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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 191 315
Rank change year-on-year +29 +124 -55
Permanent jobs citing NIST 386 256 195
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 1.57% 0.83%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.59% 8.50% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 244 210 125
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,188 £53,649 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,353 £69,384 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% +6.74% -10.34%
75th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £91,194
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% - +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 4,027 3,013 3,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.46% 18.52% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,531 1,665 1,910
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,140 £35,520
25th Percentile £44,447 £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 £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £103,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -5.00%

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 20 September 2026.

NIST salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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 (1.55%) SAS
2 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 142 (36.79%) Azure
2 118 (30.57%) AWS
3 74 (19.17%) SaaS
4 39 (10.10%) GCP
5 33 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (7.25%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.11%) Anthropic Claude
7 12 (3.11%) Zapier
8 10 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
9 9 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.07%) IaaS
10 8 (2.07%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.07%) PaaS
11 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.81%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.55%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.04%) Serverless
13 4 (1.04%) Vertex AI
14 3 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.78%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 71 (18.39%) Network Security
2 59 (15.28%) Firewall
3 28 (7.25%) VPN
4 15 (3.89%) DNS
4 15 (3.89%) WAN
5 14 (3.63%) SD-WAN
5 14 (3.63%) SSH
5 14 (3.63%) SSL
6 12 (3.11%) VLAN
7 11 (2.85%) DHCP
7 11 (2.85%) HTTP
7 11 (2.85%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (2.59%) BGP
8 10 (2.59%) FTP
8 10 (2.59%) ICMP
8 10 (2.59%) IPsec
8 10 (2.59%) MPLS
8 10 (2.59%) SNMP
9 7 (1.81%) Broadband
9 7 (1.81%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.55%) Power BI
2 4 (1.04%) Tableau
3 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.52%) ZAP BI
4 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (1.30%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.04%) 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%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (0.52%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.52%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.26%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.26%) MLflow
General
1 134 (34.72%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.32%) Finance
2 63 (16.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 63 (16.32%) Law
3 56 (14.51%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.51%) Legal
6 27 (6.99%) Retail
7 23 (5.96%) Banking
8 19 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (3.63%) Aviation
10 10 (2.59%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.33%) French Language
12 8 (2.07%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.07%) German Language
12 8 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.81%) Back Office
14 6 (1.55%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.04%) Police
16 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (20.98%) Architect
2 72 (18.65%) Consultant
3 58 (15.03%) Senior
4 57 (14.77%) Security Consultant
5 50 (12.95%) IT Manager
5 50 (12.95%) Security Architect
6 48 (12.44%) IT Services Manager
6 48 (12.44%) Resilience Manager
6 48 (12.44%) Service Manager
7 42 (10.88%) Analyst
8 39 (10.10%) Security Analyst
9 28 (7.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 25 (6.48%) Security Manager
11 24 (6.22%) Security Engineer
12 23 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 20 (5.18%) Senior Consultant
14 18 (4.66%) Senior Security Consultant
15 17 (4.40%) Cybersecurity Manager
15 17 (4.40%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.44%) Middleware
2 14 (3.63%) Terraform
3 13 (3.37%) OAuth
3 13 (3.37%) SAML
4 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Graph
4 7 (1.81%) ModSecurity
5 6 (1.55%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.55%) RESTful
6 5 (1.30%) REST
6 5 (1.30%) SOAP
7 3 (0.78%) GraphQL
7 3 (0.78%) OpenID
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%) LDAP
8 2 (0.52%) Node.js
8 2 (0.52%) pytest
8 2 (0.52%) React
Miscellaneous
1 72 (18.65%) Security Posture
2 71 (18.39%) Cyber Threat
3 47 (12.18%) Management Information System
4 32 (8.29%) Cloud Native
5 22 (5.70%) Cyberattack
6 20 (5.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 16 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (4.15%) Operational Technology
7 16 (4.15%) PKI
8 14 (3.63%) Cyber Defence
9 13 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (3.11%) Onboarding
11 10 (2.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (2.33%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.81%) Cyber Security Posture
13 7 (1.81%) Freedom of Information
13 7 (1.81%) Freedom of Information Act
13 7 (1.81%) SCADA
14 6 (1.55%) Blog
15 5 (1.30%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.15%) Windows
2 9 (2.33%) Linux
3 6 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.26%) CentOS
4 1 (0.26%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (59.33%) Cybersecurity
2 189 (48.96%) Information Security
3 119 (30.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 118 (30.57%) Risk Management
5 109 (28.24%) Agile
6 102 (26.42%) Cloud Security
7 93 (24.09%) Incident Response
8 89 (23.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 88 (22.80%) Disaster Recovery
10 81 (20.98%) Vulnerability Management
11 77 (19.95%) Business Continuity
11 77 (19.95%) ITIL
12 75 (19.43%) DevOps
12 75 (19.43%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (18.39%) Enterprise Architecture
14 70 (18.13%) SIEM
15 68 (17.62%) Threat Modelling
16 63 (16.32%) Security Architecture
17 62 (16.06%) Roadmaps
17 62 (16.06%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 29 (7.51%) PowerShell
2 25 (6.48%) Python
3 9 (2.33%) Java
4 7 (1.81%) Bash
5 6 (1.55%) Bicep
6 5 (1.30%) Go
6 5 (1.30%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.04%) C#
8 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.52%) SQL
9 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.26%) C
10 1 (0.26%) C++
10 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 190 (49.22%) CISSP
2 168 (43.52%) CISM
3 96 (24.87%) Security Cleared
4 78 (20.21%) SC Cleared
5 67 (17.36%) Degree
6 48 (12.44%) ITIL Certification
7 42 (10.88%) CRISC
8 32 (8.29%) CISA
9 23 (5.96%) DV Cleared
10 21 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (3.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 13 (3.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 12 (3.11%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.85%) Azure Certification
14 11 (2.85%) CREST Certified
15 10 (2.59%) CEH
15 10 (2.59%) CompTIA Security+
15 10 (2.59%) GIAC
16 8 (2.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (2.07%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (66.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 89 (23.06%) GDPR
3 70 (18.13%) GRC
4 59 (15.28%) PCI DSS
5 54 (13.99%) NCSC
6 53 (13.73%) ISO 22301
7 48 (12.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (6.48%) SOC 2
9 24 (6.22%) NIST 800
10 21 (5.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (4.92%) COBIT
12 17 (4.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 16 (4.15%) JSP 440
14 10 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 10 (2.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 9 (2.33%) Accessibility
16 7 (1.81%) QA
16 7 (1.81%) SOC 1
17 4 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (5.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.33%) Docker
3 4 (1.04%) Firmware
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.15%) CASB
3 15 (3.89%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.59%) FortiGate
4 10 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.78%) Ansible
5 3 (0.78%) SCCM
6 2 (0.52%) Grafana
6 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Nessus
7 1 (0.26%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.26%) Nmap
7 1 (0.26%) OpenVAS
7 1 (0.26%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 82 (21.24%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.22%) Cisco
3 23 (5.96%) Palo Alto
4 14 (3.63%) Google
5 13 (3.37%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.85%) Qualys
6 11 (2.85%) Splunk
7 8 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
7 8 (2.07%) 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%) Fortinet
10 3 (0.78%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.78%) Sophos