Hybrid/Remote NIST Job Trends

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NIST skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 196 300
Rank change year-on-year +31 +104 -42
Permanent jobs citing NIST 385 265 197
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 1.61% 0.86%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.57% 8.77% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 239 217 123
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £58,900 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% +6.74% -9.72%
75th Percentile £88,125 £90,000 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,250 £107,500 £91,592
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.38% -2.76% +3.57%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,025 3,021 3,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 18.32% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 1,655 1,857
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,200 £35,347
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,646
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.17%

NIST
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

NIST job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NIST
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

NIST
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NIST over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NIST
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 (1.56%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 143 (37.14%) Azure
2 119 (30.91%) AWS
3 75 (19.48%) SaaS
4 40 (10.39%) GCP
5 34 (8.83%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (7.27%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.12%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.12%) Zapier
8 10 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 9 (2.34%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (2.08%) IaaS
10 8 (2.08%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.08%) PaaS
11 7 (1.82%) Azure Sentinel
11 7 (1.82%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.30%) Serverless
13 4 (1.04%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 71 (18.44%) Network Security
2 57 (14.81%) Firewall
3 28 (7.27%) VPN
4 15 (3.90%) WAN
5 14 (3.64%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.64%) SSH
5 14 (3.64%) SSL
6 13 (3.38%) DNS
7 11 (2.86%) BGP
7 11 (2.86%) HTTP
7 11 (2.86%) VLAN
8 10 (2.60%) DHCP
8 10 (2.60%) FTP
8 10 (2.60%) ICMP
8 10 (2.60%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (2.60%) IPsec
8 10 (2.60%) MPLS
8 10 (2.60%) SNMP
9 7 (1.82%) Broadband
9 7 (1.82%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.56%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Tableau
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) Metadata
3 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.04%) JIRA
2 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) JUnit
3 2 (0.52%) MLflow
3 2 (0.52%) NUnit
3 2 (0.52%) Postman
3 2 (0.52%) Selenium
3 2 (0.52%) Snyk
3 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
General
1 134 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.36%) Finance
2 63 (16.36%) Law
3 62 (16.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 56 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (11.43%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.01%) Retail
7 26 (6.75%) Legal
8 24 (6.23%) Banking
9 19 (4.94%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (3.64%) Aviation
11 11 (2.86%) Financial Institution
12 9 (2.34%) French Language
13 8 (2.08%) Aerospace
13 8 (2.08%) Back Office
13 8 (2.08%) German Language
13 8 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.04%) Police
15 4 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (20.78%) Architect
2 73 (18.96%) Consultant
3 57 (14.81%) Security Consultant
3 57 (14.81%) Senior
4 51 (13.25%) Security Architect
5 50 (12.99%) IT Manager
6 49 (12.73%) Resilience Manager
7 48 (12.47%) IT Services Manager
7 48 (12.47%) Service Manager
8 42 (10.91%) Analyst
9 39 (10.13%) Security Analyst
10 28 (7.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 25 (6.49%) Security Engineer
12 23 (5.97%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 23 (5.97%) Security Manager
13 19 (4.94%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (4.68%) Senior Security Consultant
15 16 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
16 15 (3.90%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.47%) Middleware
2 16 (4.16%) Terraform
3 12 (3.12%) OAuth
3 12 (3.12%) SAML
4 7 (1.82%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.82%) ModSecurity
5 6 (1.56%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.56%) RESTful
6 5 (1.30%) REST
6 5 (1.30%) SOAP
7 3 (0.78%) GraphQL
8 2 (0.52%) .NET
8 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.52%) Keycloak
8 2 (0.52%) LDAP
8 2 (0.52%) OpenID
8 2 (0.52%) pytest
8 2 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 74 (19.22%) Security Posture
2 71 (18.44%) Cyber Threat
3 47 (12.21%) Management Information System
4 35 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 21 (5.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 19 (4.94%) Cyberattack
7 17 (4.42%) PKI
8 16 (4.16%) Data Protection Act
8 16 (4.16%) Operational Technology
9 14 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (3.12%) Onboarding
12 10 (2.60%) Cloud Security Posture
12 10 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 7 (1.82%) Blog
13 7 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.82%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.82%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (1.82%) SCADA
14 6 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.16%) Windows
2 8 (2.08%) Linux
3 6 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (58.96%) Cybersecurity
2 190 (49.35%) Information Security
3 117 (30.39%) Risk Management
3 117 (30.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 109 (28.31%) Agile
5 103 (26.75%) Cloud Security
6 90 (23.38%) Incident Response
7 87 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
7 87 (22.60%) Disaster Recovery
8 81 (21.04%) Vulnerability Management
9 75 (19.48%) Business Continuity
10 74 (19.22%) ITIL
10 74 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
11 73 (18.96%) DevOps
12 71 (18.44%) Enterprise Architecture
12 71 (18.44%) Threat Modelling
13 67 (17.40%) SIEM
14 65 (16.88%) Security Architecture
15 63 (16.36%) Security Operations
16 61 (15.84%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 28 (7.27%) PowerShell
1 28 (7.27%) Python
2 12 (3.12%) Java
3 8 (2.08%) Bash
4 7 (1.82%) Go
5 6 (1.56%) Bicep
6 5 (1.30%) C#
6 5 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.78%) SQL
8 2 (0.52%) C
8 2 (0.52%) C++
8 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (48.83%) CISSP
2 166 (43.12%) CISM
3 95 (24.68%) Security Cleared
4 77 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 66 (17.14%) Degree
6 48 (12.47%) ITIL Certification
7 41 (10.65%) CRISC
8 32 (8.31%) CISA
9 23 (5.97%) DV Cleared
10 21 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (3.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 13 (3.38%) Azure Certification
13 12 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (3.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (2.86%) CREST Certified
15 9 (2.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (2.34%) CEH
15 9 (2.34%) CompTIA Security+
15 9 (2.34%) GIAC
16 8 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (67.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (23.38%) GDPR
3 71 (18.44%) GRC
4 62 (16.10%) PCI DSS
5 56 (14.55%) NCSC
6 54 (14.03%) ISO 22301
7 44 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (6.49%) SOC 2
9 24 (6.23%) NIST 800
10 20 (5.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (4.94%) COBIT
12 16 (4.16%) JSP 440
12 16 (4.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 11 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 10 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 9 (2.34%) Accessibility
15 9 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (1.82%) QA
16 7 (1.82%) SOC 1
17 4 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (4.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.08%) Docker
3 4 (1.04%) Firmware
4 3 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.16%) CASB
3 15 (3.90%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.60%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.78%) Grafana
7 2 (0.52%) Ansible
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Cilium
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
8 1 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.26%) Nmap
8 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
8 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (21.56%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.97%) Cisco
3 22 (5.71%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.64%) Google
5 13 (3.38%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.86%) Qualys
6 11 (2.86%) Splunk
7 8 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.08%) Tanium
8 5 (1.30%) Netskope
8 5 (1.30%) Tenable
9 4 (1.04%) New Relic
9 4 (1.04%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.04%) Thales
9 4 (1.04%) Zerto
9 4 (1.04%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.78%) CheckPoint
10 3 (0.78%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.78%) Oracle
10 3 (0.78%) Red Hat