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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 714 626 756
Rank change year-on-year -88 +130 -39
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 61 51 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.10% 0.072%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.53% 0.66% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 26 37 43
10th Percentile £66,875 - £50,000
25th Percentile £74,375 £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 £88,438 £90,000 £77,330
90th Percentile £101,250 £135,000 £99,500
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 11,525 7,730 10,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.73% 15.49% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,202 4,339 6,546
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,151 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,501
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -6.75%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -79 56 £82,500 +3.13% 49
London -34 36 £83,750 -11.84% 22
UK excluding London -82 24 £82,500 +22.22% 31
Work from Home -28 20 £85,000 +25.93% 23
South East -24 8 £73,750 -10.06% 12
South West -72 8 £85,000 +25.93% 7
Scotland 0 4 - - 2
East of England - 4 £82,500 - 3

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 (9.84%) SAS
2 2 (3.28%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (42.62%) AWS
2 16 (26.23%) Azure
3 9 (14.75%) GCP
4 8 (13.11%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (4.92%) AWS KMS
6 3 (4.92%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.92%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.28%) SaaS
8 1 (1.64%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Power BI
1 4 (6.56%) Tableau
2 3 (4.92%) MongoDB
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.87%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (26.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (24.59%) Finance
5 13 (21.31%) Retail
6 10 (16.39%) Local Government
7 9 (14.75%) Aerospace
7 9 (14.75%) Banking
8 8 (13.11%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (8.20%) Legal
10 4 (6.56%) Aviation
10 4 (6.56%) Telecoms
11 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.64%) Law
12 1 (1.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 25 (40.98%) Consultant
2 19 (31.15%) Senior
2 19 (31.15%) Senior Consultant
3 15 (24.59%) Security Consultant
4 14 (22.95%) Architect
4 14 (22.95%) Security Architect
5 10 (16.39%) Senior Security Consultant
6 8 (13.11%) Lead
6 8 (13.11%) Security Manager
7 7 (11.48%) Information Manager
7 7 (11.48%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (9.84%) AWS Consultant
8 6 (9.84%) Information Risk Manager
8 6 (9.84%) Information Security Risk Manager
8 6 (9.84%) Risk Manager
9 5 (8.20%) Analyst
9 5 (8.20%) Security Analyst
10 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (6.56%) Metrics Analyst
11 3 (4.92%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (4.92%) Kafka
1 3 (4.92%) ModSecurity
1 3 (4.92%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Management Information System
1 19 (31.15%) Security Posture
2 10 (16.39%) Onboarding
3 7 (11.48%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (9.84%) Cloud Native
4 6 (9.84%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.64%) CESG
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.64%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (77.05%) Cybersecurity
2 41 (67.21%) Information Security
3 37 (60.66%) Risk Management
4 27 (44.26%) Mentoring
5 22 (36.07%) Agile
6 18 (29.51%) Internal Audit
7 17 (27.87%) Cloud Security
8 16 (26.23%) Project Management
9 15 (24.59%) Roadmaps
10 14 (22.95%) AI
10 14 (22.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (22.95%) Security Architecture
11 12 (19.67%) Incident Response
11 12 (19.67%) Machine Learning
12 11 (18.03%) Decision-Making
12 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (18.03%) Threat Modelling
13 10 (16.39%) Application Security
13 10 (16.39%) Computer Science
13 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (52.46%) CISSP
2 26 (42.62%) CISM
3 22 (36.07%) Security Cleared
4 15 (24.59%) Degree
5 14 (22.95%) CRISC
5 14 (22.95%) SC Cleared
6 11 (18.03%) CISA
7 8 (13.11%) Master's Degree
8 7 (11.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (11.48%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (9.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (8.20%) CCSK
10 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
10 5 (8.20%) GCIH
10 5 (8.20%) GIAC
11 4 (6.56%) CCSP
11 4 (6.56%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (4.92%) GCIA
13 2 (3.28%) GSEC
13 2 (3.28%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (100.00%) NIST
2 33 (54.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (42.62%) GRC
4 18 (29.51%) GDPR
5 10 (16.39%) NCSC
6 9 (14.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 9 (14.75%) QA
7 6 (9.84%) Def Stans
8 5 (8.20%) JSP 440
9 4 (6.56%) ISO 31000
9 4 (6.56%) PCI DSS
10 3 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (4.92%) SOC 2
11 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
11 2 (3.28%) HIPAA
11 2 (3.28%) HITRUST
11 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (1.64%) COBIT
12 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Firmware
2 3 (4.92%) Docker
3 1 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.64%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.92%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (4.92%) LogRhythm
2 3 (4.92%) Splunk
3 2 (3.28%) Google
3 2 (3.28%) Qualys
3 2 (3.28%) Tenable
4 1 (1.64%) EMC