%) Operational Technology
6 3 (4.62%) Robotics
6 3 (4.62%) SCADA
7 2 (3.08%) IoT
7 2 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.08%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.54%) CESG
8 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (58.46%) Risk Management
3 35 (53.85%) Information Security
4 26 (40.00%) Agile
5 23 (35.38%) Mentoring
6 22 (33.85%) AI
7 19 (29.23%) Security Architecture
8 18 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (27.69%) Roadmaps
9 16 (24.62%) Cloud Security
10 15 (23.08%) Incident Response
10 15 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
11 13 (20.00%) Decision-Making
11 13 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 13 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
12 12 (18.46%) DevSecOps
12 12 (18.46%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (18.46%) Machine Learning
12 12 (18.46%) SABSA
12 12 (18.46%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 34 (52.31%) CISSP
2 31 (47.69%) Security Cleared
3 29 (44.62%) CISM
4 23 (35.38%) SC Cleared
5 18 (27.69%) Degree
6 13 (20.00%) CISA
7 10 (15.38%) DV Cleared
8 9 (13.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (13.85%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (12.31%) CRISC
9 8 (12.31%) Master's Degree
10 7 (10.77%) CCSK
11 6 (9.23%) CCSP
12 4 (6.15%) Azure Certification
12 4 (6.15%) CEH
12 4 (6.15%) GCIH
12 4 (6.15%) GIAC
13 3 (4.62%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (3.08%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (100.00%) NIST
2 29 (44.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (35.38%) GRC
4 22 (33.85%) GDPR
5 14 (21.54%) NCSC
6 10 (15.38%) Def Stans
7 9 (13.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 6 (9.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (6.15%) JSP 440
10 3 (4.62%) ISO 31000
10 3 (4.62%) PCI DSS
10 3 (4.62%) QA
11 2 (3.08%) Accessibility
11 2 (3.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (3.08%) HIPAA
11 2 (3.08%) HITRUST
11 2 (3.08%) RMADS
11 2 (3.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (3.08%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.54%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (7.69%) Firmware
2 3 (4.62%) Docker
3 1 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.62%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.08%) CASB
Vendors
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.15%) Tenable
2 4 (6.15%) Thales
3 3 (4.62%) YouTube
4 2 (3.08%) Oracle
4 2 (3.08%) Qualys
4 2 (3.08%) Rockwell
4 2 (3.08%) Siemens
5 1 (1.54%) EMC
5 1 (1.54%) Google
5 1 (1.54%) OneLogin