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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 727 634 746
Rank change year-on-year -93 +112 -31
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 64 52 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.058% 0.10% 0.079%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.55% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27 37 42
10th Percentile £67,000 - £50,000
25th Percentile £74,104 £63,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +23.08% -7.14%
75th Percentile £88,125 £90,000 £77,870
90th Percentile £100,500 £135,000 £99,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% +12.50% -14.29%

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 11,653 7,716 10,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.59% 15.51% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 7,349 4,317 6,034
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,280
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £49,274
% change year-on-year - +1.47% -5.24%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -84 59 £82,500 +3.13% 93
London -49 36 £83,750 -11.84% 37
UK excluding London -97 26 £82,500 +22.22% 71
Work from Home -38 21 £85,000 +25.93% 44
South East -25 11 £73,750 -10.06% 25
South West -85 8 £85,000 +25.93% 11
Scotland +15 4 - - 5
East of England - 3 £82,500 - 9

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 (9.38%) SAS
2 2 (3.13%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (43.75%) AWS
2 18 (28.13%) Azure
3 8 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
3 8 (12.50%) GCP
4 4 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 2 (3.13%) AWS KMS
7 1 (1.56%) SaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) Network Security
2 2 (3.13%) Firewall
2 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Power BI
1 4 (6.25%) Tableau
2 3 (4.69%) MongoDB
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 19 (29.69%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (23.44%) Finance
5 13 (20.31%) Retail
6 12 (18.75%) Aerospace
7 10 (15.63%) Local Government
8 9 (14.06%) Banking
9 8 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (9.38%) Aviation
11 4 (6.25%) Legal
11 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
12 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
13 1 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (1.56%) Law
13 1 (1.56%) Military
13 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (39.06%) Consultant
2 19 (29.69%) Senior
2 19 (29.69%) Senior Consultant
3 15 (23.44%) Architect
3 15 (23.44%) Security Architect
3 15 (23.44%) Security Consultant
4 10 (15.63%) Security Manager
4 10 (15.63%) Senior Security Consultant
5 8 (12.50%) Lead
6 7 (10.94%) Information Manager
6 7 (10.94%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (9.38%) AWS Consultant
7 6 (9.38%) Information Risk Manager
7 6 (9.38%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 6 (9.38%) Risk Manager
8 4 (6.25%) Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Metrics Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.69%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) ModSecurity
2 3 (4.69%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (4.69%) Kafka
2 3 (4.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.81%) Management Information System
2 18 (28.13%) Security Posture
3 10 (15.63%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (14.06%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (14.06%) Onboarding
5 6 (9.38%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.13%) Cyber Warfare
6 2 (3.13%) Robotics
6 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.56%) CESG
7 1 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (79.69%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (67.19%) Information Security
3 39 (60.94%) Risk Management
4 28 (43.75%) Mentoring
5 22 (34.38%) Agile
6 17 (26.56%) AI
6 17 (26.56%) Cloud Security
6 17 (26.56%) Internal Audit
7 16 (25.00%) Project Management
7 16 (25.00%) Roadmaps
7 16 (25.00%) Security Architecture
8 15 (23.44%) Incident Response
9 14 (21.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (20.31%) Decision-Making
10 13 (20.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (18.75%) Computer Science
11 12 (18.75%) Machine Learning
11 12 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
11 12 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
12 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (54.69%) CISSP
2 29 (45.31%) CISM
3 26 (40.63%) Security Cleared
4 18 (28.13%) SC Cleared
5 17 (26.56%) Degree
6 14 (21.88%) CRISC
7 12 (18.75%) CISA
8 9 (14.06%) DV Cleared
9 8 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (12.50%) Master's Degree
10 7 (10.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (10.94%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (7.81%) CCSK
11 5 (7.81%) GCIH
11 5 (7.81%) GIAC
12 4 (6.25%) CCSP
12 4 (6.25%) CEH
13 3 (4.69%) Azure Certification
13 3 (4.69%) CompTIA Security+
13 3 (4.69%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (100.00%) NIST
2 35 (54.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (43.75%) GRC
4 20 (31.25%) GDPR
5 11 (17.19%) NCSC
6 9 (14.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 9 (14.06%) QA
7 8 (12.50%) Def Stans
8 5 (7.81%) JSP 440
9 4 (6.25%) PCI DSS
10 3 (4.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (4.69%) ISO 31000
11 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
11 2 (3.13%) HIPAA
11 2 (3.13%) HITRUST
11 2 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (3.13%) SOC 2
12 1 (1.56%) COBIT
12 1 (1.56%) ISO 22301
12 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Firmware
2 3 (4.69%) Docker
3 1 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.13%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.69%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (4.69%) LogRhythm
2 3 (4.69%) Splunk
3 2 (3.13%) Qualys
3 2 (3.13%) Tenable
4 1 (1.56%) EMC
4 1 (1.56%) Google
4 1 (1.56%) OneLogin