NIST Job Trends in Wantage

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Oxfordshire > Wantage

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wantage requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NIST 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wantage 8.33% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £65,000 £80,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +68.42% -32.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wantage

NIST 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 in Wantage.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wantage 16.67% 14.29% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £50,000
75th Percentile - - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median annual salary £63,750 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.91% +15.79% -5.00%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Wantage

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wantage.

NIST job vacancy trend in Wantage

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wantage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001