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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 813 862
Rank change year-on-year +141 +49 +282
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 34 85 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.086% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.36% 0.62% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 22 60 74
10th Percentile £56,625 £52,500 £57,725
25th Percentile £62,813 £57,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £73,750 £74,589
Median % change year-on-year +6.78% -1.12% +10.50%
75th Percentile £91,563 £107,500 £96,875
90th Percentile £107,950 - £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -15.52% +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 9,363 13,636 19,077
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.11% 13.74% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,802 9,277 8,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £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 £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.26%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +108 30 £81,000 +11.72% 77
London +113 16 £85,000 -10.53% 36
Work from Home +143 15 £88,750 +47.92% 108
UK excluding London +132 15 £61,250 -15.52% 51
South West +79 5 - - 22
North of England +62 5 £60,000 - 3
Scotland +124 3 £65,000 -13.33% 2
North West -1 3 £60,000 -
South East +86 2 £65,750 +1.15% 18
Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.71%) SaaS
2 4 (11.76%) IaaS
3 3 (8.82%) Azure
4 2 (5.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.94%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.94%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) PaaS
5 1 (2.94%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 4 (11.76%) Network Security
3 3 (8.82%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (2.94%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (35.29%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Banking
2 7 (20.59%) Social Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Legal
4 3 (8.82%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.88%) Military
6 1 (2.94%) Avionics
6 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Architect
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) Lead
3 5 (14.71%) Security Specialist
4 4 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Security Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Information Assurance Leader
6 2 (5.88%) IT Security Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) SaaS Architect
6 2 (5.88%) SABSA Security Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Security Specialist
7 1 (2.94%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.71%) Security Posture
3 4 (11.76%) Taxonomies
4 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (67.65%) Risk Management
3 22 (64.71%) Information Security
4 11 (32.35%) Roadmaps
5 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
5 9 (26.47%) Risk Assessment
6 8 (23.53%) Security Architecture
6 8 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (20.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (20.59%) DevOps
7 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (17.65%) Cloud Security
8 6 (17.65%) Incident Response
8 6 (17.65%) SIEM
8 6 (17.65%) Strategic Roadmap
8 6 (17.65%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 5 (14.71%) Penetration Testing
9 5 (14.71%) Security Management
9 5 (14.71%) Software Engineering
9 5 (14.71%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (44.12%) Degree
2 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
3 11 (32.35%) CISM
4 9 (26.47%) CISSP
4 9 (26.47%) CRISC
5 8 (23.53%) SC Cleared
6 7 (20.59%) Master's Degree
7 6 (17.65%) CISA
7 6 (17.65%) SANS
8 5 (14.71%) DV Cleared
9 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (5.88%) CCIE
10 2 (5.88%) CCNP
10 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (5.88%) JNCIE
10 2 (5.88%) JNCIP
11 1 (2.94%) GCIA
11 1 (2.94%) GCIH
11 1 (2.94%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (97.06%) NIST
2 19 (55.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (29.41%) GRC
4 6 (17.65%) GDPR
5 4 (11.76%) JSP 440
5 4 (11.76%) NCSC
5 4 (11.76%) SOC 1
5 4 (11.76%) SOC 2
6 2 (5.88%) HIPAA
7 1 (2.94%) COBIT
7 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
1 1 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) RSA Archer
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.94%) Ansible
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) MaaS360
3 1 (2.94%) Nessus
3 1 (2.94%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.94%) Puppet
3 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.94%) Qualys
2 1 (2.94%) VMware