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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 713 651 772
Rank change year-on-year -62 +121 +6
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 56 39 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.056% 0.079% 0.080%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.52% 0.52% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 55
10th Percentile £66,750 £75,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £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 £88,750 £107,750 £107,500
90th Percentile £103,000 £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 10,707 7,526 12,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.67% 15.33% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,776 4,210 7,826
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £77,434 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -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 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 23 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 -62 54 £82,500 -8.33% 24
London -28 38 £82,500 -8.33% 9
UK excluding London -62 17 £82,500 +29.92% 15
Work from Home -16 16 £85,000 -5.56% 7
South West -52 7 £85,000 - 1
South East -16 5 £70,000 -14.63% 12
East of England - 4 £82,500 -
Scotland +20 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 (10.71%) SAS
2 1 (1.79%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 26 (46.43%) AWS
2 16 (28.57%) Azure
3 11 (19.64%) GCP
4 8 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (5.36%) AWS KMS
6 3 (5.36%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (5.36%) SaaS
7 2 (3.57%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.79%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) Power BI
1 4 (7.14%) Tableau
2 2 (3.57%) MongoDB
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (26.79%) Retail
3 14 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (21.43%) Finance
5 11 (19.64%) Banking
5 11 (19.64%) Local Government
6 9 (16.07%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (8.93%) Aerospace
7 5 (8.93%) Legal
8 4 (7.14%) Aviation
9 2 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.79%) Law
10 1 (1.79%) Military
10 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (44.64%) Consultant
2 19 (33.93%) Senior
3 18 (32.14%) Senior Consultant
4 13 (23.21%) Security Consultant
5 12 (21.43%) Architect
5 12 (21.43%) Security Architect
6 8 (14.29%) Security Manager
7 7 (12.50%) Information Manager
7 7 (12.50%) Information Security Manager
7 7 (12.50%) Senior Security Consultant
8 6 (10.71%) AWS Consultant
8 6 (10.71%) Information Risk Manager
8 6 (10.71%) Information Security Risk Manager
8 6 (10.71%) Risk Manager
9 5 (8.93%) Analyst
9 5 (8.93%) Lead
9 5 (8.93%) Security Analyst
10 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (7.14%) Metrics Analyst
11 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (3.57%) Kafka
1 2 (3.57%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 22 (39.29%) Security Posture
2 16 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 10 (17.86%) Onboarding
4 6 (10.71%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (7.14%) Cloud Native
6 3 (5.36%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.79%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 37 (66.07%) Information Security
3 33 (58.93%) Risk Management
4 24 (42.86%) Mentoring
5 20 (35.71%) Internal Audit
6 18 (32.14%) Project Management
7 17 (30.36%) Agile
8 14 (25.00%) Cloud Security
8 14 (25.00%) Roadmaps
9 12 (21.43%) AI
9 12 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (19.64%) Machine Learning
10 11 (19.64%) Security Architecture
10 11 (19.64%) Target Operating Model
11 10 (17.86%) Computer Science
11 10 (17.86%) Incident Response
12 9 (16.07%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (16.07%) CI/CD
12 9 (16.07%) Decision-Making
12 9 (16.07%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (53.57%) CISSP
2 25 (44.64%) CISM
3 15 (26.79%) Security Cleared
4 13 (23.21%) CRISC
5 12 (21.43%) Degree
5 12 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 10 (17.86%) CISA
7 8 (14.29%) Master's Degree
8 6 (10.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (8.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (8.93%) CCSK
9 5 (8.93%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (8.93%) GCIH
9 5 (8.93%) GIAC
10 4 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (5.36%) DV Cleared
11 3 (5.36%) GCIA
12 2 (3.57%) CEH
12 2 (3.57%) CISMP
12 2 (3.57%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (100.00%) NIST
2 33 (58.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (48.21%) GRC
4 17 (30.36%) GDPR
5 11 (19.64%) QA
6 9 (16.07%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (8.93%) Def Stans
7 5 (8.93%) NCSC
8 4 (7.14%) JSP 440
9 3 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (5.36%) SOC 2
10 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
10 2 (3.57%) HIPAA
10 2 (3.57%) HITRUST
10 2 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (1.79%) COBIT
11 1 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.79%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
11 1 (1.79%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.57%) Docker
1 2 (3.57%) Firmware
2 1 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (5.36%) LogRhythm
1 3 (5.36%) Splunk
2 2 (3.57%) Google
2 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.57%) Qualys
2 2 (3.57%) Tenable
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Workday