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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 393 479
Rank change year-on-year -42 +86 +22
Permanent jobs citing NIST 800 22 31 11
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.093% 0.19% 0.047%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.56% 1.05% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6 24 7
10th Percentile £61,875 - £51,500
25th Percentile £76,563 £63,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile - £89,063 £62,500
90th Percentile - £102,250 £69,500
UK median annual salary £82,500 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% +14.29% -

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 3,919 2,949 3,111
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.62% 18.33% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,512 1,657 1,958
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,440 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,050 £77,500 £78,005
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £103,540
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 8 September 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (18.18%) GCP
3 4 (18.18%) Power Platform
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Power BI
1 4 (18.18%) Tableau
General
1 10 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 6 (27.27%) Aerospace
4 4 (18.18%) Aviation
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (18.18%) Retail
4 4 (18.18%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Consultant
1 11 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 11 (50.00%) Senior
2 10 (45.45%) Senior Consultant
2 10 (45.45%) Senior Security Consultant
3 6 (27.27%) Architect
3 6 (27.27%) AWS Consultant
3 6 (27.27%) Security Architect
4 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Metrics Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 6 (27.27%) Cyber Defence
2 6 (27.27%) Onboarding
3 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
4 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (63.64%) Agile
3 13 (59.09%) Information Security
4 12 (54.55%) Mentoring
5 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
7 8 (36.36%) Application Security
7 8 (36.36%) Risk Assessment
7 8 (36.36%) Roadmaps
7 8 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
7 8 (36.36%) Threat Modelling
8 7 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (27.27%) Architectural Patterns
9 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
9 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
9 6 (27.27%) Computer Science
9 6 (27.27%) Incident Response
9 6 (27.27%) Security Architecture
9 6 (27.27%) Use Case
9 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) CISM
2 10 (45.45%) CISSP
2 10 (45.45%) Degree
3 7 (31.82%) CISA
3 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 6 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (27.27%) Master's Degree
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
5 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (100.00%) NIST
2 11 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (31.82%) GDPR
4 6 (27.27%) GRC
5 5 (22.73%) NCSC
6 4 (18.18%) Def Stans
7 1 (4.55%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) CASB
1 2 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) YouTube