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 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 237 284
Rank change year-on-year +141 +47 +12
Permanent jobs citing NIST 429 217 260
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.73% 1.33% 1.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.40% 7.74% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 202 136 224
10th Percentile £48,750 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £51,250 £52,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £91,250 £81,250 £75,313
90th Percentile £107,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.41% -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 2,786 2,804 3,600
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.74% 17.21% 13.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 1,507 2,821
10th Percentile £34,837 £37,435 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +0.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -4.35%

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 28 January 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 10 (2.33%) IIS
2 8 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.23%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 147 (34.27%) Azure
2 59 (13.75%) Entra ID
3 53 (12.35%) AWS
4 46 (10.72%) Google Workspace
5 25 (5.83%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.20%) SaaS
7 17 (3.96%) GCP
8 15 (3.50%) Nutanix
9 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.63%) PaaS
11 6 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (1.40%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (0.93%) IaaS
14 3 (0.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 3 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
15 2 (0.47%) dbt
16 1 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
16 1 (0.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 49 (11.42%) Broadband
2 32 (7.46%) Firewall
3 28 (6.53%) Network Security
4 16 (3.73%) CHAP
4 16 (3.73%) VPN
5 10 (2.33%) Wireshark
6 7 (1.63%) DMZ
7 6 (1.40%) DNS
7 6 (1.40%) SD-WAN
7 6 (1.40%) SSL
7 6 (1.40%) VoIP
7 6 (1.40%) WAN
8 5 (1.17%) LAN
8 5 (1.17%) Unified Communications
8 5 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.93%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.70%) SCCP
11 1 (0.23%) BGP
11 1 (0.23%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.23%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.40%) Power BI
2 5 (1.17%) Tableau
3 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Git
1 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 148 (34.50%) Finance
2 136 (31.70%) Social Skills
3 74 (17.25%) Banking
4 58 (13.52%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (9.79%) Public Sector
6 39 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 33 (7.69%) Telecoms
8 31 (7.23%) Games
9 28 (6.53%) Manufacturing
10 27 (6.29%) Electronics
10 27 (6.29%) Marketing
11 23 (5.36%) Financial Institution
11 23 (5.36%) Law
12 20 (4.66%) Legal
13 19 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 17 (3.96%) Retail
15 6 (1.40%) Aviation
16 5 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.70%) Back Office
18 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (19.35%) Lead
2 59 (13.75%) Senior
3 54 (12.59%) Consultant
4 50 (11.66%) Security Consultant
5 41 (9.56%) Analyst
6 29 (6.76%) Security Analyst
7 25 (5.83%) Architect
8 23 (5.36%) Security Manager
9 19 (4.43%) Developer
9 19 (4.43%) IAM Developer
10 17 (3.96%) Auditor
10 17 (3.96%) Security Architect
10 17 (3.96%) Security Auditor
10 17 (3.96%) Security Specialist
11 16 (3.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 16 (3.73%) Internal Auditor
12 15 (3.50%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.03%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.80%) Senior Consultant
14 12 (2.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (11.19%) GraphQL
1 48 (11.19%) REST
1 48 (11.19%) SOAP
2 47 (10.96%) OAuth
2 47 (10.96%) OpenID
2 47 (10.96%) SAML
3 46 (10.72%) LDAP
4 26 (6.06%) SAP CAF
5 6 (1.40%) React
5 6 (1.40%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.70%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.70%) JSON
6 3 (0.70%) YAML
7 2 (0.47%) Django
7 2 (0.47%) SLSA
8 1 (0.23%) EDI
8 1 (0.23%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 134 (31.24%) Cyber Threat
2 89 (20.75%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 79 (18.41%) Operational Technology
4 78 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
5 50 (11.66%) Cyberattack
6 49 (11.42%) Security Posture
7 48 (11.19%) Management Information System
8 23 (5.36%) Cloud Native
9 18 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (3.26%) PKI
11 13 (3.03%) Cyber Defence
12 10 (2.33%) CESG
13 9 (2.10%) Cloud Security Posture
13 9 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (2.10%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.86%) Blockchain
15 7 (1.63%) Blog
16 6 (1.40%) Onboarding
17 4 (0.93%) Cyber Security Posture
17 4 (0.93%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.20%) Windows
2 14 (3.26%) Linux
3 6 (1.40%) Unix
4 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (56.18%) Risk Management
2 236 (55.01%) Cybersecurity
3 178 (41.49%) Roadmaps
4 152 (35.43%) Information Security
5 143 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 138 (32.17%) Mentoring
7 106 (24.71%) Stakeholder Management
8 105 (24.48%) Security Operations
9 95 (22.14%) Threat Intelligence
10 89 (20.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 86 (20.05%) Coaching
12 81 (18.88%) Incident Response
12 81 (18.88%) ITIL
13 78 (18.18%) SABSA
14 77 (17.95%) Technology Roadmap
15 76 (17.72%) Risk Assessment
16 75 (17.48%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 73 (17.02%) Cyber Intelligence
18 71 (16.55%) Business Strategy
19 68 (15.85%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 83 (19.35%) PowerShell
2 50 (11.66%) Bash
3 46 (10.72%) T-SQL
4 26 (6.06%) SQL
5 21 (4.90%) Python
6 7 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (1.40%) Bicep
7 6 (1.40%) Java
8 1 (0.23%) C
8 1 (0.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 184 (42.89%) CISSP
2 122 (28.44%) CISM
3 84 (19.58%) CISA
4 69 (16.08%) CRISC
5 67 (15.62%) Security Cleared
6 55 (12.82%) SC Cleared
7 44 (10.26%) Degree
8 33 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 28 (6.53%) SANS
10 23 (5.36%) CEH
11 19 (4.43%) Azure Certification
11 19 (4.43%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (4.20%) AWS Certification
12 18 (4.20%) CGEIT
13 17 (3.96%) CompTIA Security+
13 17 (3.96%) DV Cleared
13 17 (3.96%) FFIEC
14 14 (3.26%) CISMP
15 12 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 11 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 268 (62.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 86 (20.05%) NCSC
3 81 (18.88%) PCI DSS
4 70 (16.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 69 (16.08%) GDPR
5 69 (16.08%) GRC
6 36 (8.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 29 (6.76%) NIST 800
8 28 (6.53%) COBIT
9 24 (5.59%) JSP 440
10 18 (4.20%) SOC 2
11 11 (2.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 11 (2.56%) ISO 22301
12 10 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 10 (2.33%) RMADS
13 9 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (1.17%) Data Quality
14 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 5 (1.17%) ITGC
14 5 (1.17%) SLA
System Software
1 54 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (1.63%) Docker
3 7 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.93%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (5.13%) Terraform
2 11 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.10%) RSA Archer
5 7 (1.63%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (1.17%) Ansible
7 4 (0.93%) QRadar
8 3 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.47%) Suricata
9 2 (0.47%) WSUS
10 1 (0.23%) Nessus
10 1 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 41 (9.56%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.76%) SAP
3 22 (5.13%) VMware
4 15 (3.50%) Commvault
5 6 (1.40%) Cisco
5 6 (1.40%) Google
5 6 (1.40%) Splunk
6 3 (0.70%) CyberArk
6 3 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.70%) Tenable
7 2 (0.47%) Oracle
7 2 (0.47%) Sage
7 2 (0.47%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.47%) Xero
8 1 (0.23%) AlienVault
8 1 (0.23%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.23%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.23%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.23%) Okta
8 1 (0.23%) Palo Alto