NIST Job Trends in West Yorkshire

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 84 114
Rank change year-on-year -31 +30 +81
Permanent jobs citing NIST 7 26 30
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.39% 1.72% 1.54%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.26% 10.83% 9.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 25
10th Percentile - £41,000 £47,750
25th Percentile - £50,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -7.08% -5.83%
75th Percentile - £74,375 £70,250
90th Percentile - £75,000 £88,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.89% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 215 240 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.92% 15.84% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 112 116 202
10th Percentile £26,520 £25,875 £35,175
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,038 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -8.70% +8.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,897 £72,875
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,250 £88,400
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £51,528
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.97% +3.06%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

NIST job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

NIST
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing NIST

NIST
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Leeds -30 7 £65,000 +23.81% 16
NIST
Yorkshire

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (42.86%) Operational Technology
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Business Strategy
1 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) Change Advisory Board
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
2 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) SABSA
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (42.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (42.86%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (28.57%) GRC
3 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft