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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 695 810 807
Rank change year-on-year +115 -3 +412
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 39 79 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.079% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.42% 0.61% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23 60 69
10th Percentile £75,250 £53,625 £56,120
25th Percentile £82,500 £57,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% +5.36% -
75th Percentile £107,750 £107,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £151,000 - £104,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -12.41% +3.57% -1.75%

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 9,387 13,046 13,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.61% 13.05% 15.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,961 8,432 7,983
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £37,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,563 £76,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £47,500 £50,139
% change year-on-year +18.95% -5.26% +0.28%

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 18 July 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 10 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 July 2025. 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 +93 36 £90,000 +24.14% 55
London +114 31 £90,000 -5.26% 20
Work from Home +92 16 £90,000 +41.73% 55
UK excluding London +87 6 £63,500 -12.41% 40
Yorkshire +38 2 £45,000 - 1
North of England +26 2 £45,000 -25.00% 3
Scotland +92 1 - - 6
South West +72 1 - - 13
South East +40 1 £82,000 +26.15% 11
Northern Ireland - 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:

Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) SaaS
2 9 (23.08%) IaaS
3 3 (7.69%) Azure
4 2 (5.13%) AWS
5 1 (2.56%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.56%) PaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) Firewall
1 5 (12.82%) Network Security
2 2 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (5.13%) SSL
2 2 (5.13%) VPN
3 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
General
1 27 (69.23%) Finance
2 15 (38.46%) Banking
3 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (7.69%) Legal
6 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (30.77%) Architect
2 11 (28.21%) Security Specialist
3 9 (23.08%) Security Architect
4 8 (20.51%) Enterprise Architect
4 8 (20.51%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 6 (15.38%) Lead
6 5 (12.82%) SABSA Security Architect
7 4 (10.26%) IT Security Specialist
8 3 (7.69%) SaaS Architect
9 2 (5.13%) Analyst
9 2 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (5.13%) Information Assurance Leader
10 1 (2.56%) Information Specialist
10 1 (2.56%) Junior
10 1 (2.56%) Network Architect
10 1 (2.56%) Programme Manager
10 1 (2.56%) Security Analyst
10 1 (2.56%) Security Manager
10 1 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 14 (35.90%) Taxonomies
2 12 (30.77%) Security Posture
3 7 (17.95%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.56%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (79.49%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (74.36%) Information Security
2 29 (74.36%) Risk Management
3 16 (41.03%) Vulnerability Management
4 15 (38.46%) Incident Management
5 14 (35.90%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (35.90%) Risk Register
6 13 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
7 12 (30.77%) Cloud Security
8 11 (28.21%) Computer Science
8 11 (28.21%) Roadmaps
8 11 (28.21%) Security Architecture
9 10 (25.64%) Data Analysis
10 9 (23.08%) Strategic Roadmap
11 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (20.51%) Incident Response
11 8 (20.51%) SABSA
12 7 (17.95%) PRINCE2
13 6 (15.38%) SIEM
13 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.56%) Python
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (66.67%) CISM
2 25 (64.10%) Degree
3 24 (61.54%) CRISC
4 17 (43.59%) Master's Degree
5 15 (38.46%) CISA
5 15 (38.46%) CISSP
6 12 (30.77%) SANS
7 5 (12.82%) FFIEC
7 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
8 3 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (7.69%) SC Cleared
9 2 (5.13%) CCIE
9 2 (5.13%) CCNP
9 2 (5.13%) CEH
9 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (5.13%) ISACA
9 2 (5.13%) JNCIE
9 2 (5.13%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (2.56%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (97.44%) NIST
2 29 (74.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (41.03%) GRC
4 14 (35.90%) SOC 1
4 14 (35.90%) SOC 2
5 10 (25.64%) GDPR
6 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (2.56%) COBIT
8 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (2.56%) JSP 440
8 1 (2.56%) NCSC
8 1 (2.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
1 1 (2.56%) Firmware
1 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (41.03%) RSA Archer
2 3 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) MaaS360
3 1 (2.56%) Nessus
3 1 (2.56%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.56%) Puppet
3 1 (2.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Qualys
2 1 (2.56%) VMware