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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 675 645 805
Rank change year-on-year -30 +160 -7
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 66 33 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.068% 0.070% 0.079%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.64% 0.45% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 36 21 61
10th Percentile £66,875 £60,000 £53,150
25th Percentile £76,563 £76,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.24% +3.57%
75th Percentile £101,250 £107,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £128,750 £135,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £54,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +50.68% -24.48% +3.57%

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 10,278 7,279 13,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.64% 15.52% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,593 4,041 9,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.74% +9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -5.00%

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 2 July 2026.

Salary histogram for NIST 800 in the UK

NIST 800
Top 9 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 2 July 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 -38 65 £85,000 - 27
London -1 49 £90,000 +2.86% 12
Work from Home -10 18 £90,000 - 13
UK excluding London -55 16 £82,500 +50.68% 21
South West -57 7 £85,000 - 4
South East -23 4 £68,750 +4.56% 9
East of England - 4 £82,500 - 1
North West 0 1 - - 3
North of England -48 1 - - 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 2 (3.03%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (6.06%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (30.30%) AWS
2 16 (24.24%) Azure
3 12 (18.18%) GCP
4 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 3 (4.55%) AWS KMS
5 3 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (4.55%) SaaS
6 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.03%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.52%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
1 4 (6.06%) Tableau
2 1 (1.52%) MongoDB
General
1 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
2 25 (37.88%) Finance
3 21 (31.82%) Retail
4 17 (25.76%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (24.24%) Banking
5 16 (24.24%) Local Government
6 15 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (15.15%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (9.09%) Legal
9 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
9 4 (6.06%) Aviation
10 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.52%) Law
11 1 (1.52%) Military
11 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Consultant
2 20 (30.30%) Senior
3 18 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
4 9 (13.64%) Architect
4 9 (13.64%) Information Manager
4 9 (13.64%) Information Risk Manager
4 9 (13.64%) Lead
4 9 (13.64%) Risk Manager
4 9 (13.64%) Security Architect
4 9 (13.64%) Security Consultant
5 7 (10.61%) Security Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
6 6 (9.09%) Information Security Risk Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Security Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 4 (6.06%) Metrics Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Security Specialist
9 3 (4.55%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
1 1 (1.52%) FIDO
1 1 (1.52%) Kafka
1 1 (1.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (42.42%) Security Posture
2 8 (12.12%) Management Information System
3 6 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.55%) Cloud Native
5 3 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (3.03%) PKI
6 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.52%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.52%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (71.21%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (69.70%) Information Security
3 42 (63.64%) Risk Management
4 27 (40.91%) Mentoring
5 23 (34.85%) Project Management
6 19 (28.79%) Internal Audit
7 16 (24.24%) Cloud Security
7 16 (24.24%) Target Operating Model
8 14 (21.21%) Agile
9 12 (18.18%) AI
9 12 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (16.67%) Incident Response
10 11 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
10 11 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 10 (15.15%) Decision-Making
11 10 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
12 9 (13.64%) Machine Learning
12 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (62.12%) CISSP
2 36 (54.55%) CISM
3 24 (36.36%) CRISC
4 15 (22.73%) CISA
5 13 (19.70%) Security Cleared
6 12 (18.18%) SANS
6 12 (18.18%) SC Cleared
7 11 (16.67%) ISACA
8 9 (13.64%) Degree
9 6 (9.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 6 (9.09%) CCSK
9 6 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
11 3 (4.55%) DV Cleared
11 3 (4.55%) GCIA
11 3 (4.55%) GCIH
11 3 (4.55%) GIAC
12 2 (3.03%) CCSP
12 2 (3.03%) CEH
12 2 (3.03%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (100.00%) NIST
2 50 (75.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 36 (54.55%) GRC
4 16 (24.24%) QA
5 10 (15.15%) GDPR
6 8 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 5 (7.58%) Def Stans
8 4 (6.06%) JSP 440
8 4 (6.06%) NCSC
9 3 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
10 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
11 1 (1.52%) COBIT
11 1 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
11 1 (1.52%) ISO 31000
11 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
11 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.52%) Docker
1 1 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (16.67%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 11 (16.67%) RSA Archer
2 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
1 3 (4.55%) LogRhythm
1 3 (4.55%) Splunk
2 2 (3.03%) Google
2 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.03%) Qualys
2 2 (3.03%) Tenable
3 1 (1.52%) Oracle
3 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.52%) SAP
3 1 (1.52%) Workday