NIST 800 Job Trends

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

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	765	595	692
Rank change year-on-year	-170	+97	-23
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800	66	55	56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.055%	0.11%	0.081%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category	0.52%	0.73%	0.57%
Number of salaries quoted	29	38	26
10^th Percentile	£69,500	-	£44,375
25^th Percentile	£76,250	£63,750	£50,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£83,250	£70,500	£57,530
Median % change year-on-year	+18.09%	+22.55%	-17.81%
75^th Percentile	£87,500	£90,000	£72,500
90^th Percentile	£99,000	£115,750	£80,000
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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills	12,811	7,576	9,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	10.70%	15.50%	14.16%
Number of salaries quoted	7,867	4,225	4,556
10^th Percentile	£31,000	£30,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£40,000	£41,263
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£57,500	£59,000
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	-2.54%	-1.67%
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 19 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 19 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	-160	58	£82,875	+16.73%	81
UK excluding London	-126	39	£82,875	+22.78%	46
London	-89	25	£85,000	-10.53%	35
Work from Home	-85	24	£85,000	+25.93%	36
South East	-37	18	£82,375	+0.46%	14
South West	-100	6	£85,000	+25.93%	6
North of England	-	5	£85,000	-	9
Scotland	+12	4	-	-	8
North West	-	3	£45,544	-	6
East of England	-	3	£82,500	-
Northern Ireland	-77	2	-	-	2
North East	-	2	£85,000	-	2
Wales	-	1	-	-	1

NIST 800 Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 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 with a requirement for NIST 800.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	NIST	100.0%	66
2	Cybersecurity	80.3%	53
3	Risk Management	56.1%	37
4	CISSP	51.5%	34
5	Information Security	50.0%	33
6	Security Cleared	48.5%	32
7	AWS	45.5%	30
8	CISM	42.4%	28
8	ISO/IEC 27001	42.4%	28
10	Agile	39.4%	26
11	SC Cleared	36.4%	24
12	AI	34.8%	23
12	Mentoring	34.8%	23
14	Azure	33.3%	22
14	GDPR	33.3%	22
16	GRC	31.8%	21
16	Security Architecture	31.8%	21
18	Degree	28.8%	19
18	Roadmaps	28.8%	19
20	Cloud Security	27.3%	18
21	Continuous Improvement	25.8%	17
22	Incident Response	24.2%	16
23	NCSC	22.7%	15
23	Vulnerability Management	22.7%	15
25	SABSA	21.2%	14
26	Identity Access Management	19.7%	13
26	Technical Leadership	19.7%	13
26	Threat Modelling	19.7%	13
29	Application Security	18.2%	12
29	CISA	18.2%	12

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%	66
2	ISO/IEC 27001	42.4%	28
3	GDPR	33.3%	22
4	GRC	31.8%	21
5	NCSC	22.7%	15
6	Def Stans	16.7%	11
7	ISO/IEC 27005	13.6%	9
8	Cyber Essentials	10.6%	7
9	PCI DSS	6.1%	4
10	ISO 31000	4.5%	3
10	JSP 440	4.5%	3
12	Accessibility	3.0%	2
12	Actionable Recommendations	3.0%	2
12	Cyber Essentials PLUS	3.0%	2
12	HIPAA	3.0%	2
12	HITRUST	3.0%	2
12	RMADS	3.0%	2
12	Sarbanes-Oxley	3.0%	2
12	SOC 2	3.0%	2
20	EU AI Act	1.5%	1