Hybrid/Remote NIST 800 Job Trends

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800 Series
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NIST 800 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 404 408 556
Rank change year-on-year +4 +148 +6
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 16 14 28
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.080% 0.091% 0.081%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% 0.49% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 12 7 11
10th Percentile - £80,000 -
25th Percentile £85,000 £84,375 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - +41.73% -9.29%
75th Percentile £128,750 £107,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £141,125 £107,700 £90,000
UK median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +17.24% -2.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,222 2,848 4,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.18% 18.58% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,087 1,532 3,252
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,525
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,957 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,978 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,475 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.43% +9.52% -8.70%

NIST 800
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NIST 800 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NIST 800 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NIST 800
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST 800.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST 800

NIST 800
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST 800 over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

NIST 800 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NIST 800
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) GCP
1 4 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Power BI
1 4 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Aviation
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Lead
1 4 (25.00%) Metrics Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Information Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Information Risk Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Risk Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Security Posture
2 4 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Information Security
1 8 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Matrix Organization
3 6 (37.50%) Process Improvement
4 5 (31.25%) DAMA
4 5 (31.25%) DAMA DMBOK
4 5 (31.25%) Data Management
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (25.00%) OWASP
5 4 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Project Management
5 4 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) CISA
1 8 (50.00%) CISM
1 8 (50.00%) CISSP
2 7 (43.75%) ISACA
2 7 (43.75%) SANS
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (100.00%) NIST
2 7 (43.75%) GRC
3 4 (25.00%) Def Stans
4 1 (6.25%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) JSP 440
4 1 (6.25%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 7 (43.75%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 7 (43.75%) RSA Archer