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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 776 803 1187
Rank change year-on-year +27 +384 -225
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 66 84 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.10% 0.050%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 0.69% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 46 64 60
10th Percentile £53,125 £55,420 £45,190
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £99,375 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £86,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +19.15%

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 11,872 12,180 30,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.14% 15.09% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,420 7,777 14,031
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,897 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 13 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 26 July 2024. 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 +21 65 £72,500 +3.57% 7
UK excluding London -17 52 £65,000 -7.14% 5
South East +18 19 £65,000 -31.58% 3
Work from Home +20 15 £60,000 -14.29% 1
London +58 14 £95,000 +46.15% 2
South West -8 10 £105,000 +50.00%
North of England +15 8 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Midlands -18 8 £57,500 -11.54% 1
West Midlands -1 7 £57,500 -8.00% 1
North West -3 7 £60,000 -14.29% 1
East of England -9 6 £72,500 +3.57%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Scotland - 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.52%) IIS
1 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.18%) AWS
2 8 (12.12%) IaaS
2 8 (12.12%) PaaS
2 8 (12.12%) SaaS
3 6 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (7.58%) Azure
5 3 (4.55%) GCP
6 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (27.27%) Network Security
2 8 (12.12%) Firewall
3 4 (6.06%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) SAN
4 1 (1.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
General
1 13 (19.70%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Finance
3 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.64%) Telecoms
4 8 (12.12%) Aerospace
5 7 (10.61%) Military
6 6 (9.09%) Legal
7 5 (7.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.55%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.52%) Advertising
10 1 (1.52%) Banking
Job Titles
1 19 (28.79%) Consultant
1 19 (28.79%) Security Consultant
2 18 (27.27%) Security Manager
3 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 8 (12.12%) Security Engineer
4 7 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 6 (9.09%) Head of Compliance
5 6 (9.09%) Head of Information
5 6 (9.09%) Head of Information Assurance
5 6 (9.09%) Security Assurance Manager
5 6 (9.09%) Security Specialist
5 6 (9.09%) Senior
6 5 (7.58%) Information Manager
6 5 (7.58%) Information Security Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Engineering Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.76%) Management Information System
2 16 (24.24%) Cyber Defence
3 12 (18.18%) Operational Technology
4 11 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (13.64%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (13.64%) Security Posture
6 7 (10.61%) SCADA
7 6 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (7.58%) Cloud Native
8 5 (7.58%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (7.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (4.55%) IoT
10 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
11 1 (1.52%) CESG
11 1 (1.52%) PKI
11 1 (1.52%) Replication
11 1 (1.52%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (93.94%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (68.18%) Information Security
3 29 (43.94%) Risk Management
4 23 (34.85%) Security Architecture
5 18 (27.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 17 (25.76%) Agile
6 17 (25.76%) Mentoring
6 17 (25.76%) Security Management
7 15 (22.73%) Cyber Assurance
7 15 (22.73%) Information Assurance
7 15 (22.73%) Security Operations
8 13 (19.70%) Cloud Security
8 13 (19.70%) Coaching
8 13 (19.70%) Decision-Making
8 13 (19.70%) Resource Management
8 13 (19.70%) SIEM
8 13 (19.70%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (18.18%) Project Management
10 11 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 11 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.03%) Python
2 1 (1.52%) C++
2 1 (1.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 30 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 28 (42.42%) CISSP
3 21 (31.82%) CISM
4 18 (27.27%) Degree
5 13 (19.70%) DV Cleared
6 10 (15.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 10 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (15.15%) SC Cleared
7 9 (13.64%) CCSP
8 7 (10.61%) CCSK
8 7 (10.61%) CEH
8 7 (10.61%) GIAC
9 6 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
9 6 (9.09%) GPEN
10 5 (7.58%) CISA
10 5 (7.58%) CRISC
10 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (6.06%) CASP
11 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
12 3 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (98.48%) NIST
2 40 (60.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (30.30%) NCSC
4 19 (28.79%) GRC
5 10 (15.15%) GDPR
6 6 (9.09%) PCI DSS
7 5 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 4 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (6.06%) ISO 31000
9 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
10 2 (3.03%) COBIT
11 1 (1.52%) Def Stans
11 1 (1.52%) FedRAMP
11 1 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
11 1 (1.52%) JSP 440
11 1 (1.52%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 6 (9.09%) Nessus
1 6 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.52%) Kibana
2 1 (1.52%) logstash
2 1 (1.52%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.09%) CA
2 6 (9.09%) Qualys
3 1 (1.52%) Databricks
3 1 (1.52%) Tanium