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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 231 296
Rank change year-on-year +128 +65 -16
Permanent jobs citing NIST 447 183 317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.50% 1.37% 0.98%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.17% 7.56% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 217 143 273
10th Percentile £50,000 £39,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £55,544 £51,251 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.85% -7.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £92,000 £89,500
UK median annual salary £73,706 £72,500 £69,000
% change year-on-year +1.66% +5.07% -1.43%

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 3,155 2,421 4,183
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.66% 18.11% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,864 1,578 3,288
10th Percentile £35,750 £36,195 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,725
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 22 April 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:

Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 148 (33.11%) Azure
2 70 (15.66%) Entra ID
3 56 (12.53%) Google Workspace
4 54 (12.08%) AWS
5 25 (5.59%) GCP
6 18 (4.03%) Nutanix
7 16 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (2.91%) SaaS
9 9 (2.01%) PaaS
10 8 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.57%) IaaS
12 4 (0.89%) Power Platform
12 4 (0.89%) Serverless
12 4 (0.89%) Vertex AI
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 2 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (0.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
14 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 62 (13.87%) Broadband
2 40 (8.95%) Firewall
3 35 (7.83%) Network Security
4 26 (5.82%) CHAP
5 15 (3.36%) DNS
6 12 (2.68%) VPN
7 8 (1.79%) SSL
8 7 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (1.12%) DHCP
9 5 (1.12%) DMZ
9 5 (1.12%) SSH
10 3 (0.67%) SCCP
10 3 (0.67%) VLAN
11 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.45%) WAN
12 1 (0.22%) HTTP
12 1 (0.22%) MPLS
12 1 (0.22%) SMTP
12 1 (0.22%) SNMP
12 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.89%) Power BI
2 3 (0.67%) Tableau
3 1 (0.22%) DB2
3 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
3 1 (0.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Git
1 6 (1.34%) Jenkins
General
1 149 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 129 (28.86%) Finance
3 83 (18.57%) Banking
4 71 (15.88%) Organisational Skills
5 45 (10.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 36 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
7 34 (7.61%) Games
8 30 (6.71%) Law
9 28 (6.26%) Financial Institution
9 28 (6.26%) Public Sector
9 28 (6.26%) Retail
10 27 (6.04%) Legal
11 14 (3.13%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.13%) Telecoms
12 13 (2.91%) Electronics
12 13 (2.91%) Marketing
13 12 (2.68%) Aviation
14 4 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
15 3 (0.67%) Back Office
16 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 78 (17.45%) Lead
2 57 (12.75%) Senior
3 52 (11.63%) Architect
4 45 (10.07%) Security Manager
5 38 (8.50%) Analyst
6 35 (7.83%) Consultant
7 31 (6.94%) Security Analyst
8 28 (6.26%) Auditor
9 26 (5.82%) Security Auditor
9 26 (5.82%) Security Consultant
10 25 (5.59%) Internal Auditor
11 24 (5.37%) Cybersecurity Manager
12 23 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
13 21 (4.70%) Developer
13 21 (4.70%) IAM Developer
13 21 (4.70%) Security Architect
14 18 (4.03%) Information Manager
15 17 (3.80%) Information Security Manager
16 16 (3.58%) Senior Manager
16 16 (3.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.65%) OAuth
1 61 (13.65%) OpenID
1 61 (13.65%) SAML
2 59 (13.20%) REST
2 59 (13.20%) SOAP
3 58 (12.98%) GraphQL
4 56 (12.53%) LDAP
5 13 (2.91%) SAP CAF
6 4 (0.89%) ARM Templates
6 4 (0.89%) RESTful
7 2 (0.45%) JSON
7 2 (0.45%) YAML
8 1 (0.22%) CSS
8 1 (0.22%) HTML
8 1 (0.22%) LangChain
8 1 (0.22%) LlamaIndex
8 1 (0.22%) Middleware
8 1 (0.22%) pgvector
8 1 (0.22%) Semantic Kernel
8 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 139 (31.10%) Cyber Threat
2 88 (19.69%) Cyberattack
3 76 (17.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 74 (16.55%) Operational Technology
5 71 (15.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 57 (12.75%) Management Information System
7 53 (11.86%) Security Posture
8 28 (6.26%) Cloud Native
9 21 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (3.80%) Cyber Defence
11 16 (3.58%) PKI
12 13 (2.91%) Blockchain
13 12 (2.68%) Blog
14 10 (2.24%) Onboarding
15 9 (2.01%) Cyber Security Posture
16 8 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
17 7 (1.57%) Cloud Security Posture
18 6 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
19 4 (0.89%) Digital Media
19 4 (0.89%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.68%) Windows
2 11 (2.46%) Linux
3 6 (1.34%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.22%) AIX
4 1 (0.22%) CentOS
4 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (53.02%) Cybersecurity
2 227 (50.78%) Risk Management
3 197 (44.07%) Roadmaps
4 158 (35.35%) Information Security
5 155 (34.68%) Vulnerability Management
6 143 (31.99%) Mentoring
7 122 (27.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 98 (21.92%) ITIL
9 95 (21.25%) Security Operations
10 90 (20.13%) Coaching
11 86 (19.24%) Incident Response
11 86 (19.24%) Risk Assessment
11 86 (19.24%) Threat Intelligence
12 81 (18.12%) Business Strategy
13 80 (17.90%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 78 (17.45%) SABSA
15 77 (17.23%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
16 70 (15.66%) Identity Access Management
16 70 (15.66%) Technology Roadmap
17 68 (15.21%) Cyber Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 95 (21.25%) PowerShell
2 61 (13.65%) Bash
3 56 (12.53%) T-SQL
4 27 (6.04%) SQL
5 26 (5.82%) Python
6 7 (1.57%) Bicep
7 1 (0.22%) C
7 1 (0.22%) C++
7 1 (0.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 184 (41.16%) CISSP
2 122 (27.29%) CISM
3 95 (21.25%) CISA
4 64 (14.32%) CRISC
5 61 (13.65%) Security Cleared
6 53 (11.86%) Degree
7 50 (11.19%) SC Cleared
8 42 (9.40%) SANS
9 28 (6.26%) CGEIT
10 27 (6.04%) FFIEC
11 21 (4.70%) CEH
12 19 (4.25%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (4.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 17 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
14 16 (3.58%) DV Cleared
15 14 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 14 (3.13%) ISACA
16 12 (2.68%) CompTIA Security+
17 11 (2.46%) Azure Certification
18 10 (2.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (65.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 92 (20.58%) GDPR
3 88 (19.69%) PCI DSS
4 84 (18.79%) NCSC
5 71 (15.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 47 (10.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 46 (10.29%) GRC
8 33 (7.38%) COBIT
9 21 (4.70%) SOC 2
10 14 (3.13%) NIST 800
11 13 (2.91%) ISO 22301
11 13 (2.91%) JSP 440
12 11 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 10 (2.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (1.57%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 5 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 5 (1.12%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (15.88%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.68%) Docker
3 4 (0.89%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.13%) Terraform
3 9 (2.01%) Ansible
4 8 (1.79%) RSA Archer
5 7 (1.57%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (1.12%) SCCM
7 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.45%) WSUS
8 1 (0.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
8 1 (0.22%) Nessus
8 1 (0.22%) OpenView
8 1 (0.22%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.15%) VMware
3 18 (4.03%) Commvault
4 17 (3.80%) Google
5 15 (3.36%) SAP
6 5 (1.12%) ForgeRock
6 5 (1.12%) Okta
7 4 (0.89%) Cisco
7 4 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 4 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.89%) Sophos
7 4 (0.89%) Thales
8 3 (0.67%) CyberArk
8 3 (0.67%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.67%) Oracle
8 3 (0.67%) Splunk
9 2 (0.45%) Citrix
9 2 (0.45%) Sage
9 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.45%) Tenable