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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 738 618 721
Rank change year-on-year -120 +103 -24
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 66 57 70
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.12% 0.090%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 0.74% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 27 38 38
10th Percentile £59,750 - £50,000
25th Percentile £71,875 £63,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £81,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +35.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £88,125 £101,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,500 £135,000 £87,500
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 12,145 7,708 10,520
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.54% 15.60% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,574 4,247 5,386
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,750 £97,000
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 18 September 2026.

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 18 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 -100 59 £82,500 +1.85% 84
London -58 32 £85,000 -15.00% 46
UK excluding London -124 32 £82,500 +22.22% 41
Work from Home -35 24 £85,000 +25.93% 36
South East -30 12 £73,750 -10.06% 15
South West -100 8 £85,000 +25.93% 8
Scotland +7 4 - - 4
East of England - 3 £82,500 - 2
North West - 3 £45,544 - 3
North of England - 3 £45,544 - 6
Northern Ireland -76 2 - -

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 (9.09%) SAS
2 2 (3.03%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (42.42%) AWS
2 18 (27.27%) Azure
3 8 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (7.58%) GCP
4 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (6.06%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (3.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 2 (3.03%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Stack
7 2 (3.03%) IaaS
7 2 (3.03%) PaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Network Security
2 3 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (3.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
1 4 (6.06%) Tableau
2 3 (4.55%) MongoDB
3 2 (3.03%) Big Data
General
1 28 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 17 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (24.24%) Finance
4 15 (22.73%) Aerospace
4 15 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 12 (18.18%) Retail
6 11 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (13.64%) Local Government
8 8 (12.12%) Banking
8 8 (12.12%) Public Sector
9 7 (10.61%) Aviation
10 4 (6.06%) Legal
10 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.52%) Law
11 1 (1.52%) Military
11 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (36.36%) Consultant
2 21 (31.82%) Senior
3 18 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
4 15 (22.73%) Architect
4 15 (22.73%) Security Architect
4 15 (22.73%) Security Consultant
5 10 (15.15%) Security Manager
5 10 (15.15%) Senior Security Consultant
6 7 (10.61%) Information Manager
6 7 (10.61%) Information Security Manager
7 6 (9.09%) AWS Consultant
7 6 (9.09%) Information Risk Manager
7 6 (9.09%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 6 (9.09%) Lead
7 6 (9.09%) Risk Manager
8 4 (6.06%) Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Metrics Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Security Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) ModSecurity
2 3 (4.55%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (4.55%) Kafka
2 3 (4.55%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 17 (25.76%) Security Posture
3 11 (16.67%) Cyber Defence
4 10 (15.15%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (12.12%) Onboarding
6 6 (9.09%) Cloud Native
7 3 (4.55%) Cyber Warfare
7 3 (4.55%) Robotics
8 2 (3.03%) Public Cloud
8 2 (3.03%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.52%) CESG
9 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (80.30%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (63.64%) Information Security
3 40 (60.61%) Risk Management
4 27 (40.91%) Mentoring
5 24 (36.36%) Agile
6 23 (34.85%) AI
7 16 (24.24%) Cloud Security
7 16 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (24.24%) Internal Audit
7 16 (24.24%) Security Architecture
8 15 (22.73%) Incident Response
8 15 (22.73%) Project Management
8 15 (22.73%) Roadmaps
9 13 (19.70%) Decision-Making
9 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 13 (19.70%) Threat Modelling
9 13 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
10 12 (18.18%) Machine Learning
10 12 (18.18%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (59.09%) CISSP
2 33 (50.00%) CISM
3 29 (43.94%) Security Cleared
4 21 (31.82%) SC Cleared
5 18 (27.27%) Degree
6 13 (19.70%) CISA
6 13 (19.70%) CRISC
7 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
8 9 (13.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (13.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (12.12%) Master's Degree
10 7 (10.61%) CCSK
11 6 (9.09%) CCSP
12 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
12 4 (6.06%) CEH
12 4 (6.06%) GCIH
12 4 (6.06%) GIAC
13 3 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (100.00%) NIST
2 34 (51.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (42.42%) GRC
4 22 (33.33%) GDPR
5 13 (19.70%) NCSC
6 11 (16.67%) Def Stans
7 9 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 8 (12.12%) QA
9 5 (7.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (7.58%) JSP 440
10 4 (6.06%) PCI DSS
11 3 (4.55%) ISO 31000
12 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
12 2 (3.03%) HIPAA
12 2 (3.03%) HITRUST
12 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (3.03%) SOC 2
13 1 (1.52%) COBIT
13 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Firmware
2 3 (4.55%) Docker
3 1 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.06%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.03%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.55%) YouTube
3 2 (3.03%) Oracle
3 2 (3.03%) Qualys
3 2 (3.03%) Tenable
3 2 (3.03%) Thales
4 1 (1.52%) EMC
4 1 (1.52%) Google
4 1 (1.52%) OneLogin