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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 207 332
Rank change year-on-year +35 +125 -84
Permanent jobs citing NIST 381 242 177
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.67% 1.46% 0.72%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.88% 8.08% 5.41%
Number of salaries quoted 253 209 129
10th Percentile £48,550 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,000 £53,649 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.63% +3.85% -10.65%
75th Percentile £88,750 £88,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £107,380 £92,592
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 3,855 2,994 3,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.89% 18.03% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,415 1,700 2,248
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,698
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.39% -2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,900 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.65%

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

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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 17 August 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 (1.57%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 139 (36.48%) Azure
2 116 (30.45%) AWS
3 73 (19.16%) SaaS
4 37 (9.71%) GCP
5 31 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.72%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.15%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.15%) Zapier
8 10 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.10%) IaaS
10 8 (2.10%) PaaS
11 6 (1.57%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.31%) Mimecast
13 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.05%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.05%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.79%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 68 (17.85%) Network Security
2 54 (14.17%) Firewall
3 26 (6.82%) VPN
4 18 (4.72%) DNS
5 16 (4.20%) WAN
6 14 (3.67%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.67%) SSH
6 14 (3.67%) SSL
7 13 (3.41%) DHCP
7 13 (3.41%) VLAN
8 11 (2.89%) HTTP
8 11 (2.89%) MPLS
8 11 (2.89%) SNMP
9 10 (2.62%) BGP
9 10 (2.62%) FTP
9 10 (2.62%) ICMP
9 10 (2.62%) IPsec
10 9 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
11 8 (2.10%) CHAP
12 7 (1.84%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.57%) Power BI
2 4 (1.05%) Tableau
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.79%) Git
2 3 (0.79%) JIRA
3 2 (0.52%) Cypress.io
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
3 2 (0.52%) JUnit
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%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 125 (32.81%) Social Skills
2 73 (19.16%) Finance
3 66 (17.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 63 (16.54%) Law
5 54 (14.17%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (9.71%) Public Sector
7 33 (8.66%) Legal
8 28 (7.35%) Banking
9 25 (6.56%) Retail
10 16 (4.20%) Financial Institution
10 16 (4.20%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (2.36%) French Language
13 8 (2.10%) Aviation
13 8 (2.10%) German Language
14 7 (1.84%) Back Office
15 6 (1.57%) Aerospace
16 4 (1.05%) Military
16 4 (1.05%) Police
16 4 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 77 (20.21%) Architect
2 63 (16.54%) Consultant
3 62 (16.27%) Senior
4 54 (14.17%) Security Consultant
5 50 (13.12%) IT Manager
6 48 (12.60%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.60%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.60%) Service Manager
7 42 (11.02%) Security Architect
8 39 (10.24%) Analyst
9 36 (9.45%) Security Analyst
10 32 (8.40%) Security Manager
11 26 (6.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 23 (6.04%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 22 (5.77%) Senior Consultant
14 21 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
15 19 (4.99%) Security Engineer
16 18 (4.72%) Senior Security Consultant
17 17 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Consultant
18 15 (3.94%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.60%) Middleware
2 14 (3.67%) OAuth
2 14 (3.67%) SAML
3 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.57%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.57%) RESTful
5 5 (1.31%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.05%) OpenID
6 4 (1.05%) REST
6 4 (1.05%) SOAP
7 2 (0.52%) .NET
7 2 (0.52%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.52%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.52%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.52%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.52%) Node.js
7 2 (0.52%) pytest
7 2 (0.52%) React
7 2 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 69 (18.11%) Cyber Threat
2 68 (17.85%) Security Posture
3 52 (13.65%) Management Information System
4 30 (7.87%) Cloud Native
5 28 (7.35%) Cyberattack
6 18 (4.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 14 (3.67%) Data Protection Act
7 14 (3.67%) PKI
8 13 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (3.15%) Cyber Defence
9 12 (3.15%) Onboarding
10 9 (2.36%) Blog
10 9 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (2.36%) Operational Technology
11 7 (1.84%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (1.84%) Freedom of Information
11 7 (1.84%) Freedom of Information Act
12 6 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.31%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.20%) Windows
2 11 (2.89%) Linux
3 6 (1.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (56.96%) Cybersecurity
2 189 (49.61%) Information Security
3 123 (32.28%) Risk Management
4 115 (30.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 113 (29.66%) Agile
6 98 (25.72%) Cloud Security
7 97 (25.46%) Incident Response
8 93 (24.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 84 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 84 (22.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 81 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
11 79 (20.73%) DevOps
11 79 (20.73%) ITIL
12 78 (20.47%) Business Continuity
13 71 (18.64%) Enterprise Architecture
14 66 (17.32%) SIEM
15 64 (16.80%) Roadmaps
16 60 (15.75%) Test Automation
17 59 (15.49%) Threat Modelling
18 57 (14.96%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.14%) PowerShell
2 26 (6.82%) Python
3 8 (2.10%) Java
4 6 (1.57%) Bicep
5 5 (1.31%) Bash
5 5 (1.31%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.05%) Go
7 3 (0.79%) C#
8 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (0.52%) SQL
9 1 (0.26%) Rust
9 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 189 (49.61%) CISSP
2 166 (43.57%) CISM
3 93 (24.41%) Security Cleared
4 74 (19.42%) SC Cleared
5 68 (17.85%) Degree
6 48 (12.60%) ITIL Certification
7 44 (11.55%) CRISC
8 35 (9.19%) CISA
9 22 (5.77%) DV Cleared
10 20 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (4.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (3.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (3.41%) CEH
14 12 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (3.15%) SANS
15 11 (2.89%) CREST Certified
15 11 (2.89%) FFIEC
15 11 (2.89%) GIAC
16 10 (2.62%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (2.62%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (66.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (24.93%) GDPR
3 70 (18.37%) GRC
4 56 (14.70%) ISO 22301
5 55 (14.44%) PCI DSS
6 46 (12.07%) NCSC
7 42 (11.02%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (6.56%) SOC 2
9 23 (6.04%) COBIT
9 23 (6.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 19 (4.99%) NIST 800
11 18 (4.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 17 (4.46%) JSP 440
13 9 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 9 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (1.84%) SOC 1
15 6 (1.57%) QA
16 5 (1.31%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (4.72%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.89%) Docker
3 4 (1.05%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.67%) CASB
3 13 (3.41%) Terraform
4 10 (2.62%) FortiGate
5 9 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.05%) Ansible
8 3 (0.79%) SCCM
9 2 (0.52%) Grafana
9 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.26%) Nessus
10 1 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
10 1 (0.26%) Nmap
10 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.26%) OpenView
10 1 (0.26%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (19.69%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.25%) Cisco
2 20 (5.25%) Palo Alto
3 18 (4.72%) Google
4 13 (3.41%) OpenAI
5 12 (3.15%) Splunk
6 9 (2.36%) Qualys
7 8 (2.10%) Tanium
8 6 (1.57%) VMware
9 5 (1.31%) Sophos
10 4 (1.05%) Commvault
10 4 (1.05%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.05%) Netskope
10 4 (1.05%) Okta
10 4 (1.05%) Oracle
10 4 (1.05%) Tenable
10 4 (1.05%) Thales
10 4 (1.05%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (0.79%) Zerto