NIST Job Trends in Worcestershire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs citing NIST 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.48% - 2.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.17% - 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.22%
75th Percentile £37,500 - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.65% +3.64% -23.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 48 20 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 11.43% 9.71% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 19
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,150 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,800 £62,438 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.22%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

NIST job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

NIST
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing NIST.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing NIST

NIST
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing NIST within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bromsgrove - 2 £35,000 - 1
NIST
West Midlands

NIST
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft