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 23 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 676 615 807
Rank change year-on-year -61 +192 +23
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 60 31 85
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.065% 0.073% 0.087%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.63% 0.45% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 32 20 60
10th Percentile £52,500 £55,450 £53,085
25th Percentile £68,000 £71,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £85,000 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.47% +15.25% -1.67%
75th Percentile £98,125 £105,625 £107,500
90th Percentile £128,750 £110,700 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +14.58% -17.24% +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 9,520 6,897 13,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.26% 16.18% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,806 3,666 9,101
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £43,223 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,688 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.21% +13.03% -5.00%

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 23 May 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 9 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 23 May 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 -51 60 £83,750 -1.47% 18
London +4 44 £90,000 +5.88% 8
Work from Home +6 16 £90,000 - 7
UK excluding London -45 16 £68,750 +14.58% 16
South West -52 6 £70,000 - 4
South East -20 4 £61,250 -6.84% 7
North West -3 3 - - 1
North of England -53 3 - - 1
East of England - 3 £82,500 -

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:

Applications
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (6.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 15 (25.00%) AWS
2 14 (23.33%) Azure
3 12 (20.00%) GCP
4 4 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (3.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (3.33%) AWS KMS
6 2 (3.33%) SaaS
7 1 (1.67%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (1.67%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.00%) Tableau
2 4 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 25 (41.67%) Finance
2 23 (38.33%) Social Skills
3 21 (35.00%) Retail
4 18 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (26.67%) Banking
5 16 (26.67%) Local Government
6 12 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (8.33%) Legal
9 4 (6.67%) Aviation
10 2 (3.33%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.67%) Law
11 1 (1.67%) Military
11 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 25 (41.67%) Consultant
2 20 (33.33%) Senior
3 16 (26.67%) Senior Consultant
4 8 (13.33%) Security Consultant
5 7 (11.67%) Lead
6 6 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 5 (8.33%) Analyst
7 5 (8.33%) Architect
7 5 (8.33%) Information Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Information Risk Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Risk Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Security Analyst
7 5 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 5 (8.33%) Security Manager
8 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.67%) Metrics Analyst
8 4 (6.67%) Security Specialist
9 3 (5.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 3 (5.00%) SOC Manager
10 2 (3.33%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.67%) FIDO
Miscellaneous
1 29 (48.33%) Security Posture
2 6 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (3.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.33%) PKI
4 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.67%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (68.33%) Information Security
3 36 (60.00%) Risk Management
4 23 (38.33%) Mentoring
5 22 (36.67%) Project Management
6 17 (28.33%) Internal Audit
7 16 (26.67%) Target Operating Model
8 12 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 11 (18.33%) Agile
9 11 (18.33%) Matrix Organization
10 9 (15.00%) Security Architecture
11 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (13.33%) DAMA
11 8 (13.33%) DAMA DMBOK
11 8 (13.33%) Data Management
11 8 (13.33%) Decision-Making
11 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 7 (11.67%) Incident Response
13 6 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
13 6 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 35 (58.33%) CISSP
2 34 (56.67%) CISM
3 23 (38.33%) CRISC
4 13 (21.67%) CISA
5 12 (20.00%) SANS
6 11 (18.33%) ISACA
7 9 (15.00%) SC Cleared
7 9 (15.00%) Security Cleared
8 8 (13.33%) Degree
9 4 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (6.67%) CCSK
9 4 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (3.33%) CompTIA CySA+
10 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
10 2 (3.33%) GCIA
10 2 (3.33%) GCIH
10 2 (3.33%) GIAC
10 2 (3.33%) Master's Degree
11 1 (1.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (100.00%) NIST
2 47 (78.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (50.00%) GRC
4 16 (26.67%) QA
5 6 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (8.33%) Def Stans
6 5 (8.33%) GDPR
7 4 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (5.00%) JSP 440
8 3 (5.00%) NCSC
9 2 (3.33%) SOC 2
10 1 (1.67%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.67%) COBIT
10 1 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (1.67%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.67%) ISO 31000
10 1 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 1 (1.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 11 (18.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 11 (18.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 3 (5.00%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (5.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (5.00%) Splunk
2 2 (3.33%) Google
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle
3 1 (1.67%) Qualys
3 1 (1.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.67%) SAP
3 1 (1.67%) Tenable
3 1 (1.67%) Workday