NIST 800 Jobs

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring NIST 800 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST 800 over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 824 830
Rank change year-on-year +137 +6 +396
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 34 83 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.077% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.37% 0.60% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 22 61 76
10th Percentile £60,000 £53,150 £56,400
25th Percentile £75,313 £57,500 £63,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £83,125
90th Percentile £135,000 - £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -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 9,120 13,750 15,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.60% 12.73% 16.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,783 9,143 8,171
10th Percentile £30,580 £26,500 £32,200
25th Percentile £42,882 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +1.01%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing NIST 800 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST 800.

Salary trend for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 11 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 2 July 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
England +102 31 £85,000 +17.24% 204
London +104 21 £87,500 -7.89% 114
Work from Home +115 13 £90,000 +41.73% 121
UK excluding London +130 11 £60,000 -17.24% 102
North of England +49 4 £60,000 - 14
South West +93 3 - - 23
South East +72 2 £65,750 +1.15% 33
Yorkshire +58 2 £45,000 - 4
North West +20 2 £60,000 - 8
Scotland +95 1 - - 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

NIST 800
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.88%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) SaaS
2 6 (17.65%) IaaS
3 3 (8.82%) Azure
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) PaaS
5 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
1 5 (14.71%) Network Security
2 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (5.88%) SSL
2 2 (5.88%) VPN
3 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) LabVIEW
General
1 17 (50.00%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Banking
3 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.82%) Legal
6 2 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.94%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Architect
2 8 (23.53%) Security Specialist
3 6 (17.65%) Lead
3 6 (17.65%) Security Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 5 (14.71%) Enterprise Architect
4 5 (14.71%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) SaaS Architect
5 3 (8.82%) SABSA Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Senior
5 3 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Information Assurance Leader
6 2 (5.88%) IT Security Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Specialist
7 1 (2.94%) Information Security Specialist
7 1 (2.94%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Security Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
2 7 (20.59%) Security Posture
2 7 (20.59%) Taxonomies
3 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Linux
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (67.65%) Information Security
2 23 (67.65%) Risk Management
3 12 (35.29%) Roadmaps
4 11 (32.35%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (32.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 10 (29.41%) Computer Science
5 10 (29.41%) Risk Assessment
5 10 (29.41%) Security Architecture
6 9 (26.47%) Cloud Security
7 8 (23.53%) Incident Management
7 8 (23.53%) Incident Response
7 8 (23.53%) Strategic Roadmap
8 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (20.59%) Data Analysis
8 7 (20.59%) Risk Register
9 6 (17.65%) DevOps
9 6 (17.65%) SIEM
9 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (55.88%) Degree
2 16 (47.06%) CISM
3 14 (41.18%) CRISC
4 12 (35.29%) CISSP
5 10 (29.41%) Master's Degree
6 9 (26.47%) SANS
7 8 (23.53%) CISA
8 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
9 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (8.82%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
11 2 (5.88%) CCIE
11 2 (5.88%) CCNP
11 2 (5.88%) CEH
11 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (5.88%) FFIEC
11 2 (5.88%) ISACA
11 2 (5.88%) JNCIE
11 2 (5.88%) JNCIP
12 1 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (97.06%) NIST
2 21 (61.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (26.47%) GRC
4 7 (20.59%) GDPR
4 7 (20.59%) SOC 1
4 7 (20.59%) SOC 2
5 3 (8.82%) JSP 440
5 3 (8.82%) NCSC
6 2 (5.88%) HIPAA
6 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.94%) COBIT
7 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
1 1 (2.94%) Firmware
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) RSA Archer
2 3 (8.82%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) MaaS360
3 1 (2.94%) Nessus
3 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.94%) Puppet
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Qualys
2 1 (2.94%) VMware