NIST 800 Job Trends

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs citing NIST 800 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	745	619	691
Rank change year-on-year	-126	+72	-22
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800	73	57	52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.060%	0.11%	0.076%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.55%	0.74%	0.54%
Number of salaries quoted	35	39	21
10^th Percentile	£71,500	-	£42,500
25^th Percentile	£78,750	£63,750	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£83,250	£70,000	£57,560
Median % change year-on-year	+18.93%	+21.61%	-17.77%
75^th Percentile	£87,500	£90,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£97,500	£113,000	£80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£83,250	£67,500	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+23.33%	+17.39%	-17.86%

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 citing quality assurance or compliance skills.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing quality assurance or compliance skills	13,312	7,722	9,688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	10.93%	15.32%	14.25%
Number of salaries quoted	8,053	4,379	4,425
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£30,000	£30,500
25^th Percentile	£40,750	£40,305	£41,594
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	-4.17%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£77,500	£78,750
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£93,750	£97,500
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 Salary Trend

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 31 October 2026.

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 31 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-128	64	£83,250	+20.22%	21
UK excluding London	-123	44	£83,250	+23.33%	15
London	-69	26	£90,000	-	10
Work from Home	-67	24	£85,000	+25.93%	7
South East	-54	20	£81,500	-0.61%	6
North of England	-	7	£85,000	-	2
South West	-92	6	£85,000	+25.93%	4
Scotland	+7	4	-	-	2
North East	-	4	£85,000	-
Northern Ireland	-79	3	-	-
North West	-	3	£45,544	-	2
East of England	-	3	£82,500	-
Wales	-	1	-	-

NIST 800 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing NIST 800 also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads citing NIST 800.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	73
2	Cybersecurity	80.8%	59
3	CISSP	58.9%	43
4	Risk Management	56.2%	41
5	Security Cleared	52.1%	38
6	Information Security	46.6%	34
7	AWS	45.2%	33
8	CISM	43.8%	32
8	ISO/IEC 27001	43.8%	32
10	SC Cleared	41.1%	30
11	AI	37.0%	27
11	Mentoring	37.0%	27
13	Agile	35.6%	26
13	Security Architecture	35.6%	26
15	Azure	34.2%	25
16	GDPR	31.5%	23
17	Roadmaps	30.1%	22
18	Cloud Security	28.8%	21
18	GRC	28.8%	21
18	NCSC	28.8%	21
21	Degree	27.4%	20
22	Incident Response	23.3%	17
22	SABSA	23.3%	17
22	Technical Leadership	23.3%	17
25	Data Protection	21.9%	16
25	Vulnerability Management	21.9%	16
27	Identity Access Management	20.5%	15
27	Threat Modelling	20.5%	15
29	(ISC)2 CCSP	19.2%	14
29	Application Security	19.2%	14

NIST 800 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Quality Assurance & Compliance

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	73
2	ISO/IEC 27001	43.8%	32
3	GDPR	31.5%	23
4	GRC	28.8%	21
4	NCSC	28.8%	21
6	Def Stans	19.2%	14
7	Cyber Essentials	12.3%	9
8	ISO/IEC 27005	11.0%	8
9	PCI DSS	8.2%	6
10	JSP 440	6.8%	5
11	Actionable Recommendations	5.5%	4
12	Cyber Essentials PLUS	4.1%	3
12	ISO 31000	4.1%	3
12	ISO/IEC 42001	4.1%	3
12	RMADS	4.1%	3
16	Accessibility	2.7%	2
16	HIPAA	2.7%	2
16	HITRUST	2.7%	2
16	Sarbanes-Oxley	2.7%	2
16	SOC 2	2.7%	2