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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 746 615 697
Rank change year-on-year -131 +82 -27
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 68 54 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.11% 0.082%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.54% 0.71% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 29 37 28
10th Percentile £69,500 - £45,125
25th Percentile £76,250 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,250 £71,000 £57,530
Median % change year-on-year +17.25% +23.41% -17.81%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £99,000 £118,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,875 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.78% +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 requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,701 7,566 9,937
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.66% 15.47% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,818 4,218 4,646
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.65% -2.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th 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 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 16 October 2026.

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 16 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -126 60 £82,875 +16.73% 21
UK excluding London -117 39 £82,875 +22.78% 18
London -78 27 £85,000 -10.53% 8
Work from Home -50 25 £85,000 +25.93% 8
South East -38 18 £82,375 +0.46% 6
South West -84 6 £85,000 +25.93% 2
North of England - 5 £85,000 - 6
Scotland +7 4 - - 3
East of England - 3 £82,500 -
North West - 3 £45,544 - 4
Northern Ireland -80 2 - - 1
North East - 2 £85,000 - 2
Wales - 1 - -

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 (8.82%) SAS
2 2 (2.94%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.12%) AWS
2 22 (32.35%) Azure
3 8 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.82%) GCP
4 6 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.35%) Azure Stack
6 4 (5.88%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 4 (5.88%) SaaS
7 3 (4.41%) IaaS
7 3 (4.41%) PaaS
8 2 (2.94%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 2 (2.94%) AWS KMS
9 1 (1.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.82%) Firewall
2 4 (5.88%) DMZ
2 4 (5.88%) Ethernet
2 4 (5.88%) Modbus
2 4 (5.88%) Network Security
3 3 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.88%) Power BI
1 4 (5.88%) Tableau
2 3 (4.41%) Big Data
2 3 (4.41%) MongoDB
General
1 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (26.47%) Aerospace
4 12 (17.65%) Finance
5 11 (16.18%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (14.71%) Public Sector
7 9 (13.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (10.29%) Aviation
9 6 (8.82%) Retail
10 4 (5.88%) Legal
10 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
10 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
11 3 (4.41%) Local Government
12 2 (2.94%) Banking
12 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (1.47%) Law
13 1 (1.47%) Marketing
13 1 (1.47%) Military
13 1 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Architect
1 18 (26.47%) Consultant
1 18 (26.47%) Senior
2 16 (23.53%) Security Architect
2 16 (23.53%) Security Consultant
3 14 (20.59%) Senior Consultant
4 12 (17.65%) Senior Security Consultant
5 11 (16.18%) Security Manager
6 10 (14.71%) Lead
7 7 (10.29%) Information Manager
7 7 (10.29%) Information Security Manager
8 6 (8.82%) AWS Consultant
8 6 (8.82%) Information Risk Manager
8 6 (8.82%) Information Security Risk Manager
8 6 (8.82%) Risk Manager
9 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 4 (5.88%) Metrics Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Security Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) ModSecurity
2 3 (4.41%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (4.41%) Kafka
2 3 (4.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (38.24%) Management Information System
2 12 (17.65%) Security Posture
3 11 (16.18%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (16.18%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (11.76%) Cloud Native
4 8 (11.76%) Onboarding
5 6 (8.82%) Operational Technology
5 6 (8.82%) SCADA
6 4 (5.88%) IoT
7 3 (4.41%) Cyber Warfare
7 3 (4.41%) Public Cloud
7 3 (4.41%) Robotics
8 2 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (1.47%) CESG
9 1 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (80.88%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (55.88%) Risk Management
3 34 (50.00%) Information Security
4 27 (39.71%) Agile
5 24 (35.29%) Mentoring
6 23 (33.82%) AI
7 21 (30.88%) Security Architecture
8 19 (27.94%) Roadmaps
9 18 (26.47%) Cloud Security
9 18 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (23.53%) Incident Response
11 15 (22.06%) Vulnerability Management
12 14 (20.59%) SABSA
13 13 (19.12%) Decision-Making
13 13 (19.12%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (19.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 13 (19.12%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (19.12%) Threat Modelling
14 12 (17.65%) Application Security
14 12 (17.65%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (51.47%) CISSP
2 32 (47.06%) Security Cleared
3 29 (42.65%) CISM
4 24 (35.29%) SC Cleared
5 19 (27.94%) Degree
6 12 (17.65%) CISA
7 11 (16.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (16.18%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (14.71%) DV Cleared
9 9 (13.24%) CCSK
9 9 (13.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (13.24%) Master's Degree
10 8 (11.76%) CCSP
11 7 (10.29%) CRISC
12 5 (7.35%) Azure Certification
13 4 (5.88%) CEH
13 4 (5.88%) GCIH
13 4 (5.88%) GIAC
14 3 (4.41%) CompTIA Security+
15 2 (2.94%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (100.00%) NIST
2 30 (44.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (32.35%) GDPR
3 22 (32.35%) GRC
4 15 (22.06%) NCSC
5 11 (16.18%) Def Stans
6 9 (13.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 7 (10.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (5.88%) PCI DSS
9 3 (4.41%) ISO 31000
9 3 (4.41%) JSP 440
10 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
10 2 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (2.94%) HIPAA
10 2 (2.94%) HITRUST
10 2 (2.94%) QA
10 2 (2.94%) RMADS
10 2 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Firmware
2 3 (4.41%) Docker
3 1 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.41%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.94%) CASB
Vendors
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.82%) Tenable
3 5 (7.35%) Thales
4 4 (5.88%) Rockwell
4 4 (5.88%) Siemens
5 3 (4.41%) Oracle
5 3 (4.41%) YouTube
6 2 (2.94%) Qualys
7 1 (1.47%) EMC
7 1 (1.47%) Google
7 1 (1.47%) OneLogin