NIST Jobs in the West Midlands

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring NIST skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NIST over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 197 159
Rank change year-on-year +107 -38 +25
Permanent jobs citing NIST 120 50 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.69% 0.69% 1.91%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.81% 4.46% 6.46%
Number of salaries quoted 18 47 106
10th Percentile £37,651 £36,118 £47,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £39,000 £51,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.30% +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £84,959 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,375 £105,850 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,750 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.61% -4.64% +3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 810 1,121 1,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.14% 15.48% 29.50%
Number of salaries quoted 395 861 733
10th Percentile £28,993 £27,300 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £51,201
Median % change year-on-year - +2.54% +7.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £77,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing NIST as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing NIST in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing NIST in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for NIST in the West Midlands

NIST
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Warwickshire +42 70 - - 3
Birmingham +31 24 £65,000 -10.34% 11
Coventry - 17 - - 3
Staffordshire +14 5 £52,470 +39.92% 7
Solihull +9 2 £40,000 -42.86% 4
NIST
England

NIST
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.83%) Azure
2 6 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.17%) SaaS
4 3 (2.50%) AWS
4 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.67%) Asana
5 2 (1.67%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.67%) IaaS
5 2 (1.67%) PaaS
5 2 (1.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (0.83%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.83%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Functions
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.83%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.67%) Firewall
2 2 (1.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.67%) Power BI
2 1 (0.83%) DB2
2 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (3.33%) Legal
1 4 (3.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (1.67%) Police
3 1 (0.83%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.83%) Finance
3 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 103 (85.83%) Security Engineer
2 98 (81.67%) Principal Engineer
2 98 (81.67%) Principal Security Engineer
3 63 (52.50%) Analyst
3 63 (52.50%) Security Analyst
4 59 (49.17%) Principal Security Analyst
4 59 (49.17%) Product Analyst
5 39 (32.50%) Product Engineer
6 4 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 3 (2.50%) Consultant
7 3 (2.50%) Information Manager
7 3 (2.50%) Information Security Manager
7 3 (2.50%) Security Manager
8 2 (1.67%) Active Directory Engineer
8 2 (1.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (1.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 2 (1.67%) Information Analyst
8 2 (1.67%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (1.67%) Security Consultant
8 2 (1.67%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.83%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.33%) PKI
3 3 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (2.50%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.67%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.83%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.83%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (0.83%) IoT
5 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.83%) Linux
1 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
1 1 (0.83%) Unix
1 1 (0.83%) Windows
1 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (94.17%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (90.00%) Information Security
3 101 (84.17%) Project Management
3 101 (84.17%) Risk Management
4 98 (81.67%) Cyber Resilience
4 98 (81.67%) Security Testing
5 4 (3.33%) Cloud Security
5 4 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (3.33%) Data Protection
5 4 (3.33%) Incident Response
5 4 (3.33%) Security Operations
5 4 (3.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (2.50%) Computer Science
6 3 (2.50%) Incident Management
6 3 (2.50%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (2.50%) Risk Assessment
6 3 (2.50%) Roadmaps
7 2 (1.67%) Identity Management
7 2 (1.67%) Scrum
7 2 (1.67%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.50%) Python
1 3 (2.50%) SQL
2 2 (1.67%) C++
2 2 (1.67%) Java
3 1 (0.83%) Bash
3 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 106 (88.33%) Degree
2 103 (85.83%) CISSP
3 98 (81.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 98 (81.67%) CESG Certified Professional
3 98 (81.67%) CISM
4 3 (2.50%) CISA
4 3 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.67%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.67%) PMP
6 1 (0.83%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.83%) CRISC
6 1 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (95.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 98 (81.67%) JSP 440
2 98 (81.67%) RMADS
3 8 (6.67%) GDPR
4 5 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (4.17%) NCSC
5 2 (1.67%) COBIT
5 2 (1.67%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.67%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.83%) COSO
6 1 (0.83%) GRC
6 1 (0.83%) ITGC
6 1 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.83%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.67%) Nessus
2 1 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (5.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.67%) Oracle
3 1 (0.83%) IBM